I swore I wasn't going to get in on this chafing discussion.......

Mtn.....maybe diffrnt......If I can be so bold......under garments?   I got a new pair of running underwear, same brand and size as what I've been used to, and now I'm getting chafed at a lower mileage.   Used to be I could go protection free up to about 6 miles.  Much more than that and I'd lube up.  But now evn the sixers are in the chafe zone.   It couldn't be gravity......could it?  

This subject really chaps my butt!

Nice weekend of running for you. 

Hey Mike E.  I see you posting ovr on the daily.  Welcome to the weekly  weakly 40s 50s 60s+ On the Run.

Hah - a chafing thread...sorry, ev.

This stuff works better than body glide for me:

http://www.zombierunner.com/store/categories/anti_chafing_and_skin_care/anti_chafing/product261.html

Some people use it PLUS body glide all at once.  I was having one major problem area, it was chafing after shorter and shorter runs and the skin was discolored (darkened). Ever since I switched not only is there no more chafing but the normal color is back.

Mtn - I'd say 10 + 16 is pretty darn impressive, and way to hang in there after feeling crummy around 12! Hope you can get some rest before another double-long.

Leslie - you, of all people, deserve some fries once in awhile, relax!

Mike E. - another welcome. (waves)

Was supposed to be an easy 8 but the weather was beautiful and there was snow on the mountaintops and I started chatting with another lady who was running behind me and next thing I know we were trotting along at just under 9 min/mi - whoops! It was only for a couple of miles and was good fun. Heh that was my 5 k race pace not too many years ago.

. . . then really kicked some assphalt with a 7.5m @ 7:57 ap. Last 2 were 7:30's.

Day-um!!! 

Arla, Arla, Arla!  You're in taper mode.  Don't be goin' crazy on us now.

Ugh!  The fries were so good!  They were those perfectly crisp, crunchy ones.  By the time we got to the restaurant, waited for a friend to show up who was half an hour late, put our order in, and got our food, three of us had been sitting there for almost an hour.  I practically inhaled my food, I was so famished!  They give you this HUGE serving of fries - seriously, HUGE - and I ate most of them.  Later, it was like .  They sure were good at the time, though.

Okay - Got my workout in.  Very lackluster, but I burned a few calories and got the blood pumping through the ole legs again.  Tomorrow's strides should be interesting.

Off to do transcription ~

Heh, heh, heh   I told ya so!  So, uh, when do you want to come up and run with me and Karen, or join me at a trail race?  Maybe we'll have to look at next year's calendar and figure something out.  And I'd forgotten about the Bataan Memorial Death March.  I'll be very interested to hear about that.

Oh - if you like running in the desert, check out the Desert High 50k in Ridgecrest.  It's run in early December every year.  It's a fairly easy course with some beautiful views.  Last year the thing that killed me was the wind.  Whoochee!  It was awful.

My 10 miles this a.m. got derailed about half a mile in.  Stopped for my regular use of the Safeway bathroom and well, well, well!! [close your ears, men] A freaking little visitor I haven't in something like seven months!   Being as I was unprepared, I had to go home.

Sooo - right now I'm trying to decide what to do.  I came in early (since I was up ) and could leave early to get my 10 in tonight.  Or I could give my achy ankle a rest and run the 10 tomorrow a.m.  Either way, we're expecting a big rain storm through here and it's blowing like crazy outside, so . . . . decisions, decisions.

On the bright side - It's Wednesday!  Halfway through the work week.  Yea!

Hi, Cindy!

My friends' podcast, 3 Nonjoggers, is really taking off.  They were recently featured on another running podcast, Geeks in Running Shoes, as well as an online "beer magazine", Draft Magazine.  I'm very excited for them.  To think I will soon be able to say, "I knew them when . . . " 

MTA:  Came home early with every intention of running.  Barely got out of my driveway and turned around.  My ankle just isn't happy.  I think I may have strained something Saturday a little bit.  So I decided I could be really stupid and ruin my run in April, or I could pull my head out, stay off my foot, ice it, and see how it feels over the next couple of days.  Tomorrow's a stationary cycling and strength training day and Friday's a rest day.  We'll see how it feels come Saturday.

Congrats Leslie, 24 minute improvement, smokin' !

Little late to the party, tis the season now, 12 sun and nuthin' but work since, gotta run in the morn!

 c yas

Joe - heck, that's close to 4 hr marathon pace (9:09, and I should know!). Yeah, the trails call. Who knew? But it's a different sport than road running altogether in my opinion. OK, so I can do two sports!

Leslie - we're getting POUNDED here, too! Thunder, lightning, flooding, my friends in the Yosemite area have been without power for a few days and just found out that it might be two more weeks! Hope the ankle sorts itself out, and that you keep your house as dry as possible. ALSO - maybe when I'm up in your area again you can show me your amazing trails, although you'll have to slow down, I'm still a trail and hill newbie. Mark was commenting on our last run that he thought it was odd how slow I run trails vs. how fast I run on the road. Like I said, two different sports.

R2 - your boss is a jerk.

Blew off my run today, yeah so I wimped out with the rain/wind, but two long runs in that this week (19 and 12) was enough! I'll get those miles in tomorrow and Sat/Sun in New Mexico where it's sunny and warm. Maybe I should turn in my HTFU ID bracelet.

Flying out tomorrow at 6:30 - have a good rest of the week/weekend everyone!