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Ok, this is a bit embarrassing, but here goes.
When i run i get VERY sweaty. My face, back arms are all sweaty, but thats ok cos im running, bound to be a bit, you know, damp. But i also sweat 'down there' so it looks as if i've wet myself. I havent, cos it dries with a nice white salty line, (wee doesnt do that, i dont think!)
HELP! Am i a freak?
My hubby says that no-one will be looking at my 'bits', but i said 'if someone passed you and looked like they'd p****d themselves, you would look, dont deny it!'
Any advice anyone?
Edited Tue 24th Jul 2007 10:49 am by awomaninsane
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When i run i get VERY sweaty. My face, back arms are all sweaty, but thats ok cos im running, bound to be a bit, you know, damp. But i also sweat 'down there' so it looks as if i've wet myself. I havent, cos it dries with a nice white salty line, (wee doesnt do that, i dont think!)
HELP! Am i a freak?
My hubby says that no-one will be looking at my 'bits', but i said 'if someone passed you and looked like they'd p****d themselves, you would look, dont deny it!'
Any advice anyone?
Edited Tue 24th Jul 2007 10:49 am by awomaninsane
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Hope that helps!
maybe think about what colour and type of shorts you wear when running to minimise what for you is a problem, but I never worry about it myself.
Dont worry about the salt marks - it looks pretty cool I think.
Whatever you do - dont wee yourself safe in the knowledge that you have black shorts on and it wont show. Well not if you have forgotten that its your grey shorts you are wearing...
(mentioning no names here)
But seriously, black lycra doesn't show sweat much, although I wouldn't worry about it anyway - who cares what strangers (and probably couch-potato strangers!) think?
You could try wearing shorts that are loose fitting so the sweat can evaporate more. Ones with built-in pants, so you can run free (commando!)
http://www.roadrunnersports.com/rrs/products/AIL283/
It's a skort - a competition running skirt by made Adidas. Lots of other companies make them too. It has an inner short, and and outer skirt which hides the shorts.
It is something I have very tempted to invest in, because I too get rather conscious of sweating "down there" and how noticeable it may be, especially when stretching at the end of a workout.
Thanks for the link,Suzanne.
:-D
When I'm covered in sweat, even in the groin area (and do we really need to say "down there"?) my only thoughts about it is that it shows how hard I've been working.
Come on ladies - IT'S NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF! Sweat and be proud!
By the way, I've been led to believe that top distance runners actually do pee themselves rather than stop.
anyway - I agree with Wilkie - it's nowt to be ashamed of. we all sweat so why get uptight about it??
I've never noticed sweaty shorts to be honest - just do it and dont worry what anyone else thinks.
I think the embarrassment is a hangover from the old idea of "ladies" who "glow" but never sweat. I say stuff that, I'm a runner not a "laydee".