Race Day Checklist: Everything You Need for the GRIT+TONIC.com Mamzar Triathlon

September 11, 2026

Race morning is not the time to discover you packed one bike shoe. Whether the GRIT+TONIC.com Mamzar Triathlon is your first start line or your tenth, the athletes who have the calmest mornings are the ones who packed the night before, leg by leg. Here's the exact list we hand out in-store to anyone racing this season — organised the way your race actually unfolds: swim, T1, bike, T2, run, and the bag you leave at the finish.

Prefer paper? Download the printable Race Day Checklist (PDF) and tick it off the night before.

Swim

• Wetsuit — if permitted, practise the exit beforehand (shop wetsuits)

• Trisuit, worn underneath start to finish (shop trisuits)

• Goggles + spare pair — tinted and clear (shop goggles)

• Swim cap — sets your wave colour (shop swim caps)

• Timing chip + ankle strap

• Anti-fog spray, earplugs if you use them

T1 — Swim to Bike

• Helmet (mandatory) — clipped before you touch the bike

• Race belt + bib, faces back for the bike (shop race belts)

• Bike shoes + socks

• Sunglasses (shop sunglasses)

• Small towel

Bike

• Bike — tyres + brakes checked the night before (shop bikes)

• Hydration bottles, filled (shop hydration)

• Gels or chews (shop energy gels)

• Spare tube, CO2, multitool

• Number plate mounted

T2 — Bike to Run

• Running shoes — elastic laces save the fumble (shop run essentials)

• Cap or visor (shop caps & visors)

• Race belt spun bib-forward

• Salt tabs if racing in the heat (shop electrolyte tabs & chews)

• Energy gels for the run leg (shop energy gels)

Run

• Watch or GPS, charged

• Hydration plan for aid stations

• Electrolytes for the final km

Your Don't-Forget Bag

Left with a friend or at bag drop, waiting for you at the finish:

• Change of clothes + slides

• Recovery snack or drink (shop recovery)

• Phone, cash/card, car key — in something dry

Why We Race the GRIT+TONIC.com Mamzar Triathlon

Ask around Dubai's tri community which race they'd send a first-timer to, and Mamzar comes up more than any other. It's flat, it's coastal, and the crowd at the finish chute treats a four-hour sprint finisher exactly like the podium — which is why it's kept a reputation as one of the UAE's best-voted community triathlons, sprint and Olympic distance alike.

GRIT+TONIC is the official race-week supplier: fuel and tri kit, delivered free to the venue, so nothing on this list has to come from three different shops.

• Location: Mamzar Beach, Dubai

• Formats: Super Sprint, Sprint and Olympic distance

• Next race dates: October 25th, 2026 and March 21st 2027

Shop the Checklist

Everything on this list, sorted the way your transition bag should be:

• Gels & Hydration

• Trisuits

• Wetsuits

• Caps & Visors

• Race Belts

See you at the start line. At GRIT+TONIC.com, we're with you every step of the way — from your first pool length to that Mamzar finish chute.