Is running bad for the environment?

911sc

I am sure this title would have got you curious....
After i come home from a run, a cycle or a CT class, I turn on the washing machine for very little clothes (basically short/underwear/t-shirt/socks). I have a high sweat rate, so even short 5km run is enough to get the gears socking wet! Even though i use the Eco setting, the wash still last about 50min, and a tablet of power is used each time. Does not look neither eco friendly nor efficient to me.

How do you go about it?

cunnins4

eh, wait for the next load? Surely you've a few t-shirts and pairs of shorts you can rotate?

KatCookie

I suppose cycling through a couple of tshirts is moe effective than washing half a load every day .. less work overall i'd say!

dory

And I suppose you have a shower afterwards too don't you?? Wasting water....

robinph

What about all the children in Asia that make your running gear?

Krusty_Clown

Simple solution, get yourself a partner and a couple of kids. The washing machine will never be empty (raises over-population concerns though).

Interesting point raised by Robinph. All of my running gear is made in Asia, from the runners, to the clothes, iPod, etc. Everything except the Provon Revive, which comes from..... The UK?!

shels4ever

just wash all your gear once a week.. you may smell but the environment will be in great shape...

911sc

Cycling/rotation of set of gears is what i am doing... i guess i would have enough gear for 2 weeks training. But the real issue is the storage of "sweaty wet" clothes. Don't tell me you put these in the laundry basket with the rest (e.g. not fresh but dry clothes, like office shirt)?
Krusty_Clown, Getting partner and kids is a good idea, but i already have a wife and 2 children, that's enough.:rolleyes:
Mondays would normally be the washing day for all the stuff of the week. But again the storage of dirty dry stuff in a laundry basket is not an issue.
So, do you guys pile up your wet gears in the corner of a room for a week?

Thoie

Well, if Monday is washing day, and the machine doesn't get used in the interim, put the dirty stuff in the machine when you get in and leave the door ajar? Then bung it all on Sunday night (during off-peak hours ), so the machine is ready for its normal Monday use?

--amadeus--

911sc wrote: »

So, do you guys pile up your wet gears in the corner of a room for a week?

Yes

(or at least until Mrs A either sees it hidden behind teh dorr or (more usually) smells it and gives me a stern talking to about it...)

Racing Flat

911sc wrote: »

Don't tell me you put these in the laundry basket with the rest (e.g. not fresh but dry clothes, like office shirt

No, hang it around the sides of the laundry basket. This way they won't go mouldy, you'll have a smelly room and a happy wife:D

Running Bing

Personally I dont really care about the environment.




Well Ill rephrase that, I dont really believe what I do has any significant effect on the environment. Tbh I think all this stuff is like the boogey man for grown ups...Im sick of hearing what I cant do. I like fast cars, I like hot showers and baths, I like looking at my big ass television while watching a DVD with the surround sound cranked up.


That may sound callous but I think people need to relax on this issue. Im sick of hearing about the environment and who the latest celebrity is to drive a hybrid (while they clock up thousands of air miles in a private jet:rolleyes:). Wash your sweaty socks and enjoy your post run shower, life's to short.

depadz

there's a new brand of aerial that you can supposedly wash at 15 degrees with.

Krusty_Clown

911sc wrote: »

Krusty_Clown, Getting partner and kids is a good idea, but i already have a wife and 2 children, that's enough.:rolleyes:
Mondays would normally be the washing day for all the stuff of the week. But again the storage of dirty dry stuff in a laundry basket is not an issue.
So, do you guys pile up your wet gears in the corner of a room for a week?

Well you see, I run in the morning, so afterwards I put my gear in the washing machine and don't turn it on. Next, son plays football. His gear goes in. Daughter has either swimming, gymnastics, or Kung Fu. Then the wife's Yoga or running gear. Last one in, puts on the wash. Repeat. The sports gear is generally dry a couple of hours afterwards. I'm spending waaay too much time posting on this forum.... Running again tomorrow... Yay!

dory

I'd usually wear my gym clothes more than once before washing. Then put them in a bucket with hot water and some handwash powder til it smells sweet again.

RacoonQueen

Surely there's a shorter wash on your machine than 15 minutes? Mine go on a 29 minute wash and even then I press the 'fast wash' button so they're finished in about 20. I always have a pair of trackie bottoms that I wear cycling to work or summat that can go in. The gear isn't dirty(generally), just a little sweaty, like most clothes all they really need is a bit of rinse. Most people leave their clothes in for washes that are unnecessarily long.

DAVE_K

ye'd want to get your hands on some "magic gym gear"...........this stuff really is amazing - leave it on the floor and it "walks" into the washing machine!!!.....comes a close second behind "magic jocks and socks"

(if MRS K saw this I don't think it would be magic for much longer)


Just hang it up and recycle it - no one can smell you outdoors these days anyway......just remember to wear a fresh one for the gym