Caretaker/Overlook Hotel
This might be just a quirk of mine but during the week when I'm showing for work, I always perk up and almost get the antsy "wish I could go for a run right now" feeling as I'm leaving for work.
Now, I don't usually shower before weekend runs as I'll shower after being that its still morning and I smell like a ball of sweat. But I'm tempted to before my 10k tomorrow.
Any thoughts/opinions?
Randy
Will run for scenery.
I need a shower in order to wake up enough to get to the coffee.The coffee is so I can get to the race.
Stupid feet!
Stupid elbow!
I never shower before a race. I hope my stench keeps folks from passing me.
Short term goal: 17:59 5K
Mid term goal: 2:54:59 marathon
Long term goal: To say I've been a runner half my life. (I started running at age 45).
Chief Unicorn Officer
I do. Seems counterproductive but it wakes me up and helps get me in the race mindset.
Mile 5:49 - 5K 19:58 - 10K 43:06 - HM 1:36:54
I always shower at night, never in the morning. I wake up clean. If I run in the morning, I shower after my run, or race, then again before bed.
Are there people who go to bed without washing, after a day at work? Because... ewwww....
PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013
Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013
18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010
Proud Calgarian
What's wrong with multiple showers in a day? It's like running triples, why not?
2015 Goals and PRs:
5k - 17:59 (18:05); 10k - 35:59 (36:42); HM - 1:19:19 (1:19:59); FM - 2:49:59 (3:05:46)
i try not to shower for several days before a race if possible. You want to go in there smelling like you mean it.
Are there people who go to work in the morning after laying in a bed of skin flakes all night?? Because..... ewwww.....
I always shower at night, never in the morning. I wake up clean. If I run in the morning, I shower after my run, or race, then again before bed. Are there people who go to bed without washing, after a day at work? Because... ewwww....
That is how my BIL rolls to get out of jury duty
There is a guy in my running club who apparently doesn't shower before races. I keep a distance those days.
I almost always shower in the morning, and then sometimes again at night if conditions warrant it.
LTH, if you were stankin' it up ahead of me, the best way to escape would be to pass
Revenge of the Nerd
One of these days is none of these days.
~ H.G. Bohn
Judging by the people I encountered on jury duty, I'd say that would not disqualify anyone
Antipodean
I have started showering before races in the am. It feels good to go in at my best.
Julie
"It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
~ Sir Edmund Hillary
Mmmmm...beer
For my training runs, I wake up and I'm out the door, so no shower. But I get up a few hours before a race, so I always shower, plus it helps wake me up.
-Dave
My running blog
Goals | sub-18 5k | sub-3 marathon 2:56:46!!