I ran a marathon this last Sunday in the Denver area and nearly had to drop out at mile 16 because of serious chaffing on my inner thighs. I ran the second half without a shirt because of chaffed nipples and armpits. I realize a bit of chaffing is normal, but i'm walking around with bike shorts under my pants so that I can function at work and school.
Anyone have any tips on this nonsense?
Vaseline!
I'd be very surprised if you didn't experience chafing on any training runs. No doubt about it, you've got to go to the bank for a running shirt (lightweight nylon) and have a tub of vaseline by your door everytime you go out for a long run. Most guys tape their nipples in a marathon--or at least guys prone to getting "nipply".
Yeah guy, I'll just pile on.
Vaseline for the inner thighs, choad and even butthole if you need to. Bandaids for the nipples. That's pretty standard stuff.
There's an image to start the day.
I use BodyGlide. It works awesome and is much better than vaseline.
Gross!
It's not gross. Just parts of the body that need protection when running 20+ miles. Gross is watching those first-timers cross the finish line with blood dripping down their shirt from their bleeding nipples.
I used to run with a guy who swore by a product called bag balm, used to keep the udders of dairy cows soft. It seems like a more robust version of petroleum jelly with some other junk thrown in as well. I think they sell it at some natural food stores. Despite the nickname I have chosen, chafing is fortunately something I have not had to deal with that often (I'm actually a whopping 150 lbs.) As for bandaids on the nipples, what's worse - the actual chafing or the pain of the hair pulling out when you take the things off? OUCH!
The chaffing and the bleeding and the soreness afterwards is worse.
I knew a very muscular 2:19 marathoner who wore a skirt in all of his races because of the chafing between his thighs. At least, that's the reason that he gave when people asked . . . .
Choades and assholes? Holy Jee-zus. I know what you mean, but good God that's funny man. My girl already knows i'm a running-geek, but she'd snap if she knew these are the things I discuss with my peers. Choades and freaking assholes...i'll be laughing all day.
true dat, mountaingoat. i'll deal with non-runners ridiculing me because i shave my legs, and it's not a problem when someone makes fun of the fact that i run in in barely-there nylon shorts without a shirt.
but i draw the line at greasing up my barnhole with vasoline, thank you.
samo out.
Just looking to put a little info and humor into your life at the same time.
A couple of things - 1) Choad is descriptive and you know what it is, so it is acceptable; 2) I wrote "butthole" not "asshole".
Guess you haven't run far enough to have to grease the old barnhole. Maybe you will someday.
The solution for chaffed nipples is Niguard. Way more civilized than plain old bandaids.
I'll swear by A&D Ointment. You can find it in the baby section of any drug store. Not quite as gooey as vaseline and works much better. It also helps heal chaffing faster.
Boy, there were some runs where I wished I had lathered up the ol Hershey's highway. Usually what happens is you fart a few times and you get a little bit of squirt action. That creates a ripe chafing enviroment. Ouch.
have to agree with knower there. bleeding nips are hideous, man.