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Gang, it's my first big race for five years in a couple of weeks. Bricking it slightly, and I have forgotten what to do.

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The Mighty Fleecy Mar 2019 3:54pm, 25 Mar 2019 45,772 posts	Quote Pin The Mighty Fleecy Take a variety of layers so you can dress for the weather on the day. Don’t start off too fast. Enjoy, stick a big fucking smile on your face and soak up the atmosphere (science shows it helps running economy!) Eat sausages.
The Mighty Fleecy Mar 2019 3:55pm, 25 Mar 2019 45,773 posts	Quote Pin The Mighty Fleecy PS hilarious title
HermanBloom Mar 2019 3:59pm, 25 Mar 2019 5,267 posts	Quote Pin HermanBloom Thought you might like it!
minardi Mar 2019 4:11pm, 25 Mar 2019 4,578 posts	Quote Pin minardi Yep to the city tour bus - save your legs and see the sights. Also my last lesson learnt from a foreign race - take some safety pins with you, just in case you forget to find some at the expo when you collect your number
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Mar 2019 4:34pm, 25 Mar 2019 27,777 posts	Quote Pin ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ No to the city tour bus - do a boat trip on the River Spree instead (unless it's too cold in Berlin in March).
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Mar 2019 4:39pm, 25 Mar 2019 27,778 posts	Quote Pin ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Essential Berlin travel tip: download the BVG FahrInfo mobile app if you have the right kind of device. It gives you reliable live travel info for the underground, the S-Bahn and the buses, all of which are really well integrated in Berlin. You can put in your start point and desired end point and it will spew out all the alternative routes and real-time timetables. Utterly brilliant. (On a related topic, and I can't remember what the options are, research and buy some multi-trip/multi-day/multi-person public transport tickets.)
HermanBloom Mar 2019 6:12pm, 25 Mar 2019 5,268 posts	Quote Pin HermanBloom Ah, a friend mentioned that app so I downloaded it just yesterday! Good to see another vote of confidence in it. And safety pins now added to the packing list!
HermanBloom Mar 2019 8:39am, 26 Mar 2019 5,269 posts	Quote Pin HermanBloom Boat trip added to the list now, weather permitting!
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Mar 2019 8:59am, 26 Mar 2019 27,782 posts	Quote Pin ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Excellent! There are various landing points and the popular tourist trips cover the stretch between the Nikolaiviertel at the eastern end and the Chancellery buildings (Kanzleramt) at the western end. There are a lot of interesting buildings visible from the river between these points and it's a good way of orienting yourselves. You can break the journey too if want to stop somewhere and get back on board the next boat.
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Mar 2019 9:02am, 26 Mar 2019 27,783 posts	Quote Pin ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Details here: berlin.de