Chafing issues

Where's the chaffing? It alll depends on the location.

Barry Minchey said:

I am currently training for my first marathon. The longer my training
runs get, the more chafing problems I seem to have. What solutions
work well enough for the duration of a marathon?

Bodyglide. Use for long training runs and races.

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=bodyglide&btnG=Search+Froogle

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

Vaseline works good for most areas. Donny has a preference for certain
lubes, but for "non-running" purposes/pursuits.

Try Blister Shield
http://www.2toms.com/

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Quoted message said:

I am currently training for my first marathon. The longer my training
runs get, the more chafing problems I seem to have. What solutions
work well enough for the duration of a marathon?

Quoted message said:

I am currently training for my first marathon. The longer my training
runs get, the more chafing problems I seem to have. What solutions
work well enough for the duration of a marathon?

Where are you chafing? If it's between the legs, where most people get
this, then body glide will do the trick. Personally, I prefer olive oil. It
sounds weird, but it works.

--
Phil M.

Brooks, Xtra Lonnnnnnggggggggggggg.

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Personally, I prefer olive oil. It sounds weird, but it works.>

Throw in some lettuce, cukes (watch where the point goes on that), and
basil in your shorts, and by the time you're done running you'll have a
tossed salad.

Quoted message said:

Try Blister Shield>

That's for genital herpes.

Stop whining..........chafing is the only interesting thing about
jogging.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Personally, I prefer olive oil. It sounds weird, but it works.>

Throw in some lettuce, cukes (watch where the point goes on that), and
basil in your shorts, and by the time you're done running you'll have a
tossed salad.

You're confused. In that body region, a "tossed salad," as Chris Rock
will tell you, is something completely different.

--Harold Buck

"I used to rock and roll all night,
and party every day.
Then it was every other day. . . ."
-Homer J. Simpson

Sorry, I let my susbcription to "Chafing" magazine run out years ago,
and I sold all my old issues on ebay.

--Harold Buck

"I used to rock and roll all night,
and party every day.
Then it was every other day. . . ."
-Homer J. Simpson

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 00:16:29 GMT, [email hidden] (Barry

Minchey) said:

I am currently training for my first marathon. The longer my training
runs get, the more chafing problems I seem to have. What solutions
work well enough for the duration of a marathon?

no shirt work for me

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Quoted message said:

I am currently training for my first marathon. The longer my training
runs get, the more chafing problems I seem to have. What solutions
work well enough for the duration of a marathon?

Band-Aids work well for the chest (nipple) area if you have chafing there.
If you don't wear a shirt or singlet then it is not an issue but otherwise I
would highly recommend it. When I finished the Traverse City Marathon last
month I saw a guy with a white T-shirt that had two big spots of blood on
the front over his nipples - Ouch!

I like the "no shirt" idea except that if it is cold during the
race one wouldn't have that option. Next best seems to be
Band-Aids.

I have only run Half-marathons thus far and
haven't experienced chafing elsewhere. But I can imagine
chafing in other parts of the body being an issue for marathons
and longer distances - when one might want to try out some
lube.

In the Big Sur Half Marathon last year, I found a volunteer
with huge quantities of petroleum jelly and people dipping
into it as they ran past. I had no idea what it was for, but
now I do.

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Where are you chafing? If it's between the legs, where most people get
this, then body glide will do the trick. Personally, I prefer olive oil.

It

Quoted message said:

sounds weird, but it works.

--
Phil M.

I tried this and it worked. But, how are you applying it? I haven't
determined a non-messy method.

Piedmont Donald

Piedmont Donald oddly inquired:

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I tried this and it worked. But, how are you applying it? I haven't

determined a non-messy method.

You know a newsgroup has hit bottom when the hot topic of the day is
how to apply olive oil between your legs.

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 15:19:16 -0400, "Piedmont Donald"

sorry_invalid@too_much_spam.com said:

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Where are you chafing? If it's between the legs,...

only in the running newsgroup could men ask men
such a personal question.

let me throw this in. i don't chafe. honest. i'm a bit
on the slim side (6 feet 159 pounds on a heavy day).
is it fair to say that the chafers have high body fat?
as runners, i'd be surprised if they had
huge leg muscles but there will be exceptions.
so wouldn't the first order of the day be, as always,
to just lose some weight?
....thehick

sorry_invalid@too_much_spam.com said:

Quoted message said:

Where are you chafing? If it's between the legs, where most people get
this, then body glide will do the trick. Personally, I prefer olive oil.

It

Quoted message said:

sounds weird, but it works.

--
Phil M.

I tried this and it worked. But, how are you applying it? I haven't
determined a non-messy method.

Fingers. Preferably your own. :-) For runs under 18-20 miles I don't need
anything between the legs. The other spot is the back of the arm pits.

--
Phil M.

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On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 15:19:16 -0400, "Piedmont Donald"

sorry_invalid@too_much_spam.com said:

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Quoted message said:

Where are you chafing? If it's between the legs,...

only in the running newsgroup could men ask men
such a personal question.

let me throw this in. i don't chafe. honest. i'm a bit
on the slim side (6 feet 159 pounds on a heavy day).
is it fair to say that the chafers have high body fat?

Absolutely. When I was running at a weight of 185+ lbs I always needed
something to keep from chafing for runs of 10 miles or more. Now, since I
weigh 165 lbs I don't use anything unless I'm running 20 miles or more.

Quoted message said:

as runners, i'd be surprised if they had
huge leg muscles but there will be exceptions.
so wouldn't the first order of the day be, as always,
to just lose some weight?

Yes. I have no more weight to lose, yet need some non-chafing protection
when runs are in the 20+ mile range.

--
Phil M.

I intend to live forever, or die trying. -- Groucho Marx