Sometime in January, around the time after the PSE Bull Run, I felt some pain in my nipples. It wasn’t the kind of pain that bothered me enough to start writing to Wish Ko Lang but it was a bit disturbing because I didn’t know what caused it. I haven’t been breastfeeding lately so that’s out of the question. It went away after a couple of days so I left it at that.
The mystery of the painful nipple (which rhymes nicely by the way) manifested itself again and with a vengeance, after the DZMM Takbo Para sa Kalikasan. It was more painful than the first and I started to worry. Aside from calling Wish Ko Lang (“Wish ko po Sana na Tumama sa Lotto”), I started writing my last will (I leave my running shoes to my friend, Jojo. He doesn’t run but he believes in ghosts. Just thinking of how he will spend his nights looking at my shoes would be a blast). But being the genius that I am, I didn’t make the connection between the runs and the painful nipple. As before,’ twas gone after a couple of days. It’s a good thing I didn’t give my real name to Wish Ko Lang; and I still have my running shoes.
After a very deep study of the chronology of events, chemical and DNA analysis of the singlets I used, and watching BFF starring Sharon Cuneta and Ai-Ai de las Alas, I finally had a breakthrough on the mysterious PNP based on the following facts:
- I have two nipples
- My nipples hurt a.k.a. painful nipple phenomenon
- It has happened on two occasions – January and March
- It’s bad to comment about Sharon Cuneta’s weight when you’re in a cinema full of screaming Sharonians
Actually, I only made the connection when runningninja commented on it in Bards’ blog about The Day After a Marathon. Hah! And nobody thought I could figure this one out!
Am I a genius or what?
the serious runner 