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Marathonmanleto
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You'll ruin your knees!
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The next morning at the awards ceremony, this brave young man was disqualified for receiving assistance from his crew (tragic, but it was the right call).
(ever had a salty film on your body after a long run?).
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What *exactly* does that "salty film" mean? I pretty much always get that pretty severely on any run over 17-18 miles or so. Is it inevitable? Does it mean I'm doing something wrong? If so - which way do I go to fix it (more H20? More sodium?)?
Roads were made for journeys...
"Salty film" is just your sweat, dried. It's nothing bad. It's just that sweat's not pure water. It has a lot of other stuff ... like salt ... in it, which stays behind as the water evaporates.
Yes, I know how evaporation works. I didn't get a D+ in high school chemistry for nothing.