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JRF FM2026Race Buddy
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Race eve

  • MorningTake it very easy. Move little. No long expo walks
  • LunchLast substantial meal of the day
  • AfternoonKit out, bib pinned, gels counted, alarm set twice
  • DinnerEarly, small, boring. Nothing spicy, fried or new
  • EveningLights out early. The night two nights out matters more than this one

Two alarms. One of them not on the phone you sleep beside.

On your body 0/9

In your pockets, for 21 km 0/9

If you pray Subuh 0/4

For runners taking the Subuh break — Mushola at km 2 — roadside, outside GBK at km 2.00, Fajr 04:09. The scenario and the clock are on the Race Day tab.

Fuel and fluid, before the gun 0/4

Bag drop, or the car 0/5

The Event tab still asks: — is there one, where, until when? If the answer is no, this group becomes a supporter, or the car.

Tonight, in the room 0/5

Still optional 0/4

If rain is forecast: a cheap poncho for the wait, the cap stops being optional, and accept wet shoes from the first kilometre. The wait is forty minutes standing still at 04:00. The BMKG forecast on the Today tab is the race-morning call — check it tonight, and again from the if you still have signal.

If something breaks

Woke lateSkip the warm-up, not breakfast. Get to the — a 40 g breakfast beats a 20-min jog
Slept badlySay nothing and run the plan. The night two nights out was the one that mattered
Bib or chip missingOrganiser's tent immediately — this is exactly why arriving early matters
Toilet queue at the gunTake the pre-start gel in the queue. The one item that needs no start line
Watch dead / GPS lostA dead watch is no clock: carry your phone (if the kit has a pocket) and note the wall-clock time you cross the start mat. Elapsed = clock − mat time; the km markers anchor every row of Race Buddy
Ill on race morningAbove the neck: your call, start easy. Below the neck, or fever: do not start — and that is a doctor's call, not Race Buddy's

Non-negotiable!

New niggle that changes how you runStop. Sharp pain is not a training question
Above the neckEasy running only. No quality
Below the neck, or feverStop. One easy day per day stopped, min three after fever
Missed a sessionIt is gone. No make-ups, ever