One of the worst sunburns of my adult life happened during the Boston Marathon years ago. It was an unseasonably warm day in April and the race started at 12:00 p.m., so the sun was directly overhead. After training through a long, cold winter, it was the first time in five months that I was running outside with shorts and a tank top, and it hadn't occurred to me to apply sunscreen. Fortunately, some helpful spectators at the start were squirting sunscreen into the hands of unprepared runners like me. I was able to quickly slather it on my face, shoulders, and neck -- but didn't bother to cover the back of my legs. By the end of the race, my calves were bright pink. The pain from the sunburn was actually worse than the post-marathon muscle soreness.
...Source: http://running.about.com/b/2012/04/01/dont-be-an-april-fool-use-sunscreen.htm
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