I spent the last month fighting a condition that created a lot of pain and bleeding for me: chapped lips. I know. It’s weird. It started about the time of Ore to Shore. I headed to Lakeview Arena to get my registration packet and meet my friends, Ali. Ali presented me with a little gift of lip balm (I’ll talk more about that in a later post). The timing was great because, while I had been using Chapstick, my lips were feeling very tight and dry. I tried the new lip balm, and I kept trying it throughout the next month, but it didn’t really do anything. Over the following month, my lips would become bright red, tighten, peel, crack, crust, and bleed. … Read entire article »