Vaseline works! Who knew!!

[Flaraflarkin]

Shorts again?? Well yeah ~ shorts every time now! I might even buy .... a 2nd pair!! 😱😱 Jay66UK thank you for the Vaseline tip off 😜 Greased up nicely! And did the trick! 😎

[Jay66UK Graduate]

And this a family show. 😳🤣

Glad to help you avoid chafing. And even more glad you are putting comfort first by wearing shorts.

[Flaraflarkin Graduate]

🤣🤣 Can't believe I'm publicly announcing that I chafe!! No secrets on this show! 😜😝

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

You’re not the only one. Wore a new pair of ‘short’ shorts today 🙈 kept riding up resulting in a bit too much rubbing lol! Vaseline you say!? Haha x

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Dee_N]

Put it there Dee_N 🙌

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

🙌🏽

[Lorijay Graduate]

Well done Flara, you did it. Shorts Rule!! (well in this heat anyway)

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Lorijay]

Yay! I'm converted! Shorts R Us 🤣

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

I bought 3 pairs on Sunday! I don’t normally do shorts either but it’s too frigging hot for anything else! I’m not braving a vest top yet though! Xx

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Dee_N]

😱😱😱 I've done a vest!! 🤣

[Jay66UK Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

No evidence though...

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Jay66UK]

🤦‍♀️🤣

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

Don’t let Jay bully you into photo evidence 😂

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Dee_N]

🤣🤣

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

Vest and shorts combo! Wowzers!! You’re taking on the world 😀xx

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Dee_N]

And Vaseline!! 😱😱

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

Haha! You go girl! 💃🏽

[Jay66UK Graduate in reply to Dee_N]

She claims... 😉

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Jay66UK]

🙄🤣

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Dee_N]

Haha people will be mistaking me for Lara Croft ~ OK, no they won't! 🤣🤣

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

Rhymes with Flara 😉

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Dee_N]

Flara Croft! Woop woop!

[Jay66UK Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

Just like people mistake me for Philip Schofield?

Ok, no they don’t either!

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Jay66UK]

Preferable to being mistaken for Gordon the Gopher! 🤣

[Hidden in reply to Dee_N]

Vests rule. I am 54 and I confess that I’ve been scandalising my neighbours by running in *gasp* shorts AND a *gasp* VEST. AND I may, on occasion, not even have remembered to shave my armpits... It’s just too hot to be modest.

[Saartjie Graduate]

😂😂😂 bring on the shorts shopping!

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Saartjie]

🤣🤣 This is all down to you Saartjie ! 👀

[Saartjie Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

😂

[Jay66UK Graduate]

I might start a shop...

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Jay66UK]

"Chafing Jay's" 🤣🤣

[Jay66UK Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

😳 sounds like a job for the RSPB.

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Jay66UK]

🤣🤣🤣

[Hidden]

I discovered the healing power of Vaseline after the Moon Walk. Slathered it on my blisters, over an inch in diameter each and they disappeared overnight. No joke. They didn't burst, nothing. They just completely went flat as if they'd never existed. And, no I'm not on commission! 🤣

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Wowzers!! That's worth knowing 😬

[Jay66UK Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

It’s a miracle substance with many uses.

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Jay66UK]

🤣🤣🤣

[Fabulous450 Graduate]

Oh Flara! I’m not just liking it, I’m loving it!! 😁Go you! With Vaseline too! Yes, shorts you will be going on today! 😉❤️

[Flaraflarkin Graduate]

Haha thank you Fabulous450 😘 I know, get me! Shorts AND Vaseline ~ like some sort of pro! 😂

[Fabulous450 Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

😉❤️

[TailChaser Graduate]

Wow Flara! You’ve inspired me, I bought my first pair today as dissolving into sweaty puddles each run. Not sure if I’m brave enough to wear them but I might test the water during the football when the streets are empty 😂

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to TailChaser]

Hi TailChaser !! Good to see you again! Do it, do it, wear them, wear them!! Join the revolution!! 👊

[TailChaser Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

It’s lovely to be back Flara 😁. I will 😁😁

[Fabulous450 Graduate in reply to TailChaser]

Go on TailChaser! I have to admit I haven’t bought any shorts yet, but I’m going to do it too! It will take some bravery, but hey, I’m going to embrace it! Shorts shopping it is! In fact graduation pressie! Some nice bright ones, to really make it worthwhile! 🤣!

Hope it goes well! ❤️

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Fabulous450]

Totally would have had you as a shorts lady!!

[Fabulous450 Graduate in reply to Dee_N]

Never even dared wear leggings before now! Didn’t think they suited me, still don’t, but I’ve even been to the supermarket in my running gear! 😂❤️

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Fabulous450]

👊👊

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to TailChaser]

Shorts shorts shorts!!!!

[Flaraflarkin Graduate]

😱😱 Go Fabulous450 !! I had you down as having a wardrobe full 😊

[Fabulous450 Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

Lol Another first! 😁 So, I’m working on it as we speak! In for a penny and all! The world didn’t stop when I went outdoors to run, so they might even miss my bright shorts and wobbly bits! 😉 Who knows? I’ll be running, so as my running mantra now is, “Don’t care, I’m out there”! ❤️

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Fabulous450]

Yay! This is great! All us amazing women just doing it! Because we don't care anymore!! ⭐️❤⭐️

[Fabulous450 Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

Well it’s a case of “We girls can run!” The guys are great too of course! They just don’t tend to have shorts issues! 😁❤️

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Fabulous450]

Yep the guys are equally as amazing 😎⭐️ Nature appears to have given most of them a more preferable proportion of cellulite though 😏

[Fabulous450 Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

Ah that’s just running fuel we’ve got! ⛽️😉❤️

[TailChaser Graduate in reply to Fabulous450]

Excellent Fabulous450 😀 I think we should all take that mantra up. Ok, I will give it a go on Wednesday morning (I want to see the footie anyway). I wish we could do a ‘I’ll show you mine if you show me yours” with photos on here. Mine are black with pink bits (of course) but they have little cycling shorts underneath which I hope will stop the chafing (back to that again 😂). I tell you what, I’ll do a run without Vaseline and report back to let you know if they work.

If we were brave enough to go out in all our glory for the first few weeks of C25K, we can certainly do it now with shorts on👍👍👍👍

[Fabulous450 Graduate in reply to TailChaser]

Agreed! It’s a deal! ❤️

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Fabulous450]

Deal 🤓

[TailChaser Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

Sorry, it all went a bit pear shaped. Busy day completely knackering myself Tuesday (35,000 steps 😳), my legs were shot Wednesday morning, in no fit state to walk let alone run! I’ve got work today gardening so I need to take it easy on the old bones. I might break them out at the gym on Friday afternoon...otherwise it will be Parkrun, in the middle of the park, in front of 350 other people, oh eck 😳😳😳

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to TailChaser]

35,000???? 😱 Why? How? If you bail out Friday and go for the shorts on Saturday your little pins will be amongst 700 other pins!! 😊 No problemo 😝

[TailChaser Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

I don’t know how really, it’s never been that many!! 😂 I walk to work and back, walk around at work, walk my son to a club and back, it must be that I suppose!! Done another 23k today, another work day. I think gym tomorrow, Parkrun Saturday. You’re right, I can hide amongst the other shorts wearers 👍👍👍😁

[Dee_N Graduate]

Doh! 🤦🏾‍♀️ delete that ..nobody needs to know your real name!

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Dee_N]

👊 Flara Croft it is! God I feel a name change coming on 😎

[TailChaser Graduate]

My hubby says “50 year old women, running in shorts, taking over the world!!!” 😁😂

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to TailChaser]

🤣🤣What an ideal world that would be!

[TailChaser Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

Lol! Wouldn’t it just!! 🤣🤣

[Fabulous450 Graduate in reply to TailChaser]

I’ll havs some of that! 🤣🤣❤️

[Choufleurie]

Hello everyone- I’d never considered shorts but I may invest in a pair (as long as they aren’t too short-don’t want the world to feel ill) it’s just too hot for anything else!

And Vaseline-who knew lol x

[Fabulous450 Graduate in reply to Choufleurie]

Ladies....We’re starting a revolution! 🙌🏽🙌🏽 We are going to be in our shorts and guess what we won’t care, because we’re runners! ❤️

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Choufleurie]

Choufleurie come and join the shorts revolution ~ and keep us informed on your purchase! 🤣

[Ripcurlrana71]

You and Jay66UK need to private chat on this sort of stuff!!! 😂😂😂

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Ripcurlrana71]

😱🤣😱

[Choufleurie]

More shuffling for my part lol

[Flaraflarkin Graduate in reply to Choufleurie]

Shufflers have more fun 😊

[Choufleurie in reply to Flaraflarkin]

😂