{"id":95,"date":"2011-09-30T10:02:20","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T13:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spoon.org\/arrca\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2011-09-30T10:03:08","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T13:03:08","slug":"equipment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.arrca.ca\/?page_id=95","title":{"rendered":"Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Equipment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whats to bring, What to bring??<\/p>\n<p>Clothing<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pants and shirt \u2013 What you wear while marshaling must be something that will cover from the neck down. Coveralls are preferable but other variations will do as long as the colour is either white or hunters orange. Flag colours (Red, Green, Yellow) must never be greatly visible on a marshal\u2019s clothing.<\/li>\n<li>Cold\/Hot Weather \u2013 One weekend you\u2019ll be sunburned, the next frost bitten. No matter what the weatherman says bring clothing for both occasions. As you\u2019ve heard so many times before the best way to be prepared for the day is to dress in layers.<\/li>\n<li>Wet Weather \u2013 Once again the weatherman says \u201cclear skies today\u201d and it is either already raining or it is going to start when you least expect it. It can be raining at one end of the track and sunny at the other. It has happened on more than one occasion) Be prepared for this and please remember no flag colours.<\/li>\n<li>Gloves \u2013 Leather gloves are good for picking up hot, sharp or wet objects. Fire\/heat resistant gloves would also be good. Oven mitts are not acceptable, especially ones that look like animals.<\/li>\n<li>Footwear \u2013 Your shoes should be of sturdy construction and in good condition. The shoes that you wear to a racing event should be comfortable for standing for long periods of time and while running over variable conditions. (i.e. wet, dry and rough terrain) Some suggestions for footwear would be; hiking boots, work boots or sneakers. No matter what you bring make sure that your footwear has good ankle support and a solid tread.<\/li>\n<li>Headgear \u2013 Hats are good to protect your head from the heat, water and wind .You can bring the hat of your choice as long as it is not a flag colour and it has no profanity on it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Personal Equipment<\/p>\n<p>Below you will find a list of personal items that marshals have found useful in past years for their safety and comfort:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunglasses (Brightness can be nasty)<\/li>\n<li>Water (Thirst can be annoying)<\/li>\n<li>Headache pills (The day after comes early)<\/li>\n<li>Sunscreen (Sunburns are not fun)<\/li>\n<li>Bug juice (Flies are very nasty)<\/li>\n<li>Belt (To attach stuff too)<\/li>\n<li>Super Shears (To cut stuff)<\/li>\n<li>Latex Gloves (For emergencies)<\/li>\n<li>Hearing Protection (Noise is bad)<\/li>\n<li>Snacks (Hunger is also annoying)<\/li>\n<li>Personal First Aid Kit (Boo Boos are bad)<\/li>\n<li>Spare Change of Clothes (Reasons vary)<\/li>\n<li>Whistle (Good for gaining attention)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Equipment Whats to bring, What to bring?? Clothing Pants and shirt \u2013 What you wear while marshaling must be something that will cover from the neck down. Coveralls are preferable but other variations will do as long as the colour &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrca.ca\/?page_id=95\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6ZcXp-1x","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.arrca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.arrca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.arrca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.arrca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.arrca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.arrca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197,"href":"http:\/\/www.arrca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions\/197"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.arrca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.arrca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}