Fall "officially" showed up this week, along with a cool, and more importantly dry breath of air. I won't delude myself into thinking that summer is completely over just yet, but this sure does feel nice.
With T-minus-10 days and counting until Marathon #9 (outwardly calm, inwardly... starting to freak out a little), it's a good time to avoid obsessing about the race by reflecting on the two most important lessons I learned in all those miles this summer:
1. There's a product out there called "SportShield".
2. It is AWESOME!! With a capital 'A'. And a capital 'WESOME'. And two exclamation points.
Thanks to Nathan for spreading the good word. And now, I am here to spread the word to you. It might be the only post with any useful information that I ever write.
"But.. but.." you might stammer, "the title of this post is about Body Glide! And badasses!"
That's right. I should be clear here - this is my experience, and your mileage may vary. I have nothing against Body Glide or the good folks at whatever company makes the stuff. I've been swearing by Body Glide for several years now. Why? I chafe. Really bad. Where? That's none of your business. But now that I am leaving it up to your imagination, you are getting all sorts of horrible ideas, even though the reality is very tame (this is my proof that there's no such thing as TMI).
Anyway, yeah... Body Glide has been a life saver. If I use Body Glide, my chafeable patches stay a nice rosy pink all summer long, and they may get slightly raw on longer runs. Not super bad.. just enough to make me wonder who is making all those awful squealing noises during my post-long run showers.
But if I forget Body Glide on just one run, it's like a belt sander loaded with 40-grit was somehow involved, and I'll have trouble walking for the rest of the day.
Body Glide truly has been good to me, but SportShield is a whole different level I never knew existed. I tried it out for the first time maybe six weeks ago? Eight? I don't remember. It's so good that it has completely erased the memory of when I started using it. Within a couple days, the skin in those chafe zones was healed. All the way. Like brand new. Not even pink. And so far, no amount of torture has managed to un-heal it.
So, the only natural conclusion that a person can draw from all this is that Body Glide really is for badasses.
SportShield on the other hand, is for wimps like me.