The worst kind of tan
Is the sunglasses tan. Sigh.
This isn’t even from running!
It’s from wearing my regular sunglasses while playing with my nephews in a bounce house over Labor Day weekend. Gah! Hopefully it goes away soon. I’ve had it for a few weeks now (and running mostly midday, wearing shades, probably doesn’t help it go away).
Remember my rant about Runner’s World and their stupid swish and spit advice? Here it is, again, in the October issue, as a way to “perk up” when you “hit the wall” during a run.
Seriously. Did whatever study make them want to continually give this advice say that your brain would not notice the presence of carbs and “perk up” if you swallow the beverage? Is anyone actually doing this?! It blows my mind to see this tip in their magazine over and over and over.
Themocracy
It really isn’t that noticeable! We always think these things are super obvious and then no one else even notices. And I would also say that being able to play with your nephews makes it totally worth it!
Good! I have been very surprised no one has commented on it, so I must be the only one noticing! And it was totally worth it! 🙂
I’ve seen you a few times since Labor Day and never noticed the tan! My face didn’t get much sun from running/long walks this summer, I think because I almost always wear a hat (to prevent scalp burn).
WTF RW? WHY WOULDN’T YOU JUST DRINK IT?! UGH!
Phew, good! Does the hat not trap the heat on your head? Even when I wear a visor, I feel like it is, so I don’t wear them anymore 🙁
I really don’t get the point of that advice.
Not too much, and a scalp burn is so annoying and painful that it’s worth any extra heat (to me).
Your tan was actually enviable back in my high school days during wintertime, because it signaled that you’d gone skiing and your goggles created that specific tan line. Oh, teenagers… 😉
RW must be getting paid to promote that dumb advice. Maybe the makers of Gatorade are secretly conspiring with the editors – “hey, if you tell people to spit out the drink, they’ll have to buy more to actually drink later” – or maybe they are just that out of touch with real running.
Oh gosh, that is super interesting! Oh teenagers, indeed! LOL! Were you in to skiing?
Maybe they are! “We can get people to still buy it even if they don’t drink it!” Ha! Here is another question about this dumb advice – are you gonna want to carry that sports drink just to swirl and spit? I think not.
I liked to ski and did it as much as I could afford to as a minimum-wage-working teenager, haha.
You know, I have an order of Tailwind sitting in my Amazon cart, waiting for my next order. Would I spend $35 on that package of drink mix to SPIT IT OUT??? No freaking way. RW, you cray.
Ha! So, not a ton?! 😉
Yeah, you don’t need to actually DRINK it, silly pants!!!!!
It has probably faded by now, but I don’t think I’d notice the sunglasses tan at all!
Oh GAWD, that advice about swish-and-spit. I just cannot.
Those glasses tan lines (or burn lines, depending on how long you were out in the sun). I had a bad burn one time after I went boating, but had my sunglasses on. I’ve never posted the pic online. Maybe for one of my Throwback Thursday posts.