Does anyone have any suggestion for long leg coverings, which are not unbearably hot, for off road running to protect my little legs from the nettles? Try your local Orienteering shop: "O" events have a total body cover rule for just this reason

If you rub doc leaves on your legs before you run does this stop the nettle stings?Does anyone know a good cure for stings??I have tried creams and doc leaves and am still itching 14 hours after my run.Help!! Ooh I got stung on my hand whilst out

Unite friends destroy the enemy.The evil fiend is taking over.Destroy the wicked weed, cut and slash the vicious parasite. But don't let the nettle go to waste search on line for nettle recipes. There is a good one for nettle beer which only takes

Does anyone have any tips for avoiding nettle stings when running in shorts - apart from avoiding them of course... I live in a rural area and most of my routes are footpaths which get overgrown very quickly. Sometimes I think I'm the only one using

Just been out on a 3.5 miles recovery run and got lost in a nettle and thistle-infested field (meaning I couldn't find the way out and didn't fancy vaulting over a barbed wire fence to an uneven surface)!I felt a pleasant tingling after about 5

Its the time of year I hate. You are running along nicely when all of a sudden you turn down 'Nettle Alley' or the overgrown road side forgotten by councils looms towards you. After running the gauntlet and with still 5 miles to go my legs turn

Went for a run this evening (Thursday evening), attempting the longest leg of the Barnsley Boundary Race (26th June). We did about half of it but went through an inordinate amount of bloody nettles, thistles, brambles, long grass and some mud. Some

I like to run of the beaten paths and often end up getting stung by nettles, however the stings from yesterday are still tingling/ithcy especially when clothes etc brush against them and even woke me up in the night, some antihistamine cream didn

While out on a hill interval run, I met a guy who I know from primary school, he told me 'nettle's and grass... that's what you need man'. Apparantly he's been drinking blended nettle and grass juice for weeks and it's 'kept him going'. Personally

I did the Tough Guy in Jan but have now entered the Nettle Warrior and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for avoiding to many stings PS I know asking a question like this proves that I'm not really a tough guy