Days until the Death Race: 5
Hours slept last night: 9
The (first) official gear list:
ID CARD (laminated with medical info and emergency contact info)
Life Jacket
Ax
Saw
Hand Shovel
10 Foot Section of 1/8 inch rope
Tuxedo
Hand snips
5 lbs of hay
1 lb of grass seed
Safety Goggles
Swimming Goggles
$5.00 in quarters
Water Filter
I took the liberty to add few items of my own:
– a banjo
– yoga mat
– rolling papers (for the hay – see above)
– Barbie head
– ball gag with collar
Today’s gear purchases:
– 2 1-L collapsible Platypus water bottles
– oral rehydration salts
– 2 Cliff bars (anything for the sake of variety – Cool Mint Chocolate and White Chocolate Macadamia Nut, even though I know perfectly well that after 10 hours, all Cliff bars taste the same)
– plastic waterproof pill containers
– plastic waterproof emergency kit
I’ve also stolen my favorite racing Salomons back from their recent home – a store window display in Salomon Toronto store:
My FellCross was in great company:
Things I am not doing this week:
- renting a tuxedo
- buying new hiking shoes
- eating obscene amounts of pasta
- taking freezing cold showers to get used to the cold
- squeezing in a couple of last-minute 4-, 12-, and 24-hour training sessions before the event to make sure I’m ready
- paying much attention to what’s going on in the Death Race Facebook group
Things I am doing this week:
- sleeping lots
- drinking lots (to answer your question – yes, and yes)
- packing my gear
- think about and talk about things other than the Death Race
- doing lots of yoga
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to do one of the above.
Signing off,
Solo