The rest of the city is watching THE GAME, including my husband, so I'm going to sit down and write something witty. Well, I can promise I'll write something. Here goes.
I typically run at lunch at the gym. I work downtown, and this gym is pretty popular among the beautiful people and the gym rats. I'm there so often I am pretty sure I am a gym rat too.
While running on the treadmill last week amidst a number of other people running on treadmills all around me, I smelled something. Something funky. I thought that someone around me had a pretty bad case of funk. Fortunately, I was almost done so I didn't have to smell it for long.
The next day I ran at lunch again. Lots of people were running. And AGAIN I smelled something. What was going on here? What were the chances that I was running next to the same person again? I hadn't really noticed who was around me; I just jumped up on the treadmill and started going. After a few minutes, I considered something - what WERE the chances that the person with the funk was running next to me a second day in a row? Then I thought, "honey, that's you with the funk!" How embarrassing!
Apparently the wicking material in running clothes retains the smell after awhile. My problem is that after I run, I just throw my sweaty clothes in my bag and they sit in there and fester for four hours or so until I go home. Ick. Even after a good wash the smell is still there. And I have to confess sometimes I'm so lazy I don't take my gym bag home and instead wear the same clothes the next day. My husband, the marathoner, the BOSTON marathoner, doesn't seem to have this problem (which I totally don't get - guys smell, not girls!). He claims letting the clothes dry immediately after wearing them reduces the chance of lingering funk.
I really can't lay out my running clothes all over my office. My co-workers would LOVE that. So my husband and I searched the blogs for some alternative remedies. There are some sports washes specially designed for wicking fabric, but they can get very expensive. Right now, I'm trying my tried and true vinegar, my version of duct tape (vinegar does everything!).
So far, the funk has left, and I am relieved. I think my fellow gym rats are, too.
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