# Three miles! THREE MILES! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087 "2007-06-07T03:33:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/1 "2007-06-07T03:33:55Z")
No stopping. No slowing down. Three miles, all the way. Never gone that far, not all in one go. Three miles! I feel like I’m going to die. I feel fantastic. I think my nipples are bleeding. But three miles! **Three miles!** Tomorrow, I start working on four. ---
**Author:** ![Arien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arien)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/2 "2007-06-07T03:38:54Z")
Congratulations! Um, you’re talking about running, right? I’m doing this [couch to 5k program](http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml) so in 5 weeks I could be the one writing the OP. Hopefully without the part about bleeding nipples. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/3 "2007-06-07T04:20:00Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] I think my nipples are bleeding. [/QUOTE] Ewww! What’s _that_ about?! I’ve never heard of that as a side-effect of running. ETA: Oh yeah. . . and congratulations on making it to three miles. . . well, if the nipple thing isn’t serious. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/4 "2007-06-07T04:28:58Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] Ewww! What’s _that_ about?! I’ve never heard of that as a side-effect of running. [/QUOTE] Very very common. Watch the finish line of a 10K someday and prepare to be horrified. Wearing a sweaty white shirt will make the runners look like they’ve been shot. Twice. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/5 "2007-06-07T04:33:50Z")
[QUOTE=Omniscient] Very very common. Watch the finish line of a 10K someday and prepare to be horrified. Wearing a sweaty white shirt will make the runners look like they’ve been shot. Twice. [/QUOTE] :eek: And to think I thought **Miller** was just kidding, and I was going to reply that he try a different “man-siere,” but since it’s genuine hurting we’re talking about, I guess the jokes are mostly out, right? Er, and we _are_ talking about _male_ runners, right? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/6 "2007-06-07T04:39:27Z")
[QUOTE=The Scrivener] Er, and we _are_ talking about _male_ runners, right? [/QUOTE] Usually…not always. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/7 "2007-06-07T04:43:31Z")
[For your](http://www.sfweekly.com/2003-06-25/news/damn-that-hurts/) [enjoyment](http://www.nipguards.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/8 "2007-06-07T04:48:38Z")
You learn something new every day. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/9 "2007-06-07T12:43:40Z")
Yeah, those suck. Vaseline is your friend on longer runs, I’ve found… ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/10 "2007-06-07T13:06:12Z")
What the…OK, I gotta call BS on this. It’s one thing for something common like stress incontinence & miscarriage to be thought to have a lower incidence than actual, but those are “hidden” maladies. But bloody nipples? ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/11 "2007-06-07T13:09:31Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] What the…OK, I gotta call BS on this. It’s one thing for something common like stress incontinence & miscarriage to be thought to have a lower incidence than actual, but those are “hidden” maladies. But bloody nipples? [/QUOTE] It’s from chafing. When you run, your shirt can chafe your nipples to the point of bleeding. Good on you, **Miller**! Uh, for the run, not for the nipples. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/12 "2007-06-07T13:13:42Z")
harumph…I shall remain unconvinced. Perhaps I have inverted nipples. But yes indeedy, yea **Miller**! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/13 "2007-06-07T13:29:21Z")
Good for you, Miller! You’re way ahead of me. ---
**Author:** ![silk1976](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@silk1976](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silk1976)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/14 "2007-06-07T13:42:57Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] No stopping. No slowing down. Three miles, all the way. Never gone that far, not all in one go. Three miles! I feel like I’m going to die. I feel fantastic. I think my nipples are bleeding. But three miles! **Three miles!** Tomorrow, I start working on four. [/QUOTE] Congratulations! I remember the first time I went three miles - I was sore for a week and could barely get down a set of stairs. Put bandaids on your nipples before you go - that’ll save em. I hear a lot of marathoners do that). Actually now that I think of it, masking tape might be cheaper then 2 bandaids every time 🙂 And dont go up to 4 too quickly - especially if you are just starting out. Its a lot more punishment then your body has been used to taking up to this point - take your time getting up to the 4 miles so that your feet and knees have time to adapt (follow the couch to 5k program that someone else mentioned). ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/15 "2007-06-07T14:28:40Z")
Pfftt. Big whoop. I drive further than that _all_ the time. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/16 "2007-06-07T15:40:57Z")
Waitaminnit… **Miller** , you got any hair on your chest to speak of? I’m hypothesizin’ that hairless girlymen are more at risk than us barbarian hair factories. ---
**Author:** ![wasson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4da419/32.png) [@wasson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wasson)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/17 "2007-06-07T16:01:29Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] Waitaminnit… **Miller** , you got any hair on your chest to speak of? I’m hypothesizin’ that hairless girlymen are more at risk than us barbarian hair factories. [/QUOTE] Some people just get it more than others. I’ve got a pretty hairy chest, and for 3-5 mile runs my nipples are just starting to get agitated. Last year during my marathon training, they bled like a mofo on runs longer than 10 miles. Check the running stores. They have lubricant you put on your nips that really, really help. Bandaids help too, but tend to fall off when you get sweaty. Anyhoo, congrats on the 3 miles! Going from 0 - 3 miles is a big deal and very difficult. Going from 3 - 4, piece of cake! Just keep movin’ those feet! ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/18 "2007-06-07T16:06:07Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] Pfftt. Big whoop. I drive further than that _all_ the time. [/QUOTE] Yeah me to. I mean if God meant us to run we’d have 4 legs..right? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/19 "2007-06-07T16:33:08Z")
When I lifeguarded, we used paddleboards for rescues- I was at lakes with beaches. We would paddle for half-hour to an hour for workouts sometimes. Not being comfortable on my knees, I paddled on my chest. Talk about sore nipples! I mock you and your poor nipples from shirt chafage. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087/20 "2007-06-07T16:39:48Z")
Any running store will have a plethora of over-priced but effective ways to deal with chafing nipples, thighs, etc. I remember when I ran 3 miles, then 4, etc. I was just like you **Miller**. Eventalluy ran 15 miles straight, training for a marathon. I ran the marathon but actually had to walk and run through it thanks to a uncooperative back. But I finished! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-miles-three-miles/407087.md?page=2)