Don't bluff you way through. Be a good scout and be prepared. For those among us who hate to read manuals, VCR assembly guides etc. Dress for the weather, and tale everything you don't think you will ever need. If you don't have it you will need it.
Eating is too important to be left to overworked and understaffed aid station folks.
But the need for slow-burning savory items like Peanut Butter and Jelly and Turkey sandwiches needs to be addressed sooner rather than later. Maintain a higher salt intake to keep fluids moving through the kidneys, instead of just free-falling throught the GI tract. It is all preventable. Oh what to wear. Calendar time does not make the season.