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3catwoman3

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210. I have never wanted to run...

Tue Aug 11, 2015, 12:57 AM

Aug 2015

...a marathon, for a variety of reasons. Now I have one more. I am an intensely private person, especially about bodily functions, and have no wish to have anything publicly "leaking" from me under any circumstances.

A related question. Would this be acceptable if done by female swimmers or the women's Olympic gymnastics teams? How about ballet dancers?

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Woman freely bleeds running London Marathon without tampon [View all] KamaAina Aug 2015 OP

One tough lady...K & R...nt Wounded Bear Aug 2015 #1

She goes to Harvard and is kind of a rocket scientist and a Think Leader. She's also a professional underahedgerow Aug 2015 #126

I'll forgive her for the Harvard piece KamaAina Aug 2015 #134

I think qwlauren35 Aug 2015 #2

Good for her! Glorfindel Aug 2015 #3

Personally, qwlauren35 Aug 2015 #5

No, it was posted at 10:02 AM KamaAina Aug 2015 #6

^^^^WINNER!!!!!^^^^ wendylaroux Aug 2015 #76

I stand corrected. I am SHOCKED at what has happened here. qwlauren35 Aug 2015 #160

:) nt Mojorabbit Aug 2015 #117

lol beergood Aug 2015 #229

Glad I could give you a chuckle! Welcome to DU Glorfindel Aug 2015 #240

thank you beergood Aug 2015 #246

This is hilarious! n/t prayin4rain Aug 2015 #245

Blood running down your leg can be a health hazard. Deadshot Aug 2015 #4

That was my first thought as well nt Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #8

Oh lordy. Daemonaquila Aug 2015 #11

Your argument makes no sense. Deadshot Aug 2015 #22

Then don't participate in sports kcr Aug 2015 #25

When people bleed in sports, there's doctors or personal trainers that take care of it. Deadshot Aug 2015 #26

No, not in a marathon. Here, go get your smelling salts PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #44

I guess these delicate flowers don't know about "runner's shits" REP Aug 2015 #199

Blood was not flowing down her leg. n/t demmiblue Aug 2015 #45

From the article: Deadshot Aug 2015 #47

look at the photo at the link. Blood in her crotch area only Beaverhausen Aug 2015 #48

From the article: Deadshot Aug 2015 #50

I don't care what it says. Look at the photo from the end of the race at the link. Please Beaverhausen Aug 2015 #53

Just providing you with what was written. Deadshot Aug 2015 #57

are you unable to click links? Beaverhausen Aug 2015 #62

Again, from paragraph three: Deadshot Aug 2015 #66

But did you look at the photo? JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2015 #71

I decided to stop feeding the troll Beaverhausen Aug 2015 #87

Inside of running tights. Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #161

The article was exaggerating. Jamastiene Aug 2015 #213

Oh for crying out loud! elias49 Aug 2015 #88

let what go? Beaverhausen Aug 2015 #92

if she had worn black tights no one would have noticed Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #99

Trainers apply bandages AFTER blood has been exchanged ... JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2015 #54

But they don't take care of it right that instant kcr Aug 2015 #59

Yep. Daemonaquila Aug 2015 #136

LOL flowing down her leg? Do you think our periods are like a cut wound that bleeds without clotting underahedgerow Aug 2015 #103

I was far above average. No I won't detail. alphafemale Aug 2015 #173

Lol, this is what happens when we shield men from the Jamastiene Aug 2015 #214

Not sure what sports you follow jberryhill Aug 2015 #108

There's a difference between getting hurt by accident and purposefully letting blood drip. Deadshot Aug 2015 #112

She was not "letting blood drip," and her blood did not "go all over the place." City Lights Aug 2015 #121

THIS IS NOT ALL OVER THE FUCKING PLACE!!! PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #122

Purposefully bleeding in public is not okay. Deadshot Aug 2015 #124

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #127

So call a fucking cop, I am done with you. PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #128

I'm not the one calling people idiots because I disagreed with them. Deadshot Aug 2015 #129

:* PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #130

Because there is nothing wrong with it. Daemonaquila Aug 2015 #142

Yeah, tell that to people who don't have HIV or Hep A, B, or C. Deadshot Aug 2015 #147

Wow, you truly are making a fool of yourself. BeanMusical Aug 2015 #219

!!! Kali Aug 2015 #170

Sure. Women have our periods on purpose. Jamastiene Aug 2015 #215

No, there really isn't jberryhill Aug 2015 #131

you gotta be a man. Ignorant or you just wanna argue? I'M A GAL, I DON'T BLEED GALLONS OF BLOOD! trueblue2007 Aug 2015 #167

Trollin' PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #169

Can you imagine bleeding "gallons"? Arugula Latte Aug 2015 #190

You apparently are fact-deprived. Do you think she was spraying blood? She wasn't. pnwmom Aug 2015 #223

I'm with you 100%. 840high Aug 2015 #133

Looking at someone's blood doesn't transmit those illnesses. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #180

You can't contract Hepatitis, HIV, or any other blood-borne Jamastiene Aug 2015 #211

Get real. You're not going to get HIV by stepping, in your shoes, in blood with HIV. pnwmom Aug 2015 #222

Any boxing match or at least boxing card, anyone near the ring is going to get blood brewens Aug 2015 #39

I presume boxers are tested for bloodborne pathogens. LisaL Aug 2015 #146

I went and looked and it seems they have been tested for several years now. n/t brewens Aug 2015 #163

The late Grete Waitz ran Boston in shorts while suffering from a bout of diarrhea. Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #159

exactly why I would not participate in such an event Skittles Aug 2015 #196

Actually, men do it all the time while running marathons. Quackers Aug 2015 #67

Did you bother looking at the picture? Warpy Aug 2015 #83

She wasn't wearing shorts, so nothing ran down her leg, City Lights Aug 2015 #84

I don't see the big deal. Chemisse Aug 2015 #178

This message was self-deleted by its author Nye Bevan Aug 2015 #7

You must be thinking of Bay to Breakers KamaAina Aug 2015 #9

you sound sort of ill informed on women's anatomy, lol. bettyellen Aug 2015 #13

That's an understatement PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #14

Sounds as gross as people sweating in public LanternWaste Aug 2015 #18

You clearly don't know much about menstruation, nor distance running. nt City Lights Aug 2015 #81

Grete Waitz. Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #162

See post 159 upthread. KamaAina Aug 2015 #177

Are you joking Nye? Texasgal Aug 2015 #187

Sounds like a first-timer Daemonaquila Aug 2015 #10

You nailed it. KamaAina Aug 2015 #17

Well, there are... Daemonaquila Aug 2015 #23

She ran without protection on purpose. Brickbat Aug 2015 #20

So what? Daemonaquila Aug 2015 #21

Easy there, tiger. Brickbat Aug 2015 #33

Yeaah, as an experienced runner I cringed at the thought of bloody thighs, for whatever reason. sir pball Aug 2015 #97

She could have at least worn black running tights. nt B2G Aug 2015 #12

Except on football Sundays when a mere drop of blood is little more than a badge of honor. LanternWaste Aug 2015 #19

As a 4 timer I can tell you - you never switch gear on race day underpants Aug 2015 #35

OMG, MEN WERE BLLEEEEEDING ALL OVER THE PLACE!?!??! HIV! HEPITITIS!! PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #38

No no no underpants Aug 2015 #89

HOW DARE THEY. Brickbat Aug 2015 #46

Nipple chafing -- that's no laughing matter. Ask Andy. Arugula Latte Aug 2015 #191

Never saw nipple bleeding before LOL, didn't he ever hear of fucking cotton snooper2 Aug 2015 #247

That's why I keep band aids in my tiny running bag thing Nevernose Aug 2015 #192

Why? So she wouldn't hurt your eyes? Don't look at her crotch then. n/t pnwmom Aug 2015 #225

My eye's aren't sore B2G Aug 2015 #234

It is obvious that some men here don't understand menstruation. demmiblue Aug 2015 #15

I figured it would issue forth like an obscuring fog or a smokescreen Orrex Aug 2015 #34

Mario Kart Women's Marathon Edition... demmiblue Aug 2015 #69

You're a fool if you don't copyright that idea immediately Orrex Aug 2015 #73

It comes out of Megyn Kelly's eyes, from what I read in the papers jberryhill Aug 2015 #135

Some of the responses on here show why girls drop out of school when they get their periods. Brickbat Aug 2015 #16

Really? On a progressive site like DU? KamaAina Aug 2015 #27

EXCUSE ME, please put a pad on that emoticon. It's unhygienically leaking all over. Brickbat Aug 2015 #30

O.M.G. demmiblue Aug 2015 #31

Win! Daemonaquila Aug 2015 #37

Oh no you di'int! KamaAina Aug 2015 #80

LOL! City Lights Aug 2015 #86

Oh My! johnp3907 Aug 2015 #152

HAHAHAHA laundry_queen Aug 2015 #204

BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Kali Aug 2015 #188

I will never look at the sarcasm tag the same again tammywammy Aug 2015 #197

OH NOES! Yer gonna get the HIV looking at that Jamastiene Aug 2015 #216

That's a bit of a hyperbole. Deadshot Aug 2015 #32

pffffffffffffffftt, it's day 1 period, which is not squirting blood 10 ft out of her vagina. PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #36

Maybe next time when I get a cut on my head in public Deadshot Aug 2015 #40

You're being fucking dramatic. PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #42

A wound and menstruation are different things. PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #49

More hyperbole of yours... this time illustrated by false equivalency. LanternWaste Aug 2015 #70

*cough* Deadshot Aug 2015 #74

I suppose we merely imagine the blood stained uniforms and players on Sunday afternoons football gam LanternWaste Aug 2015 #79

Gah! BeanMusical Aug 2015 #224

Ha ha ha! progressoid Aug 2015 #51

I *wish* we could make it squirt 10 ft. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #93

No shit, right!? PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #101

It would make the olympics more interesting. johnp3907 Aug 2015 #155

With SloMo! Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #157

This message was self-deleted by its author u4ic Aug 2015 #208

Bwaaaaaaaahhhhh! montana_hazeleyes Aug 2015 #228

And would make a great idiot repellant u4ic Aug 2015 #209

Speaking of hyperbole... Brickbat Aug 2015 #43

No doubt, you are as concerned with sweating runners too, yes? LanternWaste Aug 2015 #52

You don't get Hepatitis from sweat. Deadshot Aug 2015 #55

You then are not concerned with sweat born illnesses? LanternWaste Aug 2015 #58

You can't get Hepatitis or any bloodborne disease through sweat. Deadshot Aug 2015 #64

Geez, part II LanternWaste Aug 2015 #68

Unless someone actually touches her crotch, no one is going to come into tblue37 Aug 2015 #150

There are THOUSANDS of bloody nipples in every marathon. I hope you're as verklempt about them! PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #60

Bleeding nipples don't cause one to have blood flowing down ones leg or body: Deadshot Aug 2015 #75

lol, keep it up. You know NOTHING about woman's anatomy. PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #77

Neither does the person who wrote the article. Deadshot Aug 2015 #78

Bleeding nipples causes one to have blood running down one's chest, City Lights Aug 2015 #96

When I ran while still unfit exboyfil Aug 2015 #107

This message was self-deleted by its author CTyankee Aug 2015 #100

You don't get it from someone running past you Jamastiene Aug 2015 #217

Unless you were running in unusual proximity to her, you'll be fine Orrex Aug 2015 #63

Bwahahahahah that's the one that sent me over the edge into giggles of hysteria... after reading underahedgerow Aug 2015 #105

Menstrual flow provides an unfair turbo boost in the final miles. Orrex Aug 2015 #171

LOL! nt City Lights Aug 2015 #174

Also, she must be like 20 or 30 pounds lighter after all that bleeding Orrex Aug 2015 #175

Rofl! BeanMusical Aug 2015 #218

OH STOP REPEATING YOURSELF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! trueblue2007 Aug 2015 #172

I don't care what anyone says about this, it's gross. Vinca Aug 2015 #24

Much like the "fatally stained" football uniforms we see on Sundays... LanternWaste Aug 2015 #56

Exactly. Vinca Aug 2015 #95

The outfits! Stinkles Aug 2015 #28

Amazing! haikugal Aug 2015 #29

Just curious - what's her nationality got to do with anything? Nt demwing Aug 2015 #181

Ha! Absolutely nothing!!....lol haikugal Aug 2015 #182

I've seen it twice but from the nipples underpants Aug 2015 #41

Stupid is as stupid does. closeupready Aug 2015 #61

Some background exboyfil Aug 2015 #65

But, you know, she was being a warrior! Deadshot Aug 2015 #72

Much as pro football players in America are... every weekend. LanternWaste Aug 2015 #91

When a person bleeds in football, he's taken off the field and tended to by doctors. Deadshot Aug 2015 #106

While the NFL has not passed a blood rule exboyfil Aug 2015 #111

No official rule, but it happens. Deadshot Aug 2015 #113

So, the NFL is bleeding over itself. What specific illnesses has it led to? LanternWaste Aug 2015 #116

This story isn't about the NFL. Deadshot Aug 2015 #119

You're moving the goalposts. Either it's concern across the board or it's not. LanternWaste Aug 2015 #132

Bringing the NFL into this is the logical fallacy of appealling to hypocrisy. Deadshot Aug 2015 #137

NFL players purposefully stay on the field during play, hence your movement of goalposts. LanternWaste Aug 2015 #141

The OP is about a woman purposefully bleeding to prove something. Deadshot Aug 2015 #145

Bernie supporter? Kingofalldems Aug 2015 #148

What does that have to do with the price of oil in ND? Deadshot Aug 2015 #149

In fact... BeanMusical Aug 2015 #221

No risk as long as those others refrain from touching her crotch. nt tblue37 Aug 2015 #151

Incorrect. Bleeding players stay on the field. LanternWaste Aug 2015 #118

Should this Blood Rule apply to pro football? LanternWaste Aug 2015 #90

Yes. exboyfil Aug 2015 #104

It's not. LanternWaste Aug 2015 #123

Clean clothing is required for running cross country? City Lights Aug 2015 #109

In clean I mean without blood on the clothing exboyfil Aug 2015 #115

Ok, thanks for clarifying that you were referring to blood. nt City Lights Aug 2015 #125

This message was self-deleted by its author Butterbean Aug 2015 #82

some seem to be confusing a woman's menstrual flow with a whales spout. grossproffit Aug 2015 #85

26 mile long trail, I tells ya!!!! LanternWaste Aug 2015 #94

The End elias49 Aug 2015 #98

I literally lol'ed PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #102

I think I'm getting vagina envy! elias49 Aug 2015 #114

! Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #164

Once again, the men getting all worked up over a chick's uterine functions. underahedgerow Aug 2015 #110

Strange, isn't it? johnp3907 Aug 2015 #158

Oh my. You're talking about women stuff. gollygee Aug 2015 #120

I didn't think it would tilt quite so far into the 'Ew, that's yucky!' crowd. randome Aug 2015 #138

It's funny how deeply ingrained the idea of women being unclean is. gollygee Aug 2015 #140

I'm a dame, and I think it's nasty. Since when has "free bleeding" been something to support???? WinkyDink Aug 2015 #184

You don't have to necessarily 'support' something to see it as a natural part of biology. randome Aug 2015 #233

Yeah. And while we're at it, why did women have to start wearing pants??? kcr Aug 2015 #235

Whatever. As a rear-eschelon runner, I know I won't get lost. n/t lumberjack_jeff Aug 2015 #139

ROFL! KamaAina Aug 2015 #144

this is great ! olddots Aug 2015 #143

I know a woman got thrown out in 1967 and was allowed to run in '68. nolabear Aug 2015 #153

True generally HassleCat Aug 2015 #154

Wouldn't be any worse if a person cut their finger and was bleeding. I doubt if she.. BlueJazz Aug 2015 #156

Hahahaha! Are you male? WinkyDink Aug 2015 #185

Of course. Couldn't you tell by my idiotic answer ? BlueJazz Aug 2015 #186

you want I should kick your idiotic ass, BlueJazz? Skittles Aug 2015 #206

In my book she's pathetic. Boudica the Lyoness Aug 2015 #165

I thought that's what Donald Trump did. KamaAina Aug 2015 #166

lol Boudica the Lyoness Aug 2015 #168

Have you ever run a marathon? Gravitycollapse Aug 2015 #226

I've competed in endurance sports gwheezie Aug 2015 #176

It's been years ago but I remember that uncomforable feeling...there was no help CTyankee Aug 2015 #179

As a female, i see zero reason to "applaud" this woman. Bodily fluids ought remain out of public WinkyDink Aug 2015 #183

sorry, no Skittles Aug 2015 #189

I would imagine that if she had Texasgal Aug 2015 #194

She clearly has a highly noticeable stain. LisaL Aug 2015 #198

They might have thought it was sweat, maybe. n/t Jamastiene Aug 2015 #220

Yes, it's gross. alarimer Aug 2015 #231

Ok, everyone knows the "free bleeding" thing came from 4chan? AngryAmish Aug 2015 #193

Apparently the blogger from "The Mommy Files" did not KamaAina Aug 2015 #200

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Aug 2015 #195

I thought of that story, as well, in relation to this one. Lots of mentally ill people out there. closeupready Aug 2015 #241

What if she started AFTER the race began. I don't think she should be expected to ALBliberal Aug 2015 #201

Ok, I guess I just don't get it. As a man, as a person, if I were bleeding and had the opportunity Ed Suspicious Aug 2015 #202

I'm not quite sure how a tampon causes chafing AndreaCG Aug 2015 #203

Dislodging while running.....it may not stay in place. nt msanthrope Aug 2015 #227

So she has never heard of a moon cup? They are widely available now. KittyWampus Aug 2015 #205

So how comfortable are they while running? dilby Aug 2015 #207

as comfortable as having a diaphragm in while having sex�. KittyWampus Aug 2015 #230

She's Indian, 26 and attends Harvard. randome Aug 2015 #237

I have never wanted to run... 3catwoman3 Aug 2015 #210

Why the judgmentalism and the shaming?! What right have YOU closeupready Aug 2015 #242

blood coming out her...wherever HFRN Aug 2015 #212

Some people need to get a grip IVoteDFL Aug 2015 #232

Right on! K&R GliderGuider Aug 2015 #236

Apology: I posted upthread about "leaving a trail of blood". Nye Bevan Aug 2015 #238

Thanks, Nye Bevan! City Lights Aug 2015 #243

I will not applaud this disgusting degenerate behavior 951-Riverside Aug 2015 #239

Jesus fucking Christ. She's not exposing others to her body fluids. Gravitycollapse Aug 2015 #244