I've got unicorns in my basket

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EvilPixie May 2021 7:53pm, 6 May 2021 25,069 posts	0 EvilPixie As I sit here with the heating on, rain battering the windows I’m thinking maybe I need to get some flanci leggings (love thing pockets) just in case outlaw in July feels like February!
Velociraptor May 2021 8:12pm, 6 May 2021 52,512 posts	0 Velociraptor You've been weathered out of an event in late July before, Pix. Make sure you're equipped.
EvilPixie May 2021 8:13pm, 6 May 2021 25,070 posts	0 EvilPixie See I thought so! I need to buy some!
Rosehip May 2021 8:20pm, 6 May 2021 20,976 posts	0 Rosehip hmm, looking at snow on Helvellyn today and the hailstorms at the end of July in previous years, I'm wondering whether having winter leggings available might not be a bad idea for July too - although I'm rather assuming that with all our training being done in the cold/windy and wet we'll be resented with a day in the 30s
Velociraptor May 2021 9:26pm, 6 May 2021 52,513 posts	0 Velociraptor The year I did the 50, the 100 had a huge dropout rate due to hideous weather on the first night.
Rosehip May 2021 9:42pm, 6 May 2021 20,977 posts	0 Rosehip I think once started I could cope with cold and wet better than 30C and humid, it's the getting started in horrid weather that's hard
DoricQuine May 2021 4:22am, 7 May 2021 5,699 posts	0 DoricQuine My sleeves arrived yesterday while my eye was getting zapped! They are a bit thicker than I had expected but love them so will give them a go 👍
Hanneke May 2021 8:57am, 7 May 2021 73,139 posts	0 Hanneke I agree with V-rap! Pack some warm stuff, just in case... For the sake of a woolly hat and gloves and, arm sleeves! In your transition box...
EvilPixie May 2021 9:10am, 7 May 2021 25,078 posts	0 EvilPixie I'll take a wardrobe anything is possible in England! that trailwalker was 18hrs of solid rain 2019 outlaw had the bike taken out due to wind and rain so yep shopping must happen! LOL
Rosehip May 2021 9:42am, 7 May 2021 20,983 posts	0 Rosehip I've decided that a skort is not the thing for an ultra as putting waterproof trews over the top doesn't work - I was briefly tempted by a waterproof over-skirt, but then decided if it was cold enough to worry about getting wet, it was cold enough for full wets.