The End of a Rainbow, A Pot of Gold
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Tuesday, April 05, 2011, 11:14 PM
One Down From My To-do List
I signed up for the Great Eastern 10km run! Sooo excited for it! Will have to start training up my stamina and hopefully my knees will be kinder to me. The coolest part is that Kris is running with me! Nothing beats having a running buddy :D:DIt was while discussing about marathons when i found out that abrasion from shirt on skin can actually cause significant wear and tear. When i heard it i was like -.-, but ok i guess after 6h of continuous friction (during full marathons) as your shirt slides past your skin can do considerable damage. Apparently guys buy nipple tapes because their ahem gets quite a lot of abrasion too hahahha.
Another useless fact i found out was that the ugly long pants that i always see runners/swimmers wear are actually compression pants. I used to wonder why anyone would want to wear long pants since they looked so hot and restrictive, but those tricky compression pants are actually meant to compress your muscles to force blood to circulate faster, thus slowing down muscle fatigue and improving your performance. Those sneaky blighters..