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Must share -- Diva cup has solved all my "embarassing" issues

guest — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:47:39 GMT

Ever since I gave birth to my daughter 17 months ago, I've experienced some pretty embarassing problems in my "active" lifestyle. The first is incontinence. Yup, I have needed to wear a Poise pad on pretty much every run, and on long runs, change it a few times. Then, after I stopped breastfeeding and my cycle returned, my periods were also just leaky and much heavier than I remember in the past. No matter what tampon I tried, it leaked.

My period is scheduled to return four days before my first half iron triathlon, and I know a Poise pad just isn't going to cut it. I did some research and read good things about the Diva cup. I decided to try it this month and be as active as possible Here is what I found:

-No leaks. Not one. No pantyliner needed. I swam, biked, and ran the whole 6 days and not a leak.

-Here's the really crazy thing -- it solved my pee issue. This was a welcome side effect I found on a four mile run during my period -- not a leak in EITHER area. Well, I'm off my period, but I thought for my long run today I'd wear it and see what happened. No peeing. Seriously. 11 miles and not a leak. I am in love.

Had to share.... $25 on Amazon (post-childbirth Diva cup) and I feel like I can get out there again without worrying about bodily fluids.

Re: TRI INDY Reviews

guest — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:51:41 GMT

I just did the 2010 -- the canal seemed fine to me, definitely more pleasant than some other bodies of water that tris are held in! And at four feet deep, it seemed like one of the safer tris out there. I'm a very timid biker and found the bike course decent - there was a big bump over a railroad track (which you went over four times) -- I lost my Aero Water Bottle top on that, and when I went over it again I noticed about 20 water bottles that the course marshalls had collected, so I guess other people had issues with things bumping off But I thought the traffic control was pretty good, there were just a couple of small spots where the road was too narrow to pass safely. The run course was great -- very flat. My only complaint was that I didn't feel the transition area was very well guarded. My only other race so far was the DC Triathlon, and the T area had people checking your race number with the number on your bike on the way out. This had people exiting from all parts of the T area and there were some pretty nice bikes on the racks -- I heard one guy say "so is this where you upgrade your bike?" and it would have been pretty easy! (But hey maybe DC is not the norm, I'm new at this!) All in all, volunteer support was excellent, very well organized, great finish line celebration. Will definitely do it again.

Re: Run in the Rain Tomorrow or ...

guest — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:12:06 GMT

I hope you posponed til today or at least til yesterday afternoon -- it was gorgeous today!

1 MCM Bib Available - $100 OBO + transfer fee

guest — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:41:21 GMT

Please email "zenetanar@yahoo.com" if you need an entry. Thanks! I will send you the transfer info as soon as I receive the $100 check.

Re: Transfer available - 2 bibs

guest — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:18:30 GMT

Bibs are GONE

Transfer available - 2 bibs

guest — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:02:46 GMT

I am pregnant and my husband has a knee injury so neither one of us can do the marathon this year (sob, sob.) If you are interested in the bibs I can get them to you for $115 each including the transfer fee. Please email me at zenetanar@yahoo.com Thanks!

To defer? Are transfers available?

guest — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:15:52 GMT

I will be 5 months pregnant at MCM and therefore will not be running more than 10 miles at a time from this point on, but my question is -- do you think I should defer? If the baby is born at the end of February, will that give me enough time to get ready for the following year? Or should I transfer my entry if possible?

Re: Missed my last long run

guest — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:07:14 GMT

I am just very excited about the microfleece jacket, to tell you the truth.

Re: Missed my last long run

guest — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:09:37 GMT

Next Marathon is.....

Frederick!

You running it?

Re: Missed my last long run

guest — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:16:27 GMT

Update:

I decided that I'd go ahead and do that 20 miler 2 weeks out. I went really slowly -- I walked a lot and took about 5 hours -- because I didn't want to wear my muscles down.

Shamrock marathon was Sunday -- windy, but decent weather otherwise. I beat my PR by 22 seconds, so I don't think the 20-miler was detrimental. I didn't break 4:30, which was my goal, so.....

I've already signed up for another marathon in 7 weeks -- these things are addicting.