Comments on: Blood and the Trail Runner

By: george_zac12891

george_zac12891 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:52 +0000

Brad – I often wear bike gloves on the trails, even on hot days, just to protect the hands.

By: dgcohen

dgcohen — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:52 +0000

it's awesome how you have a plan for your falls. knowing you, this of course makes perfect sense to me.

By: sig

sig — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:52 +0000

Nice one (if one may say such)!
Did my first orienteering race here in South of France in shorts, no gaiters, left a nice bloody trail and still have criss-crossed white lines all over – seems I did not know about the nice thorny and stubborn undergrowth of the southern climes
Now I have gaiters and more…

By: Matt Shobe

Matt Shobe — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:52 +0000

Talk about wicking; that blood simply ceases to exist when it reaches those socks. Fox River?

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:52 +0000

Wow. Thanks for raising the bar for me daily, man. Seriously, this is rockstar type of stuff!

By: Chip Schooler

Chip Schooler — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:52 +0000

As we say in horsback riding…its a long way from the heart – no problem

By: caleb_steph8092

caleb_steph8092 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:52 +0000

Oh hell, ouch. Yeah, that's why I started shaving my legs below the knee. Hair in the scab is a major b****. You're going to have a nice one!

By: aziz_griese5636

aziz_griese5636 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:52 +0000

I kinda like a good bloody scrape/cut, long as it's not close to a serious injury. It's kinda sick. Well, that's before I hit the shower and the water first hits the cut. "MEDIC!"

By: andrew_hyde651

andrew_hyde651 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:52 +0000

I used to have a running group that would gauge falls by if the blood reached the sock.

As it looks, you would have earned a 6 pack.

By: bfeld

bfeld — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:52 +0000

Sweet. I’ll split one with you the next time we get together.