Marathon runners suffer chaf from clothings
After his first assault at a marathon last year banker Brian Jones was shocked to discover the sharp pain in his chest was not cardiovascular, but bleeding nipples.
“When I took my shirt off at the end it was white — apart from two particular parts of it,” he told Reuters in an interview after completing his second Tokyo Marathon at the weekend.
“It looked like I had been shot by a sniper. This year I bought some Vaseline. It worked, although I had nasty chafing elsewhere.”
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This news story about the Tokyo Marathon was one of the most amusing stories I have read today.
A marathon is no walk in the park, and I expected runners to put up with leg cramps, damaged knees or ankles, and even heart attacks. I did not, however, expect sore nipples, and other parts of the bodies getting chafed as well while running the marathon. 
At least one runner, Brian Jones, discovered that Vaseline works for his nipples. Wonder why he did not apply Vaseline around his underwear as well? Maybe he will do it on his next marathon.
Wonder if the women marathoners had the same problem with their nipples? I wonder if their sports bra does a better job at preventing the chafing? 
