Items in Special Needs Bags (Page 2)

hey you... for the Great Floridian I just found out that we won't reach that special needs bag until mile 60 or so.

just in case ya didn't know.

I plan to try and pass it, and then get my cool mountain dew when we pass it again at mile 80 or so.

FF

I've only done 1 IM so far. To keep a bottle of perpetuem cold, I also used bubble wrap. I just got a small roll of it at a department store where I found it with the gift wrap and packaging materials. I mixed a couple of bottles the night before. One went in the motel fridge overnight and on the bike in the morning, the other was in the freezer and then rolled in a few layers of bubble wrap for the bike special needs bag.

My bike sn bag contained the perpetuem, a spare tube, and half a sandwich (peanut butter on cinnamon raisin bread). The other half of the sandwich was the only thing in my run sn bag. I didn't need the tube, used all the food, and even though I think a lot of these ideas are great I didn't need anything else that time.

The bubble wrap would work well to protect stuff like a headlamp too.

Also, I carried them with me in my pouch, but kept extra in both my needs bags and i'm glad i did. A ziploc bag with baby wipes inside. The bathrooms are gross sometimes.

I am no ironman and new to the Tri sport, but as a former Marine and a participant in many 5 and 10 K charity runs, I always used a lot of Moleskin.  Not sure if any of you are familiar with it but it is very similar to suede leather with a sticky back to it.  You can cut it to size, peel the back and stick it over a blister.  It acts as another very tough layer of skin and is a miracle worker with blisters.  You can usually find it for a couple of bucks in the band-aid or shoe insert section at Wal-mart.

Being prone to blisters I was really worried about this issue.  I brought an entire change of socks and shoes for special needs run.  Did a full changeover.  Was totally worth it.  Never had a single blister.

of all the things I did for this,,, and I had "special needs bags" to the nines.

the frozen cold delicious mountain dew, and dark chocolate milky way were awesome!!!

the perpetum power was necessary, for me, but the goodies were the only thing that MATTERED.

yer gunna do great!