, runners often sew or Velcro gaiters to their shoes. Sand sticks to anti-chafing lubes and the friction can turn thigh skin into sandpaper. Compression shorts eliminate this.4. Sun ScreeningTemperatures can top 50C. Runners don legionnaire hats and sweat

-day shoes and kit. Disposable clothing to keep you warm at the start is also a good idea, as are blister plasters, suncream and anti-chafing cream. And if you’ve practised with energy gels in training, make sure you pack a handful of these too.If you

and the contacts to book a swim for 2004, I took my background as a pool swimmer, and applied what I’d learned from years training for long-distance running events in order to begin training. Like marathon training, I built a solid aerobic base, added regular