Know your race before you start it
Pick your race and we pull together what you need to know before the start line: what the weather has done on race weekend in recent years, and the kit you need to carry.
The race you prepare for isn't always the race you get
Most runners plan for race day from one forecast a few days out and a kit list buried in the race pack. A forecast can't tell you whether this year is typical, and a kit list won't tell you which items are already in your cupboard and which you still need to buy.
Pre-Race Intelligence brings it together for your race. It shows the range of conditions the race has actually had, so you train, pack and pace for what is likely rather than what you hope for, and it turns the kit list into a list of what you still need.
What's in your briefing
Each section reads its own data for the race you choose, and we are adding more as we go.
Race weekend weather
What is the weather likely to throw at you?
We look up the actual weather on the race dates in each of the last five years at the race location: the low and high temperature, how much rain fell and how hard the wind blew. Once your race is inside the forecast window, the forecast sits alongside the past years so you can see how this year compares.
Kit list
What do you have to carry, wear or leave in a drop bag?
The race kit list as set out by the organisers, grouped into mandatory and recommended kit, with what is worn, what is carried and what goes in your drop bag.
What you are missing
Which items do you still need to buy?
Record the kit you already own and we check it against the race list item by item, so you can see what is covered, what is missing and which mandatory kit still needs sorting before race day.
Five years of race weekends, not one forecast
Weather on the same weekend can swing a long way from one year to the next. Seeing each of the last five race weekends side by side shows you the spread: how cold the start can be, how hot the afternoon can get, and whether rain and wind are the exception or the rule.
The actual race dates
Each year uses the dates the race was held that year, across every day of a multi-day event.
At the race location
Weather is looked up for where the race is run, not the nearest big town.
The forecast when it lands
Once race day is inside the forecast window, it appears next to the past years so you can see how this year compares.
How it works
1
Choose your race
Search for your race by name. The briefing builds straight away, no account needed.
2
Read the briefing
See five years of race weekend weather and the full kit list in one place.
3
Check your kit
Create a free account and record the kit you own to see exactly what is missing from the race list.