Endurance racing personal care

I can't possibly be the only guy with this situation:

Zinc ointment or Preparation H?

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Streetwiseguy wrote: I can't possibly be the only guy with this situation: Zinc ointment or Preparation H?

Neither. Vaseline.

Try it, you'll like it

Uh, are we talking car racing or bicycle racing?

Maybe it's because I get swampass pretty quickly in any event (hopefully a cool suit will change that), but I don't have any kind of...friction problem down there.

Depends on where you want to apply it.

In reply to GameboyRMH:

Actually, OP might want to look into some chamois creams from biking for his needs. Might work well for that.

Baby powder worked for me, but it's legitimately hard to apply. The first Lemons race in SC was in July. I found out why my kids cried so bad when they get diaper rash.

Zomby Woof wrote:

Streetwiseguy wrote: I can't possibly be the only guy with this situation: Zinc ointment or Preparation H?

Neither. Vaseline. Try it, you'll like it

Dude, what? Just a second ago on another thread, I was all "ZW is the bestest!", not I click here, and I'm thinking that I ought to distance myself from you.

captdownshift wrote: Traqgear boxer briefs you'll never go back

at $99 I'd never be able to afford anything else

oh … and baby powder gets my vote

If it's a friction problem, there is a product for runners called Sportslick that is sort of a super Vaseline. Antibacterial, antifungal, it's thick and hard to get out of the tube when it's cold, but it is very durable and will not wear off even with hours of sweating.

Vaseline works for the issue you would use Prep H for.

UnderArmor heat gear compression shorts under your fire suit will help ventilate the swamp ass. It's technically a horrible idea to place synthetic fibers against your most tender of areas in case of fire... but I sweat enough that it's more likely I die from heat rash than emoliation so I consider it acceptable risk. It's no more dangerous than the cool suit tubing. Both are full of water :)

if you want to be a champ..

http://www.dz-nuts.com/product/dznuts/

I hadn't thought of bicycle stuff...

http://www.antimonkeybutt.com/

Where do you find Vaseline? In the diaper aisle. It's for diaper rash. You don't use Prep H for that, and it works WAY better than the zinc creams. It also works well as a preventative. I race 6hr hare scrambles in hot weather. I know it works. Just don't let your wife see you slather your ass with Vaseline when she knows you're going out with your buddies for the day

Not sure what I was expecting when I wandered in here but for sure not this.

Not sure what I was expecting when I wandered in here but for sure not this.

Put a little Vicks Vaporub on that thing. You'll be cured forever and gain 0.2sec. at least.

Never used anything. Way to focussed on what's going on out there to be worried about what's going on down there.

In reply to Giant Purple Snorklewacker:

Melted synthetic fiber that causes damage that requires a skin graft up against my man bits, NOPE.

volvoclearinghouse wrote: Never used anything. Way to focussed on what's going on out there to be worried about what's going on down there.

You didn't get what I got then.

I was fine in the car, during the drivers change, then I stripped off the Nomex and walked four feet or so before I started feeling it.

Doing long offroad rallies never caused me any friction problems, but it hurts my bladder and prostate after a while. The lap belt holds a man in by those parts, I've realized.

I am going to agree with captdownshift here as he is 100% on the mark. NO SYNTHETIC materials on your person while racing unless you like skin grafts. Under Armour might be great for a football player but has no place at the race track. I have found PXP RaceWear to be the coolest racing undergarments. YMMV. http://www.pxpracewear.com/Products.html

On the Coolshirt tubing -- it should be on the fireproof fabric too!

I guessing vaseline is flamable too.