1st M: camelback with Ultima in it 2nd M: Camelbak with Ultima, fruit roll-ups 3rd: M: Fuel Belt with flasks filled with water, salt tablets 4th M: fanny pack with 8oz gel flask, salt tablets and Muscle Energy I never carry a hand bottle on the races, only in training, because I've found I runner slower with it. I always were a visor or hat, a watch or a Garmin, and Road ID around my ankle.
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson