SportShield from TwoToms.

Steve Carton — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:34:10 GMT

I've been using BodyGlide for every marathon and training run and never had a problem. But in a comment to a post back in May, I was advised of another product: SportShield from TwoToms. I hadn't gotten around to trying it, but bought a roll-on tube recently and got to try it on my long run yesterday.

I think the jury is still out. I use BodyGlide both on my inner thighs and on my nipples for long runs and marathon races. Yesterday was a 19 mile LSD and I liberally applied the SportShield to both places (well, all four, but who's counting). At the end, my nipples were fine. My inner thighs seemed to be a little raw, but not really noticable. So I'll try it again next week. But I've never noticed any rawness at all after using BodyGlide.

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Steve Carton — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:21:55 GMT

I would have thought that after all the marathon training and post-marathon running, the insides of my thighs would be pretty much toughened by now. Wow -- wrong! I did a short 6.5 tempo run last evening and it was a very nice run; north past National Airport, into DC, partway down Haines point and then back. I had a newish pair of shorts -- or at least a pair I hadn't used in a looong time. In the winter I run in shorts with no liner. I wear underwear instead. Otherwise certain parts of me get too cold. So I was wearing these shorts with no liner and a pair of undies (some technical brand -- make me think of the days ahead when I'll need them for other reasons!). When I was running long runs before the marathon, I would always goop up with body glide. But never for a short run.

Well, At about mile 4, I started to hurt. By mile 5, I was running bowlegged to keep from rubbing it more. At the end, I was raw. So much so that it hurt to walk and I left blood stains on the car seat. Maybe it was the humidity. Maybe it was the shorts. I just don't know for sure.

I think I'll skip the run today. Tomorrow is supposed to be my long run, but I think I may skip that too. Never again will I forget my BodyGlide!

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