A. On Friday night sleep enough. Saturday night is short and there can be many reasons to sleep less.

B. Have more carbs for lunch on Saturday. Include Curd, cooked vegetables for dinner. Have a little light dinner around 7 PM.
Also slightly increase water intake on Saturday.

C. On Saturday please Dont sleep after lunch ..if required sleep after breakfast. This way your night sleep will not be disturbed.

D. Trim your toenails. If not you may loose your nail. Ideally shoe size should be one size bigger..at least for HM and above

E. Pick a slower pacer. For half your distance consider it more like a normal run ( don’t increase pace). Listen to your body and decide the pace after half the distance is covered.

F. Understand and know the pacer who is likely to be ahead of you and the one who is likely to be behind you. It is always easier to go with pacer or just follow them
Note : Different pacers have different strategies so talk to them on expo day or before the run to understand their plan. Contact details of pacers is available on DRHM website.

G. AVOID new experiments on race day. Avoid Eating new things, new shoes for a few days before the run.

H. Apply Vaseline or some oil to avoid chafing . Understand chafing well.

I. During the run.. pick what to eat and drink carefully. Better to either drink or eat ONLY one thing at one water point. Drinking excess water or eating multiple things together may cause discomfort

J. Most important part is to ENJOY the run so don’t think too much about pace or distance covered. Better to avoid tracking pace every km…etc. Weather maybe different. That day may be different for you so your pace can vary.

K. If you are a slow runner( walk more ) be careful towards the end … the traffic may be opened ..tired legs need to be more careful.

L. Something with salt to eat .. specially after 15 km may be required. Intake of water should be more that what you sweat out. But only one or two gulps at a time.

On race day you wake up earlier so you may consider eating something light and a fruit before the run.

There will be many hydration or water points but you may still carry a small bottle of water with you and refill at the hydration point. Gives you the convenience to sip as and when you need and also helps minimise trash.

keep everything ready. Running outfit , tee with BIP pinned properly, shoes , socks , vaseline etc. The pins touching the skin has to be minimal. Pins need to be away from the a) arm action while running b) chafing points

Car pooling is better but have a backup plan. Don’t blame others for delay. Call taxi may not be easy.

Go for expo day – enjoy the fun, the camaraderie and all the information available.

S. Next few days run less (max 5 km ) and focus more on stretching, getting morning or evening sun light , some walking and ensuring you eat and sleep right.

T. Don’t miss physio stretches at finish point.

U. If you don’t plan to carry mobile..have some necessary mobile numbers written down in a paper.

V. Make sure you walk and keep moving around on post event day. At least don’t sit in one place for long. Try to move around after every couple of hours.

W. Then plan for next run 😊.