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Sounds like you've got a good plan! I was thinking as Endure 24 is fairly local I'd pitch a tent on the Friday, leave a load of food etc in it and set up a bed but stay at home to get a better night's rest and have a relaxed trip to the start on the Saturday. Then if I completely crash out on the course in the small hours I have a bed to crawl into for a bit of rest before heading home in the daylight.
To change the subject entirely: Anyone have any experience of the decathlon own brand running backpacks? They do one with a 2l water bladder which could be useful for longer training runs and wouldn't break the bank (unlike some others on the market).
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@Arducius it's a long way off but having done the 24hr with a massive tent and camp bed this year I would say if you're not camping over on the friday go minimal. brain dump just in case I forget any of this by next year.
next years spitfire I'll have a tent as I'll likely arrive on friday but this time I will just go back to a small 2 man easy to put up and take down jobby fit for sleeping in and not much else as tearing the big 5 man one down post race was h o r r i b l e, I'll also pitch it in the quietest furthest area from the start line, then for race day I'll be setting one of these up as close to the start as I can get in the solo camping area for my personal race aid station...
https://www.blacks.co.uk/equipment/133718-eurohike-annexe-tent-green.html/546020/
inside I'll have my cooler box for food (which will also double as my seat as it was 10x easier to sit down on and still get up again than my camping chair this year), a 10l box of water to refill my bottles and a bag of spare kit and shoes to change into. I'll probably also have a camping stove to make a thermos of coffee and heat some pasta and a packet of stir in sauce to go into a couple of food thermos pre race to avoid cooking on rest stops and give me something still bordering on warm to go in the belly when the suns gone down.
somewhere I can sit to rest but also standup to get changed in with a door to keep rain and mosquitos out is basically all you actually need and while i dont regret having all the unnecessary extras this year streamlining things will help me stay more focused next time around I think.