According to the old saying “Horses sweat, men perspire and ladies merely glow”… well I must be a horse then.
When I run – and I know this is unpleasant – I tend to lose a lot of liquid, I mean a lot of liquid. When David and I went out for my 1000th mile run at the weekend, he ran six miles to our meeting point and looked totally unruffled.
By the time we’d ran a mile together, you could already see the beads on my brow and darker patches on my shirt.
Of course, this problem is getting worse now the sun’s out again. To the point where I’m going to have to change my routine. At the moment, running takes up just over an hour of my day: Five minutes to get ready, 25 to run, 10 to stretch, 20 to shower and change, 20-30 to blog about it.
Well that is now going to have to increase if the weather stays like this as I’m going to need longer to cool down as jumping straight in the shower just ain’t going to do it.
This morning, I gave myself about five minutes between coming back and getting in the shower. Clearly not enough: half way through drying I was as bad as when I got in, meaning I had to take another one and then stand in front of our fan for five minutes to cool down.
Click here for a link to Garmin Connect for a route map and details of the run
Miles today: 3
Target: 771
Miles to date: 1,012.17
Please donate to my chosen charities by clicking here
2 comments
Kelli says:
June 3, 2010 at 14:01 (UTC 1)
I must be a horse too then. And I always thought I was a lady. Crud.
worldofjames says:
June 4, 2010 at 08:13 (UTC 1)
We should form the Horse Sweat Runners!