So I had a really good laugh at the expense of other people’s stories of pooping on the run. Until it happened to me. Never have I ever had to go on the run until last weekend on my long run. So I’m 5 miles out with no porta potty in the middle of my forest preserve. I don’t know what triggered it but I have a double stop session in the bushes. I spray gatorade to clean the area (I run with a bottle) so I think I’m OK. Get home and when I take a shower I discover I have the worst diaper rash of my life! Wholly crap (no pun intended) it hurts! Soap and wash cloth are freaking killer, later hydrogen peroxide and polysporin bring me to my knees. All I could do is sit the rest of that day and the next in total pain. I do the mirror check and it looks like road rash! WTF! Two days later I breakdown and tell my wife and after a few jokes from her she goes out and buys me A&D ointment. That stuff is the miracle cure! Instant relief! I think I’ll continue to use the stuff long after the rash is gone it feels so good!
You’d have been better off doing no “wiping” than spraying Gatorade on it. Gatorade is pretty sticky when it dries. Sticky = more friction.
Thanks for the laugh, though.
I use A&D instead of buying Chamois Cream, it’s a lot less expensive and works just as well to prevent chafing-
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I use A&D instead of buying Chamois Cream, it’s a lot less expensive and works just as well to prevent chafing-
Of course, there is a certain pungent aroma to A&D (aka Desitin), and it is hard to wash out of things.
A&D does have a mild smell, but even with cash and material gifts I can’t get my wife’s face close enough to that area to smell, so no one but me can smell anything and it’s only when applying. I haven’t seen any staining as it seems to dry clear and wash off.
A&D is not the same as Desitin. It doesn’t smell like Desitin and it’s a lot more like Vaseline in appearance.
I highly recommend Triple Paste. It works fast and well. Its not at all greasy and there is no odor.
I believe as a child this is called “diaper rash”…as an adult it’s termed “monkey butt”
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What I know don’t get at all are people that pee on themselves on the bike. I cannot even imagine the rash that some of them would get after many hours of biking and running. Now I know I have always been right to stop at somewhere to relieve myself instead of saving a nano second.
A&D is mostly petroleum jelly. Desitin “creamy” is a diaper rash ointment that is Zinc Oxide based and works great for me as chamois cream, and for post ride healing.
…at least you weren’t carrying Red Bull.
In studies comparing A & D and vaseline, there was no difference. Vaseline is much cheaper and has little odor.
So all the extra medicinal stuff in A&D is also found in Vaseline? How is that possible?
even with cash and material gifts I can’t get my wife’s face close enough to that area.
That’s why God created dogs and peanut butter.
Oh, you said to smell? Carry on smartly.
Were there no leaves? I’d probably sacrifice my t-shirt before bathing with gatoraid. At least the A&D got you back in the game
Because the vitamins A and D in there don’t add anything, just expense and odor.
Plain Vaseline (petrolatum) is great stuff.
Yes, of course there are leaves and bark and twigs on the forest ground. It’s a pretty tough tought to think of picking up a stick to clean oneself with.
Who would have thought Gatorade would be so bad? I wonder what it’s doing to my teeth and stomach?
Try Aquaphor- it stays on your skin better
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