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How smelly are you?

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  • 05-08-2014 8:30pm
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    Beef
    Registered Users Posts: 1,182 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering how smelly ye all are... :D

    Do you wear only freshly washed gear for each run or do you smell like the boot of a junior b hurling managers car heading out? I'll almost always have only clean gear on but I never do doubles etc... In a pinch I'll put something smelly on but I wouldn't be entirely happy about it (like tonight which prompted my question). Am I a big wuss?


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    Calvin Johnson
    Registered Users Posts: 572 ✭✭✭Calvin Johnson


    I wear the same pair of shorts for a few days at a time. Have plenty of shirts but not enough shorts to have a fresh pair every day.


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    tang1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,121 ✭✭✭tang1


    Clean stuff everytime, sweat to much to get more than one use out of gear.


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    JohnDozer
    Registered Users Posts: 803 ✭✭✭JohnDozer


    Beef wrote: »
    Just wondering how smelly ye all are... :D

    Do you wear only freshly washed gear for each run or do you smell like the boot of a junior b hurling managers car heading out? I'll almost always have only clean gear on but I never do doubles etc... In a pinch I'll put something smelly on but I wouldn't be entirely happy about it (like tonight which prompted my question). Am I a big wuss?

    I'd be the same as yourself, generally try and wear clean gear. Have had to wear day old gear on occasion and it's not pretty, mainly because I do sweat a bit and the gear has been in a bag or in a heap on the floor. Before my quantity of available gear improved, I used to hang it up outside and got a second wear out of it most of the time.


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    dazed+confused
    Registered Users Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭dazed+confused


    My gear stands up by itself after one run and if not washed immediately the smell takes two washes to come out.


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    pconn062
    Registered Users Posts: 5,370 ✭✭✭pconn062


    T-shirts- change every time, sometimes twice per run if I have a spare one in the car

    Shorts- Change every 3 days or so

    Socks- manky I know, but I can mostly get two days out of them, don't have that many pairs

    Shoes- usually I rotate 4-5 pairs of shoes so they never get that smelly


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    gerard_65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 763 ✭✭✭gerard_65


    Not changing shorts, dirty socks, smelly tshirts

    EEWWW
    Always clean washed gear.

    EEWWW again!


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    ultraman1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,742 ✭✭✭ultraman1


    Wat about the wings..


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    #9
    Fat Christy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Fat Christy


    Calvin Johnson wrote: »
    I wear the same pair of shorts for a few days at a time. Have plenty of shirts but not enough shorts to have a fresh pair every day.

    Ditto, I always change my shirt but I wear the same shorts for 2 or 3 runs and then wash them.


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    rainbow kirby
    Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 26,928 Mod ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    Full set of clean gear every time. I sweat a lot and it's just seriously unpleasant otherwise.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Clean clothes every time!

    I also shower before I race because so I stay smelling half decent for as long as possible.

    Unfortunately during a recent race there was a lady running just ahead of me and I've never in my life smelled anything to bad :( It was like she just didn't wash or clean her gear ever. I'm not exaggerating. It took me and my running buddy a while to figure out who it was and we were actually heaving as we were "down wind", once we figured out the culprit we got as far past her as we could.

    God that sounds awful bitchy, sorry :o


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    crisco10
    Registered Users Posts: 6,183 ✭✭✭crisco10


    Not a massive sweater so new t-shirt and socks each time but rotate the shorts in for about 3 or 4 runs before they get washed.

    I always struggle with rain/wind jacket in winter...I want to wash it more but then it loses all of its lovely water proofness quicker. Dilemnas in the first world...:rolleyes:


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    clear thinking
    Registered Users Posts: 558 ✭✭✭clear thinking


    Why differentiate between shorts and tops??? It's sweatier in the shorts if anything? Smelly b*stards. Begs the question, how often do you actually wash yourself? No point bothering with showers or baths if you put dirty clothes on. One of the worst things when running is a BO stench from a.n. other. Only poss time & place is to put off rivals in a big race.


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    RacoonQueen
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,364 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    The only thing I wear more than once is a sports bra and I even find that gross - most you'll get out of a sports bra is 3 runs at a serous push...everything else, clean everytime.


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    pconn062
    Registered Users Posts: 5,370 ✭✭✭pconn062


    clear thinking wrote: »
    Why differentiate between shorts and tops??? It's sweatier in the shorts if anything? Smelly b*stards. Begs the question, how often do you actually wash yourself? No point bothering with showers or baths if you put dirty clothes on. One of the worst things when running is a BO stench from a.n. other. Only poss time & place is to put off rivals in a big race.

    In fairness, shorts don't get nearly as sweaty as t-shirts. ANd it's not "putting on dirty clothes", I usually hang them out to dry for few hours afterwards. And I live in the middle of bogland so I rarely never see another face when running so no-one gets offended by me doing it. Also, fresh clothes always in a race, including lucky shorts!.


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    #16
    conavitzky
    Registered Users Posts: 305 ✭✭conavitzky


    Going to be some right smelly runners around soon with water charges on the way....


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    RedRunner
    Registered Users Posts: 3,606 ✭✭✭RedRunner


    Clean everything for every run as I sweat a lot.


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    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    People wear running shorts twice? That's gross! They're made of quick drying material guys, just wash them!


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    SpaceTime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,088 ✭✭✭SpaceTime


    Running gear is so light that it'll wash and dry extremely quickly anyway. There's no excuse for stinky gear.


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    #20
    cianc
    Registered Users Posts: 709 ✭✭✭cianc


    Never wash my gear, just go for a run in the rain.


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    RayCun
    Registered Users Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    Clean every time.
    (On holidays I only bring two sets of gear so 'washing' often means throwing the stuff on the floor of the shower under me)


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    PauloMN
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    Fresh stuff every time, even after a short run. The amount I sweat it would be just minging to do otherwise.


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    #23
    RacoonQueen
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,364 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    pconn062 wrote: »
    In fairness, shorts don't get nearly as sweaty as t-shirts.

    Wouldn't be so sure about that. All sorts of bacteria down there! You're lucky it hasn't fallen off yet!! :eek:


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    PaulieC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,191 ✭✭✭PaulieC


    pconn062 wrote: »
    In fairness, shorts don't get nearly as sweaty as t-shirts. ANd it's not "putting on dirty clothes", I usually hang them out to dry for few hours afterwards. And I live in the middle of bogland so I rarely never see another face when running so no-one gets offended by me doing it. Also, fresh clothes always in a race, including lucky shorts!.

    Do you wear underwear under your shorts ?

    this thread reminds me of this clip...particularly the bit at 1:02



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    #25
    Some Kind of Wizard
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭Some Kind of Wizard


    For training I would wear the same shorts 2-3 times before washing them. Mostly train on my own and going to be having a shower straight after training so washing them every time just seems like a needless chore!


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    #26
    ultraman1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,742 ✭✭✭ultraman1


    This like a bleedin counselling sharing session for durty *****....


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    #27
    yaboya1
    Registered Users Posts: 4,610 ✭✭✭yaboya1


    Clean everything, although sometimes I'll wear the same runners but that doesn't count does it? :P


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    [Deleted User]
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    yaboya1 wrote: »
    Clean everything, although sometimes I'll wear the same runners but that doesn't count does it? :P

    That's manky. I wear new runners ever time. You'd be mad not to.


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    #29
    yaboya1
    Registered Users Posts: 4,610 ✭✭✭yaboya1


    Deleted User wrote: »
    That's manky. I wear new runners ever time. You'd be mad not to.

    You're right. I'm going to hang my head in shame........and buy another pair of runners :pac::pac:


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    #30
    Beef
    Registered Users Posts: 1,182 ✭✭✭Beef


    Never mind that, I'll only run on freshly laid tarmac.
    Some right smelly f*ckers around all the same. :pac:


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    #31
    Laois_Man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,758 ✭✭✭Laois_Man


    I'm due to wash my gear in September for the fist time since I started running 2 years ago

    It gets washed every other year whether it needs it or not

    ;)


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