Sweet Jebus My Nipples!!!!

racso1975

THE PAIN!!!!! Have only been running 5k for last year and bit, with the exception of going off the rails for 8 weeks at xmas:o, anywho have upped the distanced a bit now and am doing 6-8 miles monday to friday but today was doing intervals and the burning sensation now is not even funny!!!!! I'd imagine nipple clamps to be less sore!!! Could melt ice cubes at the mo

Have noticed over the last 2-3 weeks that they were getting tender and maybe todays rain did not help.

Please apart from bandaids any cure?

uglyjohn

band aids or toppless running........i tried vaseline once and that didnt work.


or you could cut nipple holes in you t-shirt.

ManFromAtlantis

yep, plasters. if ya dont like taking them off, leave them on !

TheRoadRunner

uglyjohn wrote: »

or you could cut nipple holes in you t-shirt.

Add some tassles for effect

Plasters are your only man. I wear plasters and also use surgical tape over the plasters to be sure to be sure

shels4ever

I'm going to have to come u pwith a plan for this too.. looks like plasters are the way to go..

Frogdog

Nipple holes, topless running, plasters, vaseline - pah!

Be a REAL man and use these:

http://www.irishfit.ie/nippleguards.html

Izoard

Take a single band aid, cut the 2 sticky sides off and bin the "white bit". The stickies are the perfect nipple size and generally don't stick to any hair (assuming you don't have hair actually growing out of your nipples...).

During high training periods (including now for Connemara), they remain in place for a good while, much to the disgust of Mrs. I and the little I's.

Also, I get a couple of funny looks in the pool, but the tri guys generally understand:-)

Daithi BC

I use micropore tape - it sticks on fine, but isn't quite as sore when you're pulling it off. It's about 2 euro for a roll long enough to keep you going for months.

shels4ever

you could always just cut two nipple sized holes out of all your running tops.

seanybiker

duct tape. Does everything. WD40.

Euchrid

Never mind these softies. Tough it out until they get used to the pain and they harden up.

You'll never be stuck for somewhere to hang your jacket in the pub once you develop nipps of steel!!

OBWON

As somebody said to me before, there is no cure only prevention.

copacetic

Daithi BC wrote: »

I use micropore tape - it sticks on fine, but isn't quite as sore when you're pulling it off. It's about 2 euro for a roll long enough to keep you going for months.

+1 for this, lasts for ages and is very cheap.

jlang

Grow some chest hair. I've never had any trouble with nipple chafing and always put it down that.

plodder

Frogdog wrote: »

http://www.irishfit.ie/nippleguards.html

I used those for the Dublin marathon last year, and they were the business.

Though I wouldn't want to be using them every day. I have noticed that some running top materials are a lot more susceptible to nipple chafing than others. Though decent quality technical ones shouldn't be really.

Reg'stoy

Bunion plasters work a treat, you'll get them in any chemist. Hopefully you don't need a step by step guide to using them . I ran jogged/walked the Dublin City marathon with them on. I held them in palce with a bit of surgical tape for added security, only problem I had was removing them at the end of the race :eek:.

xebec

jlang wrote: »

Grow some chest hair. I've never had any trouble with nipple chafing and always put it down that.

Lack of chest hair isn't something I need to worry about and I still get chafing every now and then... And as the OP said, it's bloody sore!!

For me, BodyGlide is the stuff, although might be a bit pricey if you're just using it on the nipples...