Bleeding Nipples (male) (warning - picture with bloodied shirt included in post) (Read 1758 times)

Geebus help you!

I use the paper type medical tape. I stays on through most conditions, and doesn't hurt to take off. I had to experiment a little with how long of a piece to use and vertical orientation of the longer dimension stays on better. I get mine at Target or CVS, it comes 2 rolls to a pack and they'll last 6 months or more running 5-7 days per week.

Actually, according to "studies", wearing a properly made tech tee (ha-ha) wicking shirt, when it's hot, will be cooler to an individual than running with no shirt at all.

 

And no, I don't have any real cites to these "studies".  They are things I read years ago, and I'm not about to look them up.

 

Mainly because I always wear a shirt, and others don't.  And neither of us is going to change.  Plus I like to spew out ridiculous, unsubstantiated anecdotes.

I have read these studies, and because of them I tried running in a variety of technical fabrics. Nope, they are not cooler. Maybe they are in some other part of the country where running in the summer doesn't immediately soak everything in sight. Or maybe these studies had some funding from the tech fabric peeps. Not to be cynical.

But I will modify my original statement somewhat to read: "An easy solution to your problem is not to wear a shirt. You will find going shirtless is common among the running community."

I am not dogmatic. I will run with a shirt on. But there are really few feelings more glorious than running shirtless with some skimpy shorts across hot summer pavement in the middle of rush hour traffic. Purely anecdotal, of course.

duct tape 

for me, the nipple-bleed pattern on the left looks like a side-on view of a woman wearing a cocktail dress who's got a bushy hairdo.  the one on the right  is theneck and head of a phoenix on a sharp descent.

no? oh...

I have read these studies, and because of them I tried running in a variety of technical fabrics. Nope, they are not cooler. Maybe they are in some other part of the country where running in the summer doesn't immediately soak everything in sight. Or maybe these studies had some funding from the tech fabric peeps. Not to be cynical.

 

But I will modify my original statement somewhat to read: "An easy solution to your problem is not to wear a shirt. You will find going shirtless is common among the running community."

 

I am not dogmatic. I will run with a shirt on. But there are really few feelings more glorious than running shirtless with some skimpy shorts across hot summer pavement in the middle of rush hour traffic. Purely anecdotal, of course.

Title IX requires men to wear a shirt, or at least a sports bra.

I am not dogmatic. I will run with a shirt on. But there are really few feelings more glorious than running shirtless with some skimpy shorts across hot summer pavement in the middle of rush hour traffic. Purely anecdotal, of course.

Until recently, I had longer hair and doing the above gave me a distinct 70s vibe that made each run like trip through time.  Now, if I could only find mid-calf tube-socks (preferably non-cotton), I would be right in the groove.  Maybe a terrycloth headband.

Very liberating in a counter-culture sorta way.

 I agree on all counts.

 

 

   Amen.

 

Though I am somewhat more prejudicial towards shirtless running; I am following this post since I have my first marathon coming up in fall - so will need to be aware of all strategies involving this painful issue. .  But you gotta love anecdotes and anecdotal evidence. 

It really all depends on the day, and you.

If you're proned to bleeding, it's something you need to be concerned about.  If it's raining...it's something you need to be concerned about.

As for me, I can't ever remember a day when it's been dry, that I've had an issue.  For me, it's always rainy days.

YMMV

Until recently, I had longer hair and doing the above gave me a distinct 70s vibe that made each run like trip through time.  Now, if I could only find mid-calf tube-socks (preferably non-cotton), I would be right in the groove.  Maybe a terrycloth headband.

Very liberating in a counter-culture sorta way.

OMG.  At the gym last night, some woman came in wearing almost  knee-high tube socks.

And she was in her 20s.  Maybe that style is coming back! 

(I hope not....)