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I dislike the massive sweating but have resigned myself to it - I wear a sweatband round my wrist to wipe my forehead to prevent the contact lens problem, and wring out my ponytail at the end of a run!
I am going to try the vaseline and sweatband combo on tomorrow's run and see if that helps.
Now, I get back from a run and my kit smells like a cat has pee'd all over it. My wife sends me straight out. After a race - no chance of a well done kiss!
Whats that all about then? - No, not the kiss - the sweat
Come on, I can't be the only one!
Can I?
MORning all!
Me? Yes, I'm a sweaty Betty, too! It's dripping off my noes, earlobes, and down my back as I type - time for a shower I think!
<squelches out>
I sweat too
After being someone who usually just glows (bright red!) rather than sweats, this is rather a revelation!
Although not sure about the sweat dripping in the eyes thing - don't like that at all!
Can I assume that as my fitness/running improves the redness might lessen?
Does my face turn red because my body temperature control system is not working effectively?
Can anyone advise?
I can also go red for far longer than an hour!!! I kind of like it on these cold mornings when I stop to do my stretches at the end of my run and it looks like there's a little steam cloud surrounding me!!
I usually lose 1 and a half to 2 kilos whenever I run a 5K in the morning.However, I do live in the Philippines so its a bit hotter here than the UK. But, whatever exercise I do, tennis, soocer, running, after 20 mins everything, including shoes are soaked, and I have to dry out my shoes and boots in the extractor fan from the aircon after.
20 years ago I had a cervical sympathectomy which stopped my hands and armpits from 'flushing' but only spread the sweating problem to the rest of my body, including areas which had never sweat before, like my torso, back and legs.
I started using Clonidine 3 years ago, but stopped one month ago as I realised that it was impairing my running and general fitness. Now, since I stopped using the tablets my time for 5KM has been improving steadily. As long as I have a good sweat from any kind of exercise in the morning I am ok for the rest of the day, as long as I don't then drink loads of fluids. The more I drink , the more I sweat.
Embrace the sweat I say. (but have a shower soon after)
I used to wear t-shirts in the gym and also measured my workouts by how far down the sweat had soaked. I thought it made me look well ard.
Then I discovered technical wicky-thing shirts which wick and don't show the sweat.
Funnily enough when i now see blokes who have a t-shirt soaked in sweat at the gym I just think - erm that's a bit unsightly, get some proper gear. But to each his own.
So on balance, do you go for unsightly sweaty shirt OR showing all one's jiggly wobbly rolls of flab? Sweaty shirt wins for me...
Or liposuction, of course.
So on balance, do you go for unsightly sweaty shirt OR showing all one's jiggly wobbly rolls of flab? Sweaty shirt wins for me...
Or liposuction, of course.
i wash my techy shirts in the machine
and i wear mens ones so they dont cling
Im a 30GG size 16-so hardly small
Plodding Hippo,
You're positively skinny love! Try size 28 (on a good day) but I have bugger all in the cleavage department.
Still got round the GNR though in good shape though(3 hrs). (determination is a wonderful thing - if only i could apply it to my diet!)
thats a bit bigger than me-ill give you that
well done on the GNR
I would also like to beat Carol Vorderman too (and she set off way way before us ordinary folks). That'll learn her for her bloody awful detox diet I went on. I won't go into too much detail only that it worked.... very quickly - and not in a good way.