How Far Can You Go? (Running / Walking Distance PvP) [June 26th - Aug 5th]

[WhiteGhost]

Man, this is getting pathetic. I usually run 5k or so 2-3x/week, but haven't gotten more than a warm-up jog in so far.

 

Need to step it up...

[EricMN]

'Sup,  PVPers. I'm in. @Xena, please don't lap me twice, I might cry.

[Coco P Loco]

Ok, so a week late to the game, but I'm in. I have checked out my average mileage per day throughout June, and come to the conclusion that I average 2.4 miles a day. Therefore, for the purposes of this challenge, I will only count mileage above the daily 2.4 miles baseline.

Total for week 1 = 2.28 miles (until 9:43pm, Sunday night, IST)

 

This challenge should help me up my run/walk game - I'm going to enjoy this!!!

[Jarric]

On ‎30‎/‎06‎/‎2017 at 3:43 PM, Charlie_Quinn said:

You walk 5k every lunch? Damn! I don't want to be draconian on the rules so if you want to count it in this challenge then you can. This is just  a bit of fun after all! Although, I was thinking that we could run a mini competition where whoever has fewer miles out of the 3 of us going to Barrel of Laps by Fri 28th July, has to get the first round in. 

 

Alright, I'm in. I suspect I'll be getting that first round though (particularly if my "long" run doesn't go about 6 miles!).

 

16.81 done for week 1, which is almost perfectly 1/6th of my 100 mile target.

[jonfirestar]

On 02/07/2017 at 6:03 PM, Jarric said:

Alright, I'm in. I suspect I'll be getting that first round though (particularly if my "long" run doesn't go about 6 miles!).

It's a bet then! There is plenty of time for any one of us to get lazy and drop some miles!

[zeroh13]

This sounds really fun. I do so much walking that is actually necessary, that I'm not sure how much extra I can really put in though. (I'm also a really limited with hiking places without the monthly transit pass that I might not be getting because I probably won't have enough work days to justify it and it's so expensive.  )

 

I do get some miles with the walk to and from the playground where I exercise. But I'm not sure what that should be counted as...

[EricMN]

To quote a guy from my 5 miler yesterday, "Heat, hills and humidity are not kind to a fat guy." I heard you loud and clear, brother.

[Xena]

I love summer but...

 

With the humidity comes the chafing.The skin under the band of my sports bra is so raw that I'm going to have to somehow tape it tomorrow. Deciding between KT tape and duct tape with something less sticky (bandaid?) directly over the raw spot.

 

 

[WhiteGhost]

Finally got a run in this challenge although I stopped in the middle to do some monkey bars #spartanstyle #wannaBlikeEricMN

[zeroh13]

10 hours ago, Xena said:

I love summer but...

 

With the humidity comes the chafing.The skin under the band of my sports bra is so raw that I'm going to have to somehow tape it tomorrow. Deciding between KT tape and duct tape with something less sticky (bandaid?) directly over the raw spot.

 

 

I'd try the KT tape first. Duct tape and skin usually isn't a good combination, and it's not breathable so it could make the irritated skin even more irritated.

[Charlie_Quinn]

10 hours ago, Xena said:

With the humidity comes the chafing.The skin under the band of my sports bra is so raw that I'm going to have to somehow tape it tomorrow. Deciding between KT tape and duct tape with something less sticky (bandaid?) directly over the raw spot.

 

Urgh, chafing is horrible. I get chafing under my arms if I'm running in a tank-top. I used to get chafing on my bum during long runs  but then I switched to Runderwear and I've not had that issue since. Do you use Body-Glide at all? I find that helps.

[Jarric]

Got my run in this morning, so I'm just shy of 25 miles for the challenge so far. Tough Mudder on Saturday should push that up a bit more  

[WhiteGhost]

2 hours ago, Charlie_Quinn said:

 

Urgh, chafing is horrible. I get chafing under my arms if I'm running in a tank-top. I used to get chafing on my bum during long runs  but then I switched to Runderwear and I've not had that issue since. Do you use Body-Glide at all? I find that helps.

I need something like that for long walks. Once I get over 25k steps or so my bum starts to chafe and gets really painful.

[jonfirestar]

13 hours ago, Xena said:

I love summer but...

 

With the humidity comes the chafing.The skin under the band of my sports bra is so raw that I'm going to have to somehow tape it tomorrow. Deciding between KT tape and duct tape with something less sticky (bandaid?) directly over the raw spot.

 

Turns out when you are a guy and you go running for a few hours at a time nipple chafing becomes a thing. I mean WTF I wish I'd been warned about that!

[zeroh13]

I finally went through my phone and logged my miles: 9.9

 

(That was on top of the 26.8 miles from working, running errands, commuting, etc.)

[EricMN]

17 hours ago, WhiteGhost said:

Finally got a run in this challenge although I stopped in the middle to do some monkey bars #spartanstyle #wannaBlikeEricMN

I just want to look as good in a compression shirt as you.

 

18 hours ago, Xena said:

I love summer but...

 

With the humidity comes the chafing.The skin under the band of my sports bra is so raw that I'm going to have to somehow tape it tomorrow. Deciding between KT tape and duct tape with something less sticky (bandaid?) directly over the raw spot.

7 hours ago, Charlie_Quinn said:

Urgh, chafing is horrible. I get chafing under my arms if I'm running in a tank-top. I used to get chafing on my bum during long runs  but then I switched to Runderwear and I've not had that issue since. Do you use Body-Glide at all? I find that helps.

See, these are problems I never thought about because they don't apply to me. Anyone who tries to tell me women are not clearly the tougher gender is woefully misinformed.

 

4 hours ago, jonfirestar said:

Turns out when you are a guy and you go running for a few hours at a time nipple chafing becomes a thing. I mean WTF I wish I'd been warned about that!

Yeah this was news to me the first time as well. It's worse with loose-fitting clothing.

 

 

[Xena]

23 hours ago, zeroh13 said:

I'd try the KT tape first. Duct tape and skin usually isn't a good combination, and it's not breathable so it could make the irritated skin even more irritated.

Yup, I decided that since KT tape was actually made for human skin I would start with that. I wrote duct tape because I thought of that first. I knew someone who used to do that years ago (before KT tape was invented). Turned out that the KT tape was PERFECT! I can't believe I've been running all these years and never tried that.

 

23 hours ago, Charlie_Quinn said:

 

Urgh, chafing is horrible. I get chafing under my arms if I'm running in a tank-top. I used to get chafing on my bum during long runs  but then I switched to Runderwear and I've not had that issue since. Do you use Body-Glide at all? I find that helps.

Yup I chafe all those places too sometimes. I did use body glide and it usually does help. That body glide has been in some interesting places.

 

20 hours ago, jonfirestar said:

 

Turns out when you are a guy and you go running for a few hours at a time nipple chafing becomes a thing. I mean WTF I wish I'd been warned about that!

Yup, it's even painful to witness sometimes. You probably know this, but NipGuards are adhesive circles made for that problem...I guess kinda like the KT tape solution.

[jonfirestar]

18 minutes ago, Xena said:

Yup, it's even painful to witness sometimes. You probably know this, but NipGuards are adhesive circles made for that problem...I guess kinda like the KT tape solution.

 

Oh yeah I've done research on it since first seeing it. Oddly that's really the only place I've seen chaffing. Although I have done some work to prevent it from happening in all the usual places. I think KT tape is a good idea though.

[Charlie_Quinn]

I'm now imagining a guy trying to pull KT tape off of nipple hair.......

 

[zeroh13]

33 minutes ago, Charlie_Quinn said:

I'm now imagining a guy trying to pull KT tape off of nipple hair.......

 

Just shave the area first

 

[Coco P Loco]

All this talk about chafing has me wondering if upping my miles is worth it....

Just been to check out how easily these products are to get in India - whilst Runderwear appears to be readily available and reasonably priced, Bodyglide is going for 6500Rs for one 0.45 Ounce stick on Amazon India.

 

Which is about $100 at the current exchange rate!!!

 

Though it does include free delivery

[Xena]

On 7/8/2017 at 10:18 AM, Coco P Loco said:

All this talk about chafing has me wondering if upping my miles is worth it....

Just been to check out how easily these products are to get in India - whilst Runderwear appears to be readily available and reasonably priced, Bodyglide is going for 6500Rs for one 0.45 Ounce stick on Amazon India.

 

Which is about $100 at the current exchange rate!!!

 

Though it does include free delivery

 

It's good but not that good!

Vaseline helps but isn't as good. Aquaphor is better than vaseline if you can get it.

[Coco P Loco]

5 hours ago, Xena said:

Vaseline helps but isn't as good. Aquaphor is better than vaseline if you can get it.

 

I'll keep this in mind if I start to suffer...

 

So my miles last week totalled 24.35, of which 7.55 are extra, so I now have a total of 9.83 miles for the challenge.

No longer in last place!

 

[zeroh13]

My mileage this week is going to be sad. Unless I go for a few evening walks. Which isn't going to happen because it's going to be hot and muggy (it doesn't really start cooling down until really, really late). *Bleh*

[EricMN]

Bleh. Knee has been jacked since last Tuesday and all I've got in is a bit under 2 miles' walk in the airport concourse while waiting for my flight yesterday. And now I feel antsy.