A few days before the race we got an email to say because of the weather forecast we would need to carry 2l water - double what I was panning to carry and what I had trained with. So I bought a bladder to go with my two soft flasks. Carrying an extra kilo turned out to be completely unnecessary and just made the race more difficult. Possibly the walkers would have needed it but not the runners - there were aid stations or water stations about every 10k and there are pubs en route in case of emergency too. I found it difficult before this race to get information on what food would be provided at aid stations. I needed vegan food. I emailed and was provided with a lousy of food provided at the London to Brighton race - it was still hard to tell what from that was vegan. Unfortunately my fears were well founded. At the 50km meal stop I asked about vegan food and the boy serving didn't seem to know what that even meant. There was a vegetarian pasta but he was unable to tell me if it was suitable for vegans. He offered me a vegetable casserole, I lifted the lid to see what was inside but it was empty. He said if I waited 20 minutes the cook would heat some up. But he couldn't tell me what vegetable casserole was. It just sounded like hot vegetables to me and I was in the middle of a race - 20 minute wait for food? No thanks! Also if there's a vegetarian pasta option how hard would it be to make that vegan? Or if it's already vegan, provide information to confirm that! I pulled out with injury at 64km (no thanks to the extra water I had to carry) and got the shuttle to the finish, where at least a hot meal would be waiting for me, right? WRONG. I asked about vegan food and the lad at the counter pointed me in the direction of a vegetarian lasagne, covered in cheese. I would say if you are on any kind of special diet or have an allergy, avoid this race as staff have no knowledge and cannot advise whether food is suitable.