did-you-kno: “ I thought through my options. Running 26.2 miles with a wad of cotton material wedged
did-you-kno: “ I thought through my options. Running 26.2 miles with a wad of cotton material wedged between my legs just seemed so absurd. Plus they say chaffing is a real thing. I honestly didn’t know what to do. I decided to just take some midol, hope I wouldn’t cramp, bleed freely and just run… ~66% of African girls know nothing about menstruation until they start.~Only 12% of women in India use sanitary pads or tampons.~More than 40 million women in the United States live on the brink of poverty.~ A yearly supply of sanitary pads/tampons averages $70.00 a year. They are not covered by food stamps.A marathon in itself is a centuries old symbolic act. Why not use it as a means to draw light to my sisters who don’t have access to tampons and, despite cramping and pain, hide it away like it doesn’t exist? Everyone was running for their own personal mission. And all of a sudden it felt entirely appropriate that I got my period on marathon day.” Source -- source link