Special Needs Bag

yeah.  On the bike I had sunscreen, candy bars, slim jims.  I stopped for it in IMFL last year because I didn't get sunscreen in T1.  I also liked the reeces and slim jims.

I didn't use a run SN, but would have had socks and a long sleeve shirt if I thought the run was going to be looooong.

I had Tums & Rolaids in my bike & run SN.  I wish I had them from the start of my bike, with all of my training I never had the stomach issues I experienced at IMKY.  I wound up passing out a bunch of Tums on the course to other racers.

If you are drinking your calories are you living off of the course?  If you have your own Infinit or other special mix, throw that in SN also.  Socks and bandaids in run SN might be useful as well. 

Those are some things I didn't even think about (tums or body glide).

thanks

Don't put anything of tremendous value, sentiment or something that you won't miss.  The bags are not returned...

My first IM, I put a couple tubes and CO2 cartriges  (paranoia) in the bike bag.  I was also carrying spares. 

But put what you think you need, it's a great relief to feel that you are covered in case of an emergency..

At IMC in 07 (cool and breezy evening after 6PM,)  Amazing to run through the special needs area and watch people sit down to go through their bag and pull out shirts, windbreakers, ect.ect.  new belts of fluid and gel.    A little overboard IMHO.

I didn't use either of my special need bags (hadn't planned on it), but you can never be too prepared, so I had:

Bike:

2 tubes
2 CO2
Gels
Fig newtons
Power bars
Body glide

Run:

Socks
long-sleeve shirt
body glide
Gels
fig newtowns
Power bars
Band aids

I only had sunscreen in my transition bags, I think. Grrr...I have a whole excel spreadsheet of race stuff, but it's not here at work with me.