Five-time Ironman competitor and Ironman Chattanooga Volunteer Director Lisa Anderson has enjoyed getting a chance to see what other racers have carried in their drop bags, the plastic pouches used to transport participants’ personal food and gear to them at different intervals of the 140.6-mile course.
Each of the 5,000-plus bags that show up at races like Ironman showcases the character and ingenuity of swimmers, cyclists and runners, young and old.
“You would be amazed at what is packed in the bags,” Anderson laughs. For instance, she says, once, somebody packed a hamburger.
“There was just so much random stuff in there, and it’s just like, ‘What are they thinking?'”
We wanted to find out. To learn more about this world of dispatched paraphernalia, we reached out to Wild Trails Director Randy Whorton.