[RC] Padding in riding pants/chafing - Laura Hayes
I have a pair of padded riding pants, but as
someone said, they are like diapers when you are not on the horse. Running
is just annoying in them, and since my mares bite my foot if I don't get off, I
have to run some. I also do triathlons, and biking, which has it's own
padding issues. I found that the tri shorts are better even for long bike
rides, as they are padded but much less so than the regular biking
shorts/tights. The less padding is so you can do the swim leg in them
also.
The bottom line :-) on my thougths on padding, is
that some is good, too much is bad.
I have used a product called Badger Balm (comes in
a little round tin) on chafing, which in my experience, can come on for no good
reason and go away just as mysteriously. We call it Beaver
Balm......
