Wow, this picture looks way worse than the reality…but I’m sure I’m not the only one who got a little bit of freezer burn at the Birkie! That was even WITH the use of Dermatone…so thank god I put that stuff on! My wife suggested that the thing that might have done me in was my balaclava. I kept pulling it up and down as I did the race and she thinks I might have wiped the Dermatone right
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