Gothamist: Running, Music and Nipple Chafe

Bob F.

Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:44:00 -0500

That was race was a ball. Fountains of Wayne played "Mexican Wine" and "Radiation Vibe" as I (slowly) shuffled past them. Photos of The Donnas pre-race show at: http://www.extrawack.com

Popsicle Fan

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:07:49 -0500

If you're a cute girl, I've got a cure for nipple chafe right here!

D

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:52:39 -0500

http://www.nipguards.com/ fixes nipple chafe, albeit more expensively than a pack of band-aids.

KP

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 18:09:33 -0500

I somehow sweat out a 40:49... Man that was fun though. I enjoyed Devo last year better but Joan was kickass. Tien, your pics are all from exctaly where I was... I forgot my cell. Oh well. Next year!

Rocknrope

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 16:26:30 -0500

Smitty, one thing works - bandaids on nips. I tried the vaseline, that doesn't work if you sweat alot. The bandaids consistently work, and I had it so bad that my white shirt would be bloody. Ew.

smitty

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:40:45 -0500

what can one do about nipple chafe?

D

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:44:37 -0500

47:21, 9:28 pace, 2724th place out of 7551 total runners.

Rocknrope

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:34:12 -0500

Lancefan, if you really want to navigate the crowd effectively for this race (and pretty much all other NYRR races) line up at a mile marker 2 minutes faster than your pace. I spend most of my time weaving through people who are clearly not running an 8mm pace..

LanceFan

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:18:07 -0500

finished in 42:25, 8:29 pace- next year I hope to navigate the crowd at the starting line and avoid the time delay!

areacode212

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 11:43:19 -0500

Man, I'm disappointed that I missed out on Joan Jett! I hope to catch the Donnas tonight, though. Did she give a shout-out to Freaks and Geeks when she played "Bad Reputation"? I hear she does that.

Rocknrope

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 11:39:28 -0500

P.S. Results are up on NYRR.org. I ran a 43:23, 8:40 pace - slower than I should have been. How'd the Gothamists do?

Rocknrope

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 11:15:25 -0500

The heat definitely had an effect on performance, but the weather was abit better than the previous two days. I thought last year's line up was better, more retro, but Jett played an awesome set. I posted some pics of the shwag we received on my blog.

Heather

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 10:48:20 -0500

It was a great way to celebrate my 30th birthday. I agree, it was a bummer to hear such a short snippet of the bands. They should set up speakers along the way. I think they must have played a short set over and over, because we heard F.O.W. playing Radiation Vibe.

PLD

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:26:43 -0500

came up from Philly for the race although a bad toe kept me from running at the last minute. Still loved it though!

Doug

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:23:12 -0500

http://flickr.com/photos/planetgordon/archives/date-posted/2005/07/21/ Only four pictures since I didn't want to carry my camera over a five-mile run, but you get a sense of the red shirts taking over Central Park and the subways. I'm assuming the bands did the same songs over and over again. I heard Fountains of Wayne do "Stacey's Mom" as I ran by, but I think they were positioned at about mile two. I can't imagine they played a full set for 10,000 runners sweating their way along the route. Results should be up in a day or two.

neil

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:16:00 -0500

being my first ever race, and most likely last in the gothamist team pool, I was kinda happy with my performance. The event itself was nice a lot of pluses, but you only really heard the music for like 20-30 seconds when you were in front of the artist. I just wish I brought my headphones. Oh, that and 10,000 people running in central park is way too crowded. I think though I will continue running, it was enjoyable. The results should be posted at nyrrc.org, but they aren't there yet.

tien

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:13:14 -0500

does anybody have a link to the results? we need to shower the best gothamist staff runner with praise! also, joan jett is ripped!