Days prior to your race, you are most likely going to nervous. Ever forget that important item needed for your race, only to realise it only at the race start point? Or sitting down every Friday night or Saturday night, wishing you have a checklist to start packing early? JustRunLah! has compiled this race’s packing list to make sure all our buddies do not forget something important, be it a training run or that important race.
Essential Items
- Running shoes
- Running socks
- Medications (If any)
- Identification card
Clothing Items
- Short-sleeve running shirt / Running singlet / Long-sleeve running shirt
- Running shorts / Running tights
- Sports bra / Under garments
- Cap / Visor
- Calf sleeve (If needed)
Other Useful Items
- Body Glide or Vaseline (To prevent chafing)
- Toilet paper / Tissue paper (For emergency)
- Sunglasses
- Safety pins for your race bib
- Watch (Remember to charge if needed)
- Any identification required for race check-in (e.g. Wrist tags)
- Timing Chip
- Sunscreen
- Running belt to hold your race bib and gels
- Band-aids
- MP3 player (Remember to charge or change new batteries if needed)
- Big plastic bag (For wet clothes after race)
Possible Food Items
Please pack foods that you have already experimented with before and during your training runs.
- Bottled water
- Race fuels (energy bars, gels, other foods that you have been training with)
- Snacks/breakfast foods (e.g. bread, bananas, etc.)
- Sports drinks
- Salt tablets (if you used them in training)
Lastly, go out there and have fun! You are ready, you are prepared. You have signed up and you have arrived. No fear. It’s between the road in front of you and yourself. No one else. Just run lah!
