A week after my Rio Del Lago 100 Mile, I am still enjoying one memory: itchy poison oak on my left leg.
“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there
to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show
how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop
the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the
other people.”
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Ohlone 131 miler starts tomorrow looking forward to the challenge. Friends
please send me positive vibes and thoughts. I will need it.
I hopefully will fini...
6 comments:
I feel your pain! I have just a little bit on my legs. Much better than when I was there at AR50, I had it all over me!
Yeah - I only have 4 spots/streaks. Almost all gone/dried now.
Sorry that you got Poison Oak. I had the same worry because I once got it in AR50 2006. Then I was careful in RDL but did not see any. I thought they flourish in spring time when there is much rain. Glad that you had such a fast recovery from it. I had over one week to stop itching.
Chihping
Dude, I must've got lucky. I could've swore some of those dried twigs brushing my legs were poison oak (I get it bad), but I've been itch free. Maybe I accidentally pissed on my legs, dunno...
BTW, I've added a link to your photos, thanks for snapping.
In case anyone doesn't know, they always have this soap nad sometimes Technu to wash off at the AR50 finish on the other side of the parking lot from the finish line. Makes a big difference.
Overall, I think I was pretty lucky. The largest streak I got was only about an inch long, the other three maybe 1/2 inch. Most are dried - only one still itches. I think I must have gotten it each time I stepped aside to allow the speedsters like Mark pass me :)
Alan
I get it really bad too. I usually have a large bottle of Technu in my truck.
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