Race Superstitions

[travisx4]

Does anyone else out there have any race superstitions? I just realized that I will not wear an event t-shirt until I have completed the event. At the local triathlons you pick up your numbers and race packet usually a few days before the event and I will not where the event t-shirt until after the event is over. Weird?

 

[ludari]

Does anyone else out there have any race superstitions? I just realized that I will not wear an event t-shirt until I have completed the event. At the local triathlons you pick up your numbers and race packet usually a few days before the event and I will not where the event t-shirt until after the event is over. Weird?

I have the same superstition about the event t-shirt you do. In addition I have to wear my previous race event shirt to my latest race. For example today I just completed the Disneyland Half and next month I will be running the WDW W&D Half so I have to wear my Disneyland Half shirt during my W&D Half race.

 

[crewmatt]

I wont wear the shirt until I complete the race either.

 

[Hockeychic]

I won't either, until I have officially finished the race, I don't feel I earned the right to wear the shirt.

Also I only ever wear my WISH race shirt regardless of if I am doing a disney race or one closer to home.

 

[ChimneysweepGeorge]

I don't wear the shirt until after as well. I also make it a point to have a pair of "race socks." They get worn once and then put in a different drawer and are used for races for one season. Not so much a superstition as wanting to make I have a pair of clean socks that are in really good shape for races.

 

[mousemgr2]

I never wear the race shirt until after I complete the event. The only exception I have ever made to this was during the Rock n Roll Providence race this year. It was pouring rain and I had no choice but to wear the jacket I bought at the expo. Wearing it before I finished the race stressed me out.

I also have superstitions about packing for the race. I always have to take 3 pairs of socks and an extra sports bra.

I'm weird in a lot of ways, so this just fits my normal life.

 

[PrincessAndrea'sMom]

I am fairly new to running. A few months back--right before my first race--I asked a question here about wearing the race shirt at the race. You guys told me you should not wear the shirt before you complete the race. I have stuck to that after my four races so far. I don't know if you would call it a superstition or just a routine, but an hour before each race I eat a PB&J, drink some Black Tiger Coffee People coffee and then eat some Clif Shots is Cran Razz. I fully plan to pack and follow this routine before my "big" race--the Princess Half.

 

[crewmatt]

Yea its not a superstition so much, just a routine. I tend to wear my shirt the whole day of the race after I finish it (assuming of course the shirt is weather appropriate).

 

[HYYJ]

you are great! i am weak in any race! what can i do?