Bringing bits around with you DCM

pudgey22 · 19-10-2009 2:01pm #1

Hi,

DCM will be my first marathon and first time having to bring gels along with me...I want to bring some vasoline with me and maybe a few plasters (bloody nipples). I could fit em into a pocket but would be bulging,was thinking of a bumbag, is that common enough in marathons, i'm hoping to do 4-4:15ish or is there tricks of the trade you all would use?

louthandproud · 19-10-2009 2:09pm

Safety pins for the gels seems to be a popular trick! To the inside of shorts by the tear away section on top of the sachet so that you can just rip them off.

Izoard · 19-10-2009 2:32pm

Before you go, put the plasters on and get plenty of vaseline into the various cracks and crevases...you won't need to carry extra supplies.

If you can, get a gel belt....you will pick one up at the expo.

RJC · 19-10-2009 2:34pm

Yes,

why wait until the nipples are bleeding? Tape them beforehand. I recall the order of Malta or St. John's Ambulance had all that stuff at their various medical stops along the way.

Brianderunner · 19-10-2009 3:09pm

Dont bother with the vaseline, body glide is miles better.

robinph · 19-10-2009 3:18pm

Lube up before the start and you should be fine. If not then there will probably be some St. Johns further around the course with a big tub of the stuff and holding their hands out for you to grab some as you run past and then stick where needs be.

average_runner · 19-10-2009 3:22pm

Put the vaseline on at the start, plaster it on. Dont worry if people see you, you get use to the strange looks:)

Some looks i get in the park when seen doing it!!

Gels just get a gel belt.

Cover nipples at the start.

Most important thing about the marathon dont wait for something to happen, stop it from happening!

tunguska · 19-10-2009 3:39pm

Brianderunner wrote: »

Dont bother with the vaseline, body glide is miles better.

+1. Just get yourself some bodyglide and rub it on before the race. Its great stuff, you'll have no problems with bleeding nipples or chaving anywhere. As for the gels, if you can get yourself a pair of triathlon shorts they have two fairly large pockets on each leg. They'd be deep enough to hold 2 gels in each which is more than enough.
Cycle superstore sell them and theyre the business, you can swim, cycle and run in them and there'll be no chaving.

eliwallach · 19-10-2009 4:05pm

pudgey22 wrote: »

having to bring gels along with me...I want to bring some vasoline with me and maybe a few plasters (bloody nipples). I could fit em into a pocket but would be bulging

Yeah, I'm faced with a similar dilemma.
The shorts I plan to wear have no pockets (bar one miniscule one on the inside - big enough to hold a key). I experimented with safety-pinning the gels onto the waist-band and then hanging them inside the shorts in the Blarney Half Marathon, and found it more than a little uncomfortable - but do-able. I also plan to bring along extra plasters and a couple of neurofen just in case

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I could wear an alternative pair of shorts with pockets, or I could wear my fuel belt and pin the gels onto that, but the belt is a bit excessive just for gels.

In short, I still haven't made up my mind!

KentuckyPete · 19-10-2009 4:12pm

+1 on the tri shorts - the pockets are big enough to hold the gel but tight enough not to bop up and down as you run

Incidentally - for the male participant where does one apply the bodyglide?
Ladies please avert your eyes, but are the following correct? (To avoid any other poster having to mention them I'll do it

):
1. Nipples
2. Edges and back of the sack
3. Round the back

Moderator, please excuse the explicit references

- I'm usually far more discrete in my running discussions and try to stick to splits, diet and complaining about Eireman

TFBubendorfer · 19-10-2009 4:21pm

KentuckyPete wrote: »

+1 on the tri shorts - the pockets are big enough to hold the gel but tight enough not to bop up and down as you run

Incidentally - for the male participant where does one apply the bodyglide?
Ladies please avert your eyes, but are the following correct? (To avoid any other poster having to mention them I'll do it ):
1. Nipples
2. Edges and back of the sack
3. Round the back

Moderator, please excuse the explicit references - I'm usually far more discrete in my running discussions and try to stick to splits, diet and complaining about Eireman

Everywhere where you could get chafing - you should know these areas by now from training.

Don't forget armpits!

pudgey22 · 19-10-2009 5:13pm

So the options for the gels are, get bigger pockets, or pin them on...Maybe i've got the idea wrong but by pinning them on the inside of your shorts are you not going to get chafing by the gels up against your legs or even the pin itself??

misty floyd · 19-10-2009 5:21pm

pudgey22 wrote: »

are you not going to get chafing by the gels up against your legs or even the pin itself??

Cover the gel packets in vaseline. You'll be a running lubricant.....slide down the hills

earlyevening · 19-10-2009 6:05pm

pudgey22 wrote: »

Hi,

I could fit em into a pocket but would be bulging,was thinking of a bumbag, is that common enough in marathons,

I wear a bumbag for marathons. I dont think its high fashion but who cares?

...my headband is dorky too, but again who cares...

BeepBeep67 · 19-10-2009 6:16pm

isn't Google great?
http://coachlevi.com/running/how-to-pin-energy-gels-to-your-running-shorts/

robinph · 19-10-2009 6:25pm

tunguska wrote: »

As for the gels, if you can get yourself a pair of triathlon shorts they have two fairly large pockets on each leg. They'd be deep enough to hold 2 gels in each which is more than enough.
Cycle superstore sell them and theyre the business, you can swim, cycle and run in them and there'll be no chaving.

From another link off the link that BeepBeep67 gave:

http://coachlevi.com/running/how-not-to-carry-energy-gels-when-running-marathon/

How NOT to Carry Energy Gels During a Marathon wrote:

7. Wear a triathlon singlet.

By far the easiest way to carry gels when running would be to wear a triathlon singlet (those fancy skin-tight tank tops.) It has a neat little pocket in the back where you could stow a few gels.

But triathlon gear has no place being worn during a marathon! Outside of triathlons, you shouldn’t, you know, look like a triathlete…

uglyjohn · 20-10-2009 2:15am

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

isn't Google great?
http://coachlevi.com/running/how-to-pin-energy-gels-to-your-running-shorts/

that image seems toput the gels inside the lining of the shorts where they would be in contact with your skin. if you are doing that you should round the sharp edges off with scisors and try it out during a long run. edit: just saw that the guide mentions the scissors thing.

i have done the pin thing for a marathon but i had them between my shorts and my boxers. hardly even notices they were there. no jiggleing around or chafing.

remember to test everything before the big day.

ike · 20-10-2009 8:09am

I've used this waist pack for both marathon and and most of the long runs, will confortably hold 6 gels, it sits nice and 'flat' and dosen't move around.

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For the nipples, stick one the large compeeds over each one better staying power that regular plasters. You'll pull a few hairs taking them off bit its better than the alternative...

osnola ibax · 20-10-2009 10:14am

Compeed hmmmm, I'd rather not stick anything over them, is the body glide guarateed / really good or like everything else would I be foolish to try something new

I have used plasters but they can fall off in wet conditions, maybe compeed is the answer?

xebec · 20-10-2009 10:33am

osnola ivax wrote: »

Compeed hmmmm, I'd rather not stick anything over them, is the body glide guarateed / really good or like everything else would I be foolish to try something new

I have used plasters but they can fall off in wet conditions, maybe compeed is the answer?

I'm another fan of Bodyglide, have never had any problems with it (when I remembered it) and use it on nipples and other sensitive areas...

Domer · 20-10-2009 10:49am

Question about Bodyglide. It is water based, so will it wash off if it rains... not that it is going to rain or anything, but just in case it does?? I have been using it on my runs and find it great, but always carry vaseline JIC. BG too awkward to carry.

Domer

Wally Runs · 20-10-2009 10:49am

With the gels I use a MP3 player pouch on my forearm (like an arm band) it holds about 3-5 gels depending on the brand. I picked it up at the expo last time (hilly I think). Mind you as with everything at this stage, try it out first. Oh and bodyglide or babyoil gel, depening on the area. Wally.

RJC · 20-10-2009 11:06am

I have body glide and it's fine. It looks like a stick of deodorant but you don't get the same 'comfort' as slathering on petroleum jelly.

Also, depending on hairiness it may not work as effectively. (never did I think I would be posting on this sort of stuff)

TFBubendorfer · 20-10-2009 11:07am

Wally Runs wrote: »

With the gels I use a MP3 player pouch on my forearm (like an arm band) it holds about 3-5 gels depending on the brand. I picked it up at the expo last time (hilly I think). Mind you as with everything at this stage, try it out first. Oh and bodyglide or babyoil gel, depening on the area. Wally.

If you got it at the expo, I bet you didn't try it out before the marathon last year!

nerraw1111 · 20-10-2009 1:16pm

Cheers for all the suggestion.

Would a body wallet be any use? I have one which I used for traveling. It's made of lyrca so pretty comfortable.

This is it:

http://shop.packyourbags.com/acatalog/Design_Go_Body_Pocket_Waist_Wallet.html.

Stick some gels in and wear it on the outside of my shorts?

RJC · 20-10-2009 1:26pm

nerraw1111 wrote: »

Cheers for all the suggestion.

Would a body wallet be any use? I have one which I used for traveling. It's made of lyrca so pretty comfortable.

This is it:

http://shop.packyourbags.com/acatalog/Design_Go_Body_Pocket_Waist_Wallet.html.

Stick some gels in and wear it on the outside of my shorts?

As it bounces off your full bladder!

Try before you race is a good motto

nerraw1111 · 20-10-2009 1:38pm

RJC wrote: »

As it bounces off your full bladder!

Try before you race is a good motto

It is but alas too late when it comes to me carrying gels for a marathon.

I'd have it on the small of my back. It would be the same as pinning the gels minus the pins but more comfortable due to extra lyrca.

tunguska · 20-10-2009 5:50pm

robinph wrote: »

From another link off the link that BeepBeep67 gave:

http://coachlevi.com/running/how-not-to-carry-energy-gels-when-running-marathon/

Nobody said anything about a triathlon singlet. It was Triathlon shorts. And why wouldnt somebody wear a pair of tri shorts in a marathon? I wasnt aware that there was a uniform requirement for marathons.......

village runner · 20-10-2009 10:08pm

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

If you got it at the expo, I bet you didn't try it out before the marathon last year!

I have one of them. Fits 2 big gels and 20 euro notes with a car key.
Also i fit 2 bars in hte small pocket on the front of my togs.

Surely everyone know one person that wil be going up to support. Meet them at a certain spot and they hand you a bag. Bottle of isotonic drink would be nice too.

I got a bag handed to me in Berlin at 22km. It was like having a party.

Best of luck to all.
In hte later stages i threw away gels(cos i was trying to open them and hands were slippy and i couldnt open them.

robinph · 20-10-2009 10:19pm

tunguska wrote: »

Nobody said anything about a triathlon singlet. It was Triathlon shorts. And why wouldnt somebody wear a pair of tri shorts in a marathon? I wasnt aware that there was a uniform requirement for marathons.......

Yes there is.

I think that guys point may have been that a tri get up may be considered in the same category as the above examples by some.

Bringing bits around with you DCM

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