A lot of them you can pick up just before the start

Worst is the London mara where you have to go to the f**king Excel Centre during work hours the week before the Sunday run so lots of people can try to sell you s**tloads of stuff you haven't trained with but they unaccountably think you're going to use on race day just 72 hours hence.

Running a race with gear you haven't broken in or nutrition products you haven't trained with is a really, really good way to get injured or sick and not complete the run you've been training 4/5 months for.

Posted By: Old Man on August 29th 2015 at 21:04:02

Message Thread

Who is doing Run Norwich tomorrow and what's your prep? (General Chat) - avenging canary, Aug 29, 20:58:32
- Still desperately hoping my knee makes a miraculous recovery in the next 12hrs, and I can (General Chat) - Yellalee, Aug 29, 21:23:15
  - Lee, were you at Rotherham on Tuesday? (n/m) (General Chat) - Jacksons_Twelfth, Aug 29, 22:18:39
    - Yep, limping round the ground! (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Aug 29, 22:28:35
  - Don't torture yourself boy. As you get older you'll know your body, (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Aug 29, 22:13:54
    - Cheers proth. I know - just gutted. It was going to be my first ever race (General Chat) - Yellalee, Aug 29, 22:28:11
      - ...is the right answer (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 29, 22:34:07
        
        Absolutely did my head in - did a fast 5k on Tuesday with no issues (General Chat) - Yellalee, Aug 29, 22:37:33
        
        Ouch - that hurts (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 29, 22:38:41
      - Absolutely. D (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Aug 29, 22:32:52
        
        Was struggling to know what to say, having seen bits and bobs (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Aug 29, 22:34:56
        
        Cheers mate (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Aug 29, 22:39:03
        
        Shame about the prediction league though - you seem to have that upside down (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 29, 22:42:11
        
        Yeah, I'm going to have to alter the rules mid season if I keep performing like that (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Aug 29, 22:43:12
- Best advice for any race over 10k is to split it into fifths, 2+2+1 (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 29, 21:14:26
- Bottle of Timothy Taylor's Landlord (n/m) (General Chat) - Wraith, Aug 29, 21:12:32
- Fish and chips up Wroxham, about a gallon of tea. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 29, 21:09:50
  - Porridge, double espresso. (n/m) (General Chat) - avenging canary, Aug 29, 21:12:46
- Big bowl of pasta and a couple of lidl pilsners (General Chat) - Clean Shirt, Aug 29, 21:03:57
- My brother Chris. Annoyed me as he had to go to City Hall yesterday to get the race pack.. (General Chat) - DrDublin, Aug 29, 21:01:18
  - Thanks Dubs. Will be a plod... (n/m) (General Chat) - avenging canary, Aug 29, 21:07:02
    - lollers only at night. :) (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Aug 29, 21:08:32
  - A lot of them you can pick up just before the start (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 29, 21:04:02
    - To be fair OM, you know me, I wouldn't know!! Cricket is my game, play that with... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Aug 29, 21:05:30
      - I love running and when I'm well enough to do it I run 4/5 times a week (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 29, 21:07:32
        
        Good stuff OM, I got my running machine but too hot for me atm but truly... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Aug 29, 21:10:19
        
        It really helps with mine. (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 29, 21:18:10
        
        NB I'm absolutely no good at it (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 29, 21:08:43
- Drinking heavily (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 29, 21:00:08
  - Drinking plenty of water the night before is a good move (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Aug 29, 21:05:33
    - It really is (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 29, 21:06:36

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