Well, I went to the volunteer mtg tonight. Next thing is the event itself!!
Here are a few things to note:
1. The are NO headphones allowed on the race course. Speakers are allowed, but no earpieces. Last year I passed a few people wearing speakers --weird. I like to train with my iPod shuffle, but races themselves are great to do untethered anyway.
2. We need to round up some reflective vests to wear during the dark hours. Anyone have any? I've got one, and have 2 ready for our volunteers. We need to find 3 more (2 per van makes things the easiest).
3. Tapering is real -- we should all start to take it easy about now and rest during the next week. Any more hard training will only wear you down now. Do some short comfortable runs, get lots of good sleep, and hydrate well during the week. Also, as we heard in recent emails, during the 3-ish days before the event switch off whole-grains to the puffy stuff. :^)
4. Packing -- everyone will need to bring a bunch of stuff to survive, both running stuff (shoes, layered clothing, etc.) and non-running stuff (sleeping bags, earplugs, towels, favorite snackies --I'll have plenty of peanut butter tortillas). There are several lists out there, including some in the articles below. I'll try to post one here as well, later...
5. May I underscore using Body Glide or similar anti-chafe product!
Here's another article written by a guy that I ran HTC with last year. He's a running coach, and does sub-6minute pace legs... Check the links at the bottom too:
http://running-advice.com/blog/?p=4166
And here are links to the articles we've been tossing around in email:
How to Survive HTC:
http://www.portlandrunningcompany.com/component/content/article/60
Carb Loading:
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