Taser Running II (Page 44)

D001 - 2009-06-28 7:35 PM x2 on the calamine. (But be careful, as it can stain clothing.) Or, Ivarest is good too

D001 - 2009-06-28 7:33 PM AKKKKK! I hate poison ivy! I'm so allergic to it, that it takes about 2-3 months for it to go away on me. I think for most people though, it's probably about 1 1/2 to 2 weeks. As for the spreading, it's not really.... What happens is this: 1) You touch the plant, and get the oil on your skin. 2) You don't realize you have the oil on you, so you touch someplace else, thereby getting the oil there too. (But generally, it's a lesser amount.) 3) A couple of days after contact, the rash appears. 4) Then, shortly after that, you get the rash in those secondary places that came in contact with the oil. I can't believe that you live in CT, and haven't gotten poison ivy before! (Lucky you!)

D001 - 2009-06-28 7:27 PM So... why didn't you change your goal to "almost 77km" then? LOL Actually, I think you should change it to 82 km, and run tomorrow or Tuesday.

running4beer - 2009-06-28 7:32 PM
It can take 3-4 weeks + at worst -- some people who are more susceptible or for stronger oils from certain types of ivies, aside from continuing to spread during showering even several days later, it can become somewhat systemic.  Even though hot water may seem to relieve the itching, cold water helps stave off the spread because it closes your pores.  Seriously, if you're still bugged by it and you've gotten little relief, ask your doc for some meds! - prednisone or some other steroidal will help your body fight it!  Sometimes it doesn't have anything to do with you touching it.

rlejeune - 2009-06-28 8:08 PM

ebshot - 2009-06-28 7:42 PM

D001 - 2009-06-28 7:28 PM

ebshot - 2009-06-28 4:28 PM I feel like a slug.  I still can't run or bike and my pool is closed today.  I am getting fatter and fatter everyday.

Psst, I hate to tell you this, so I'll use the "secret font," but Alcohol has a lot of calories.... Of course, you could just cut back on "other" stuff, and keep that consumption constant.

Wait, what?????  Alcohol has calories?????  I thought since it was a fluid it was calorie free????  WTF is that????

I don't believe anything you said, alcohol is calorie free

ebshot - 2009-06-28 7:48 PM
That is just wrong Dee.  2-3 months???  Yikes.  I really don't think it is poison ivy.  I think it's poison oak.  I have been in and around poison ivy before and have never gotten it.  Even when my sister was covered with it, I didn't get it.  Sooooo, I think it's something else.  Oh well, no matter, it is itchy and not nice!

disturbed275 - 2009-06-28 1:13 PM My race went okay. I couldn't find the official results afterward and nothing's online yet, but I think I finished 2:26:XX. A couple minutes off my PR but considering in was not wetsuit legal I'm not too disappointed.

D001 - 2009-06-28 7:28 PM Psst, I hate to tell you this, so I'll use the "secret font," but Alcohol has a lot of calories.... Of course, you could just cut back on "other" stuff, and keep that consumption constant.

ebshot - 2009-06-28 7:42 PM ^^^^^said as I drink a beer!