What's in dem bags???
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RV posted 1 year ago.
Bike special needs bag:
spare tubes
CO2
extra gels
Enduralytes
PB&J
Notes from my daughters
Run special needs bag:
extra gels
Enduralytes
vaseline
spare socks
Notes from my daughters
Sweet Tarts - My daughter added those - was a great break
from gels!
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kylie posted 1 year ago.
For the bike:
I tend to put an extra waterbottle or 2 of whatever my favorite drink mix is. Then I can just add water at an aid station. I also throw in a few favorite gels and sometimes other little food treats. I also tend to include a few CO2s and a tube or 2, just in case I have gotten a flat and want to have one still with me in case it happens again.
For AZ I decided not to put the gels in at the last second, forgot, stopped just for them, and was then sad since I didn't really want anything else. I didn't even bother to stop for the bag at Vineman.
For the run:
For AZ I put in a light long sleeved shirt based on some suggestions for when it's getting to be night, as well as a gel I like (since I didn't plan to carry any of my favorites with me). I ended up being done much earlier than predicted and the temperature being fine, so I never stopped for the bag in AZ. Vineman I didn't even bother to have a run bag, and I probably won't bother again this year unless the weather is suspect.
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Homebrewermike posted 1 year ago.
Not much once I read the fine print that said that I may not get my stuff back at the end of the race. On the bike I put my second 1/2 of bike leg food. On the run I put a long sleeve shirt, a pair of dry socks, and some hammergels in the bag. At 1/2 of the run I grabbed my bag and gave it to a friend in the crowd so that I'd get my stuff back.
At IM Wisconsin this year they took everyone's unclaimed bags and laid them out on the lawn on Monday morning. They were unsecured and all over the place. Anyone could have scavaged through them. Pretty lame if you ask me.
The moral of the story is don't put anything in that you'll miss if you don't get it back.
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RV posted 1 year ago.
Homebrewermike;60998 wrote:
At IM Wisconsin this year they took everyone's unclaimed bags and laid them out on the lawn on Monday morning. They were unsecured and all over the place. Anyone could have scavaged through them. Pretty lame if you ask me.
Ya, no gaurantee that you will get it back - And at IMWI the issue was that the cardboard boxes that they transport the bags in got trashed by all the rain. So it was a mess finding things. And a lot of people did not tie their bags when passing them back, so things were dumped out all over. There were some nice things in that pile.
I actually did get all of my things back. I will certainly put less in them this year.
The first time tho, I had them loaded up pretty good.
RV
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Slow is smooth; smooth is fast. - Rich Strauss
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Anton posted 1 year ago.
Nothing to add...RV nailed it..(sweet tarts...very cool)
Oh...add patience, humility and some mental toughness. You will need it.
"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?" - Vincent Van Gogh
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watrbg2 posted 1 year ago.
If you wear contacts, an extra pair of contacts is a good addition to the swim-to-bike bag - just in case your googles are knocked off during the swim and you lose a contact. 112 miles is a long way to bike half-blind.
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Ironmom posted 1 year ago.
The single best thing I'm glad I included in my special needs bag was ibuprofen. That saved my Ironman, given that I had a dislocated toe from the swim on and it was swelling up and hurt like a #$!%!. I wish I'd put some in my run special needs bag too, next time I will (just in case, though I hope not to have to use it again).
Other stuff:
Bike special needs bag:
spare tubes
CO2 cartridges
gels
Cliffbar
ibuprofen
ziploc baggie with drink mix (I dumped this into my Neverreach and filled it with water, it was the only time I had to refill anything)
cheap spare sunglasses (I can't go out in the sun without them)
Run special needs bag:
gels
Glide
clean dry socks
blister shields
Enduralytes
Sport Beans (jellybeans)
Long sleeved shirt
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Jstyle posted 1 year ago.
Damn Ironmom where are you that you posted at 2:40 in the morning (EST)?
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Ironmom posted 1 year ago.
I think it was 11:40 here (PST). I'm a night-owl but I was definitely in dreamland by 2:40!!
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csinko posted 1 year ago.
bike-cheap spare tubular tire which i leave if i didnt flat on the first half, snickers and a red bull
run-salt tabs, sunscreen
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Jstyle posted 1 year ago.
I hope it gives you wings... I couldn't image drinking that while racing, don't you have a bit of a downer afterwards?
What do you guys put in your special needs bags?