Essential Personal Kit
By entering Run Mama Run you agree that you will carry the following personal essential kit:
1. Your own supplies of high energy food/snacks and water (there will be water stations at Flotterstone and Bavelaw only carry what you need for each stage, replenishing with supplies looked after by your support person). We would recommend a camelpak or similar method to carry sufficient supplies.
2. The mobile that you registered with.
3. Clothing appropriate to the weather and the route you have entered. You must have waterproof clothing, fleece, hat, running gear, hiking boots or sturdy trail running shoes. If the weather is good the organisers will state at registration what kit to leave behind.
4. We also recommend a change of clothes for the hill section and another change for finishing which can be left with your support person
5. Essential outdoor kit (compass, torch, silver foil blanket, sunscreen, whistle).
6. If cycling, a bike helmet.
Essential Team Kit
By entering Run Mama Run you agree that your team will carry the following essential kit:
1. Bike Repair Kit during the cycling stages – Must include inner tube, puncture repair tools, multi-tool with chain repair tools, allen keys and pump.
2. First Aid Kit – Must include tension bandage, painkillers, assorted bandaids, antiseptic pad, sterile gauze squares of assorted sizes, first aid tape, rehydration salts, safety pins, tweezers, at least one triangular bandage, compression bandages for ankle sprains, first aid pamphlet.
Top Tips
- Please bring enough supplies to sustain you on this arduous event. We recommend high energy foodstuffs such as energy bars, jellybeans, fruit etc.
- Bring plenty of water (particularly if a warm day, a litre for each hour of exercise)
- Bring your own supplies for lunch, the food buffet afterwards is to help everyone celebrate completion of the race. If all the bronze hikers have it for lunch, the gold, silver and platinum entrants will miss out.
- We highly recommend comfortable baggage to carry supplies and water that you can still excercise with (such as a camelpak). Aim to keep the weight to a minimum (5kg or less). Train gradually with heavier packs to get used to this weight.
If the physical challenge isn’t up your street we need volunteers to help us run the event. Could you be a:
- Marshall that weekend (particularly those with event experience and first aider skills)
- First Aider that weekend (up to date first aid experience, doctor or nurse)
- General helper on the day (setting up food, water stations, markers)
- Contributor in the run up to the event (home baking, sweet, fruit or water donations welcome or just some free time – even if you are participating)
if you are interested fill out the Run Mama Run volunteer form asap.
