The Boston Marathon appeared to creep up this 12 months! Abruptly, I’m packing a bag to go away this weekend for this pinnacle occasion. The climate seems to be a bit hotter than Chicagoans would love, with temperatures within the higher 60’s, so it’s time to plan and hydrate!
As you pack your bag, ensure to incorporate your race day package and footwear. Ideally, one that you’ve worn to a marathon or future earlier than. Bear in mind our primary tip – NOTHING NEW ON RACE DAY! I additionally like to incorporate throw away gloves and lengthy sleeve, a myler blanket from a earlier race, and an empty water bottle. You may fill it up after you go by means of airport safety and guarantee that you’re hydrating by means of the journey course of. Plus it will prevent from having to spend $5 for a single bottle of water from the airport distributors.
Simply as essential as your race day outfit is your journey and post-race outfit. Tracksmith has you coated for this, with their line of restoration necessities! I’m at all times chilly on airplanes, so the Trackhouse Sweatshirt and Sweatpant set is my absolute favourite cozy combo.
The sweatshirt is available in 4 completely different colours and is an replace on the basic hoodie sweatshirt delivered in a heavyweight reverse-weave cotton. It’s heat and cozy, and designed to ease any journey nerves you could have. It’s like a heat hug to snuggle you into the airplane seat and make it easier to chill out by means of the two.5 hour journey. I’m additionally a sucker for the massive kangaroo pocket, which at all times turns into my telephone holder!
If you’re extra of a crewneck athlete, the identical heat and luxury will be discovered within the Trackhouse Crew which has seven completely different colours to select from. Each fashions have the long-lasting Tracksmith emblem on the aspect and the tried and true design. The crew is barely cropped and in addition encompasses a vast rib collar and banded rib cuffs and hem.
You may’t go flawed with both of those tops to take you from one nice metropolis to a different. For final consolation and reliability, pair both one with the Tracksmith sweatpants, accessible in matching and complimentary colours. These pants have a tender liner and are roomy sufficient which you can put on your compression socks underneath for the flight! Additionally they have deep pockets to retailer your bank card and ID.
I can’t suggest this outfit sufficient for a snug journey to Boston! My journey is brief so the Olmsted Pack is ideal for journey. This climate resistant backpack is crafted for the runner on the go and supreme for a small and simple pack. It slides proper underneath the airplane seat and there’s no must concern being baggage checked on the gate. It’s massive sufficient to comprise your race package and post-race outfit, and sufficiently small to be fast and environment friendly to journey with. It’s additionally an ideal bag to pack put up exercise garments in in your lengthy runs.
When you arrive in Boston, you’ll wish to seize a brand new outfit, because the temperatures are trending greater than regular for spring. I like to recommend hitting the expo and the weekend festivities within the Session jacket and pants. This light-weight, breathable set is a superb stability between style and luxury.
This versatile jacket is stretchy and skinny, and might be supreme for the hotter temps, expo strains, and go to to the end line. The fabric is a mix of consolation and sturdiness, with an expensive high-stretch knit made in Italy that drapes and strikes along with your physique.
The pants are designed for year-round coaching and sturdiness, with a consolation that you’ll respect as you make your means by means of the crowds of the expo and streets of Boston. You’ll wish to ensure you are pampering your physique as you lead as much as the large race and this outfit does simply that. Sidenote – It’s additionally an ideal coaching outfit in your lengthy runs, because it stays put, wicks sweat, and gives safety from all varieties of climates. Plus, it simply seems candy!
And eventually, don’t neglect to pack a pair of slides to permit your toes to chill out post-race. They might be swollen from the entire pavement pounding, and can seemingly be fairly drained. Give them a break and swap from tied on runners to open slides.
Tracksmith Boston is internet hosting a race weekend shakeout run on each Saturday and Sunday. You will want to register to attend, so ensure to plan forward! Additionally they have their First to the Trackhouse occasion and after celebration. When you have not heard of this earlier than, test it out. The primary runners to the Trackhouse retailer after the marathon are topped the winners!
First to the Trackhouse is a not-so-secret race-within-a-race that many dream of profitable, however few ever will. What began in Boston with a race to the runners’ bar, The Eliot Lounge, has been revived and exported to Tracksmith Trackhouses worldwide. Sometimes, we crown our champions with a commemorative gown, however this 12 months we upped the ante with a trophy forged by Bobbi Gibb, the primary lady to run Boston. These will stay within the Trackhouse year-round to have a good time operating’s enduring novice legacy. All runners are invited to affix us after the race to have a good time with fellow opponents. We’ll be serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic drink choices.
I’m wanting ahead to seeing all of our Chicago runners in Boston! Let’s go chase that unicorn!