Category — IronMan Florida 2008

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Hi Guys,

Below is a post from my coaches “board” that I thought you might find interesting with respect to skin irritations while training for triathlons- especially pools.

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Cherilyn,

Boy, the topics us coaches begin to advise or refer out on, eh?  That’s why this is a great forum.  But the thing is, all our athletes are causing some type of damage to the skin from photo damage (sun exposure) to free radical damage (caused by training, racing and putting the body in a “stressed” state).

Here are my professional two cents (as a skin and hair care specialist with 20+ years as a licensed cosmetologist)

Immediate care:  At this point, given how your athlete is self treating his skin with Dove, Vaseline and Olive oil (except for Olive Oil, these are petroleum [crude oil] based products can cause skin irritations), he may be causing the skin more harm than good.  Despite his good intentions, these products are drying and coating, causing the skin to be more reactive (hypersensitive)

An additional tip for anyone using skin care creams, soaps, lotions, shower gels, shampoo’s, is to use a product that is a) sulfate free [surfacting agent] and b) Paraben (not paraffin) free [preservative found in many skin care products including foods].  These ingredients have been linked to many skin sensitivities.

Enzyme bath soaps or shower gels  help to gently exfoliate and slough off the dead skin cells and remove the man made build up.  Then applying a body lotion made for sensitive skin.  At this point, I recommend NOT using a lufa…this is going to sensitize the skin further, which is why an enzyme bath can gently help exfoliate the buildup.

Yet, this does not address the immediate issue now masked by his self prescribed care.  Is the rash contained to blotchy patches in one particular area or all over?  Since his skin itches apart from using the pool, this may not be a pool issue.  Have him consider any other changes he made during the onset/appearance of the rash, for example such as switching laundry detergents. Does he itch after showing at home?  Does he itch in general when he sweats?

Chances are his skin is just “dry” and sensitive, reacting to particular products and chemicals.

Many noon chlorinated pools use Saline, a salt solutions, which still cling on the body.

Have him work with a dermatologist to find what he may be allergic to.

Dorette

Well all, I DID DO IT.  My girlfriends picked me up last Sat night and I got the IM tatoo!  Thanks to those last year that gave me the money towards it at my surprise IM party!  I still can’t believe I did it, except it STILL HURTS!  I guess the ankle is a hard place to get it….

Anywhoo… here it is.  I opted for a black “M” because I thought the red would look like blood LOL.  I then put a yellow/gold circle for the “dot” because that was the logo color for IMFL.  Plus, if I do another one, I can add a dot in the logo color for that race (cool, right!?!?!).

What do you think?  YOu like it or, are you thinking, “what the heck ” !?!  LOL

I can't believe I did it!

I’ve been asked for the recipe for my oatmeal pancakes.  You’ll see that they have everything in them that you need for a post workout meal, or a few hours before a workout.  I hope you enjoy them.  Warning, they have NO sugar in them.  The thought is that with pure maple syrup, you don’t need the sugar

But, feel free to add some sugar if you don’t use syrup.

Oatmeal Kitchen Sink Pancakes

Ingredients:

2 ½ cups Uncooked Old-Fashioned Oatmeal

1 tsp Baking Powder

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

1 Cup Rice Milk with Vanilla OR 1 Cup Skim Milk

1 Cup Frozen Blueberries OR 3 Bananas

1 Cup Nuts Of Your Choice

1/4 Cup Ground Flax Seed

6 Eggs or 1 Cup Egg Whites

Beat eggs until they are frothy.

Mix all ingredients together in a food processor. If you like chunkier pancakes, you can leave the nuts out, or grind them a little first, then mix them in by hand after all of the other ingredients are processed.

You may need to add some water to get the consistency you want.

Make pancakes, flip, and eat

I wanted to let you guys know that I had my massage last week with the gift certificate you gave me and it was great!  Annie was wonderful, and she even might join our training group this year   Thanks so much.

As soon as my toe nails grow back (yes, my big toenail and both second toenails fell off) I will do the pedicure and manicure

I hope you guys are enjoying the break before you start to train again.  I sure am!

Happy Holidays,

Diane

Check out Beth’s video of my finish!  You can feel the energy of the crowd.

Diane’s IM FL finish

I’m the second finisher from at the end of the video.  I was hoping I’d hear “Diane Stokes from Northboro Mass, you are an Ironman” on the video, but no such luck. Oh well!

personalized-video-demo

Yay, I got some of the pictures up!  Here are pictures through the swim start of the race.  The first picture is the cake I tried to previously post.  It was a delicious as it was creative!  Thanks again Laura!!!

If I have time in Austin this week, I’ll post more

Last night I thought I was going to the movies with my husband and our friends.  Little did I know, a surprise party was in the works!  My husband, last minute, says “oh, Dot called, you have to pick something up at her house that you left there last night”.  I of course was arguing with him saying “what did I leave?” and he of course was being incredulous saying “I have no idea, just run up and get it”.  LOL  So, run up I did and I entered Dot’s house quietly, and surprised the houseful of people LOL…

Needless to say, I have never been more touched than I was last night.   Thank you to Gretchen for thinking of doing this and organizing it all.  Thank you for Dot for hosting the party.  Thank you for giving up your Saturday night and in some cases driving long distances to be there.  And a HUGE thank you to all of my friends that attended, brought food, and gave me a LOVELY gift that I can’t wait to use (spa treatments ) in December!!!  When I tell you that your thoughts, prayers and workouts buoyed me during the race, I am not kidding.  Why else would I have felt so good doing something so rediculous LOL!!!

Here is a picture of the cake that Laura made for us.  It was UNBELIEVABLE!  Not only beautiful to look at, but delicious too!  I unfortunately didn’t get any other pictures!  If you guys did, feel free to post them, or send them to me to post.

having troubles uploading pictures   will work on it

I promise to work on posting my other IM photos this week.  I am traveling Thurs to Thurs this week, so again a busy week, but I’ll do it!!!

Thanks again for an amazing night.  I truly feel blessed to know you guys, and one last thought to leave you with….

I have sucked you all in……..feel the vacuum…. We are all tri geeks now! I can’t wait to work with you and train with you next year.