I have learned a number of things about preparing for and actually running a long run, and I thought I would share them...you can thank me later, should you ever take up running, and your welcome (in case we aren't speaking to each other when you later take up running...no excuse for being impolite).
1. Sweat and Paper = Oil and Water - Much like milk and graham crackers, the combination seems harmless but the results look disgusting. While running our Saturday long runs we have to carry directions with us to make sure we stay on course. The other option is to memorize the directions, but after about the 10th "turn left/right on _____" you just can't keep it all together. There are a number of methods for keeping the directions dry: (1 ) lamination - an excellent option of the scrapbook set, but totally inconvenient for normal people, (2) baggie - poor man's lamination...fancy people use a snack size bag, and (3) bond paper - much like a brawny paper towel, it's thicker so it takes longer for the absorption to totally ruin the paper. To be fair, I am speaking a little bit out of turn, since I have never actually had to carry directions. But I have seen the results. Not pretty.
2. Friction Non-Fiction - Basically, if it moves, it is capable of bleeding. Name an exterior part of the body. Yes, that chafes. How do you fix it...well, you smear it with something or cover it with something. Problem is, sometimes the covering just irritates something else. Let's say that you are developing a patch on you right arm where your arm hits your shirt while you run...let's say you then put a bandaid on that arm...arm is fixed, but your side is in for a brand new round of fun. My only fix to the slather myself in body glide (which is the second cousin to petroleum jelly, but in stick form). You feel weird doing it, but your nipples will thank you later.
Timmy
Days Left - 78
Total Distance Run - 145.12
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