You’ve planned your costume for months. Tutu, tiara, check. Heck, your Tinker Bell Pinterest board is a mile long. Sure, those fairy wings and shoe pom-poms will make for magical race course photos. HOWEVER, it is this injury prevention runDisney Packing List that will get you over the finish line. Keep that smile on your face and Pixie Dust in your step!
Many of these items are obvious. (Unless you are one of the last of the barefoot runners, you will require running shoes for your race!) But the rest may depend on your past trials and errors. Why not skip the boo boos, blisters, and inflamed tendons? Contrary to popular belief, injury SHOULD NOT be an expected by-product of the sport of running. (Which is why I LOVE runDisney guru Jeff Galloway.) Take advantage of my 35-years-in-the-making Top PT Tips pointers.
Injury Prevention runDisney Packing List
Pre-Race:
– Designated Running Shoes
– Shoe Orthotics or Inserts
– Race Socks
– UV Racing Sunglasses
– Kinesiology Tape
– Brace(s)
– Body Lubricant (Body Glide, Dr. Scholl’s Blister Defense)
– Toe Caps
– Band-Aids and/or Moleskin
– Hydration Belt with Water Bottle(s)
– Self-Massagers (Foam Roller, The Stick, Ball)
– Thermal Blanket
During Race:
– Hydration (Water, Electrolytes) (i.e. Nuun, Powerade)
– Nutrition (Sugar, Gels) (i.e. GU, Sports Beans, Honey Stinger Chews)
– Cooling (Cooling Towels, Cooling Sleeves)
– Compression Garments (Arm/Leg Sleeves, Pants, Shirts) (i.e. CRX, CEP)
– Sports Straps (i.e. Cho-Pat, ITB Compression, Plantar Fasciitis Strapping)
Post-Race:
– Topical Analgesics (i.e. Biofreeze, Sombra)
– Cold Wraps with and without compression (i.e. Arctic Ease, Dr. Cool)
– Self-Massagers (Foam Rollers, The Stick, Balls, Scraper)
– Acetaminophen, NSAIDS or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (i.e. Tylenol, Mortin, Aleve)
– Recovery Footwear (Think micro massage.) (i.e. OOFOS)
Have I won you over? Print my injury prevention runDisney Packing List (BELOW) for yourself. Many of these items will not be available or consistently present at the runDisney Health & Fitness Expo. Don’t leave home without these crucial make-or-break race accoutrements! (It may keep you out of your local physical therapy office.)
Great list! I do a lot of RunDisney events and I'm always paranoid I'm going to forget something important, so I've developed a similar list myself.
The older I get Becky, the more I NEED checklists! 😉
I'm still working on my post-baby body but I do plan on getting in shape to runDisney someday! I'm pinning this for later 🙂
I am the poster child for "it's never too late" Julie. 😀
I am working towards doing a Disney Run! I want to do the Princess Run – and I think I will do the Castaway Cay run with my husband during our February Cruise!
Tessa, I am FINALLY getting to my first Castaway Cay 5K NEXT SUNDAY!! I'll tell you all about it for February!
My husband needs this. He actually forgot running shoes last year!! (or maybe it was excuse to buy a Disney pair)
Hence the ingenious relationship with New Balance; back in the day, you were stuck going off-property!! (Smart guy, BTW…)
I always say I want to do a runDisney race…maybe someday. Pinning this!
It's evergreen Becca. 😉
LOVE this! Racecations really are a different animal, aren't they?! Saving this for the next one, bringing (or forgetting) many of these things can make or break not just the race, but the days after!