What do I pack for an Obstacle Race

You all know that I have been into obstacle running and tomorrow will be my last race for 2015 and this post is about what I pack for such races. What I pack for OCR (Obstacle Course Racing) is different from a run (10km run or marathons of that sort). I have a checklist that I have saved on my Evernote so it doesn't go missing and it is easy to reuse.

So what I will do before I start to pack is un-check all the items and start fresh.

Here is what it looks like:

From the top left (L-R): towel, sport pants, sports bra, sport shirt, gloves, glasses case, dry bag, wallet, car keys, house keys, head scarf, water bottle, snacks & isotonic sachets, wrist band, a change of clean clothes, knee guard and dirty laundry bag, phone, slippers, and socks & shoes.

I normally wear the same thing for all my obstacle races which is an old sports bra, an old sport bottom and an old sports shirt. All these I don't mind getting dirt on and even if they stain, I am not bothered. Obstacle runs are VERY DIRTY so don't be wearing your favourite white sports bra because you are going to cry when you are done with your race.

Other things that I wear when I run are a head scarf (which sometimes acts as a wash cloth when something gets into my eyes), a wrist band, gloves, a knee guard, and awesome all-terrain shoes.

I have a small dry bag that I put important things in such as my wallet, phone, glass case and keys. DO NOT FORGET YOUR TICKET AND ID too when you are packing. My ID is in my wallet and my tickets are usually on my phone electronically. This dry bag is perfect as it doesn't get wet or dirty when I clean and change myself after the race. I normally do not bring things like watches or accessories when I go for races like this.

I put my shoes into a shoe bag with my knee guard and my plastic bag. I normally wear my slippers to the event and only change into my shoes when the event is about to start as I do not like walking in the all-terrain shoes on concrete or cement floor and I don't like the stuffy feeling all day.

Depends on the facilities each race offer, I might bring a toiletry bag filled with the essentials. I normally do a full-on shower as it takes too much time and normally there is a LONG line for the water. so a thorough rinse off should suffice. But just to show you my toiletry bag and its contents: 

(L-R T-B) Sunscreen, Contact solution, deodorant, perfume, tea tree oil, face wash and moisturizer, feminine wash, shampoo, conditioner and body wash

 Everything above usually fits into my gym bag below:

and once it is filled, it will look like this. I put my dry bag outside before the race so I don't have to rummage through everything for my keys but I will put it in the gym bag before it goes into the baggage area.

Another thing that I usually prepare is also a big bottle of water in my car boot just in-case there is not water station to rinse myself and I need to clean my self before I enter the car.

So that is what I pack for my races. What do you pack? Am I missing out on anything? Or am I packing too much? 

Anyway, I should be getting ready for bed as I need to be waking up at about 4am to get my breakfast in and do the necessary prep (which the most important is doing a No.2 as toilets at the locations are not the most comfortable!)

So good night and to those running tomorrow! Have fun!