I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: One of my all-time favorite things to read when I was getting into magazines as a kid was always the “what’s in your bag” articles. There were the ones in women’s magazines (Jane had THE BEST), and of course, plenty of fitness magazines and outdoor pubs have similar. And I freaking love it. Something about what’s in your purse/gear bag/backpack is just endlessly fascinating to me, so to write a compilation of the weirdest $hit that people bring to races for Map My Run was a total blast. And some of the weird things are genius!

PS: Would anyone be into a “what’s in your bag” series with a bunch of athletes on here? I’m kind of loving this idea… so LMK on Twitter / in the comments here / on Facebook / wherever.

Click to read: The Weirdest Things in Pro Runners’ Race Bags 

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