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