I have been contemplating for two weeks wether to write up this post or not. It is a major overshare & TMI. But because I have read several books about running, training and how to start running and none of them talked about this I decided to share. The books I've read were great and covered: how to pick out the right shoes, the right sports bra, running on your period. However only one book has ever brought up chafing. The chafing she talked about is bra strap chafing. Bra strap chafing is NOT my problem. Last chance to stop reading........... I have learned that I suffer from major butt chafing.
And what I don't get is I don't have a butt. Mine is flat as flat can be. It's not like I have allot back there to be causing friction.
And what I don't get is I don't have a butt. Mine is flat as flat can be. It's not like I have allot back there to be causing friction.
When this happened for the first time it was at the Biggest Loser 5K, I thought well that wasn't fun but attributed it to the time of the month it was. Then our 10K it happened again and on our 4 mile run again. And we are talking horrible chafing to the point of bleeding. I googled running chafing and found an article on active.com called ""Girl Talk: Embarrassing Running Problems"" There it was and even worse problems than I have had! Women have blistered there lady parts with the friction of running. O_O I am glad I haven't suffered that but it was nice to see that I am not alone and there are ways to prevent these issues. So now I need to pick one and try it. From what I've found via google runners also call this diaper rash and because of the location of the friction have issues with the normal anti-chaife sticks working. With the research I did I've decided I am going to try Gold Bond's Chafing defense stick. Apparently it prevents and treats at the same time and I like the idea that it is taking care of both things and the other stuff I guess is greasy and hard to get clean and this stuff isn't greasy. We have 10K we need to get in this weekend and we've decided to go run it on a track so I'll know how it works this weekend.
Another topic hardly ever discussed in running books is underwear. Because I am an apple shaped person everything is always lose around my butt and hips because my tummy is the largest part of my body. I quickly discovered that on a run if it weren't for the crotch of my pants I would be running w/ my underwear around my ankles. It only takes a few seconds for them to fall completely off my butt and it is very awkward to try to fix this problem during an event. This happened during my first 5K and my BFF had to stand behind me while I stuck my hand down my pants to pull up my underwear. Recently I tried the Under Armour's performance moisture wicking underwear. I think they would work great if they fit!! They come in one size fits all and that is a lie from the pit of Hell. However as ill-fitted as they were they did stay up and seemed to help with the other issue but to uncomfortable to wear every run. When I loose some of my tummy I will probably wear them for running but for now the only way to fix my underwear problem is to not wear any while running. I thought of this when I was out for a bike ride w/ hubby last year cause when you put on bib shorts you don't wear underwear. I thought well why couldn't I not wear underwear for running too? As a kid , I remember thinking panty hose were so gross and couldn't believe that people would wear them out in public in place of underwear and now here I am saying yeah my spandex will double for underwear and running gear. I guess you live and learn. :-)
Another topic hardly ever discussed in running books is underwear. Because I am an apple shaped person everything is always lose around my butt and hips because my tummy is the largest part of my body. I quickly discovered that on a run if it weren't for the crotch of my pants I would be running w/ my underwear around my ankles. It only takes a few seconds for them to fall completely off my butt and it is very awkward to try to fix this problem during an event. This happened during my first 5K and my BFF had to stand behind me while I stuck my hand down my pants to pull up my underwear. Recently I tried the Under Armour's performance moisture wicking underwear. I think they would work great if they fit!! They come in one size fits all and that is a lie from the pit of Hell. However as ill-fitted as they were they did stay up and seemed to help with the other issue but to uncomfortable to wear every run. When I loose some of my tummy I will probably wear them for running but for now the only way to fix my underwear problem is to not wear any while running. I thought of this when I was out for a bike ride w/ hubby last year cause when you put on bib shorts you don't wear underwear. I thought well why couldn't I not wear underwear for running too? As a kid , I remember thinking panty hose were so gross and couldn't believe that people would wear them out in public in place of underwear and now here I am saying yeah my spandex will double for underwear and running gear. I guess you live and learn. :-)
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