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skin stings after run-walks?

Hatchling Kindly Curious · · Views 161 · Likes 13

Did 3 short run-walk days this week, nothing fancy, just the usual trail loop near the house, and by the time I get back the sweat sitting under my sleeves has my arms stinging worse than before I even started.

I rinse off pretty quick after but I suppose the damage’s already done by then…

With the commute eating most of the evening I don’t always get to it right away either, so it’s not exactly straight home to the shower most nights.

Does changing out of the shirt the second you stop help any, even before a proper shower, or does that not really matter once it’s already set in?

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  • MossBaby10.23 07:54

    Changing out of the damp shirt right away probably does help more than it seems, since sweat sitting against skin for even a short stretch seems to be what sets things off for me too. I started swapping into a dry shirt before my 45 minute commute home and the stinging calms down a lot faster than when I used to wait.

  • OceanBreeze10.23 08:24

    same here, the days i can’t get home right away are the worst part of it. changing into a dry shirt the second i stop helped on all 3 run-walks this week even before a real shower happened.

  • Mint Condition10.23 08:33

    yeah, 2 min shirt change before shower helps

  • WellnessWanderer10.23 09:00

    the sweat sitting under sleeves thing checks out, mine flared worse on the days I didn’t peel the shirt off right at the door. my partner started keeping a dry shirt in the car and that’s cut it down over about 2 weeks of runs.

  • DewyDreamer10.23 09:38

    how many min before you rinse, usually 10…?

  • → DewyDreamerKindly CuriousAuthor10.23 10:20

    Closer to 20 min for me most days, since the trail itself is a 10 minute walk from the house before the loop even starts, and then whatever’s left of the ride home gets added on top of that. Changing out of the wet shirt the second I stop has helped some, started doing that back in September after reading what folks here said, but the actual rinse still doesn’t happen until I’m through the door,

  • SunnySide10.23 11:21

    is this new or has it been happening since you started, mine only showed up around week 3

  • → SunnySideKindly CuriousAuthor10.24 00:58

    For me it’s been there since the very first time, not something that showed up later. I only started adding these run-walks this week, 3 so far, and the stinging showed up right after that first one before I had any kind of pattern to go by.

  • GlowGarden10.23 11:23

    my commute’s 90 min too – does it sting every run or just the longer ones?

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