18 mile run!
Posted by katymoe on May 23rd, 2010Brett is watching LOST which I don’t watch so I’m actually finishing some blogs that I started a while ago. I love writing, but I hate editing and re-reading so there are few piled up here in my DRAFTS. I also have a problem doing things out of chronological order or “out of order” at all. So, although I have small funny fun blogs on my mind, I feel like I have to write my LONG boring race report before I can move onto the fun short ones. It’s the same with my crafts. I have so many things I want to sew, little day projects. But I won’t let myself do them until I finish my quilt (which still has A LOT of work left on it).
I ran 18 miles today, and it felt wonderful and fun. How great is that?! I had some minor gear-malfunctions. These “malfunctions” were only moderately embarrassing, but ended up being massively painful. I wore my running skirt with tights under, and my camelbak fanny pack for hydration. My skirt kept riding up and tucking itself up under my camelbak exposing my booty. Yes, my booty was covered by my tights but these tights are made to be covered so they’re pretty thin. It was pretty awkward to have my fellow runners run up behind me and yank my skirt down. So, in my feeble attempt to prevent further embarrassment and booty flashing I put my pack higher on my waist so it couldn’t snatch my skirt up again. With my pack higher my shirt kept creeping up, so for the majority of the run my pack was on my bare skin. So, in saving myself some embarrassment, I rubbed lots of skin off a massive 4 inch square patch on my back. Now, that’s what I call chaffing. You know how you find all your chaffed areas in the shower. Wow….just wow. That was the most painful part of my whole day. That’s gonna leave a mark.
I’ll wanted to post some reenactment pictures of these gear malfunctions and my huge chaffed back spot, but didn’t get around to it today. Check back later and maybe I’ll do it tomorrow.
Tags: katymoe, triathlon training
