In reply to Turdus torquatus:
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> I don't run distances that big, so I'm curious to know - do you carry enough kit to keep yourself warm and dry if you're injured, until someone comes looking
I'd like to think I do, as I said in the OP I think I'm a little overkill in the gear department. On a local run where I'm out on the coast path but within 10 miles of home I'd likely just have a wind proof jacket, water, a foil blanket, mobile phone, money and snacks.
If I'm going further afield or on less familiar terrain I personally would add in a bivvy bag and full waterproofs. If I'm likely to be out late than head torch and backup emergency head torch also (from experience this can be a godsend) first aid kit, pain killers, whistle.
Trying to think what else I carry, there's probably more maybe I am over equipped or maybe I have a self preservation gene after all?
But when I'm 55 miles in, exhausted and not thinking straight how well equipped am I or others like me? Are we pushing too far?