Looking at the picture above I'm more shocked when I see the folically challenged guy running without any sort of cover.
The only time I'm ever out in the sun without a hat is during the run, and I only run 30 minutes or less. At a race I either hand my hat to my wife, a friend, a bystander, or just hang it on a fence or other post just a few minutes before the race. Sometimes I get a bit concerned after the finish at a large race when it can take a while to find my hat caddy!
I can't imagine sunscreen on my head sweating into my eyes, under those very light weight progressive sun readers are my toric contacts, I'd be blind as anything if those failed due to the irritation.
That photo above is from Saturday's race, and for the first time I handed my hat to a protege'!
She is scheduled to run her first race....a 5K....Sept. 8.
When I was rehabing my neck by walking only, I ran into her a mile and a half from my house. She had neither run nor engaged in any cardio exercise for decades because of knee pain, and had never been outside her house barefoot. We walked an additional 5 miles together, and she tried 30 seconds barefoot.
That was the last week of March, and as she expanded her barefoot walking and started thinking about a 5K WALK barefoot, I encouraged her to try adding a bit of running.
She's up to 2.8 barefoot miles now, at around 10MM, and she only ran her first steps in early July!
She took the photo, and was far enough away from the finish that I began to worry about scalp burn.
Also the popsicle I was saving for her from the finish line snacks began to melt!
Here she is:
And Oh Yeah......I made the news as well!
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