The other half is annoyed... How much washing??
scott_burrows
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I can't be the only one whos other half is starting to get annoyed with them over Triathlons!! if it's not the time spent training, it's the kit cluttering up the house or recently, simply the amount the clothes that is either waiting to be washed (and smelling) or hung around the house drying, I never thought I actually use some of those t-shirts again!!!
Sorry for the moan.. just spent far too long this weekend washing clothes and tidying up the house..
Scotty
I know Conehead - you wrote a whole book about it .....
Sorry for the moan.. just spent far too long this weekend washing clothes and tidying up the house..
Scotty
I know Conehead - you wrote a whole book about it .....
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Maybe that's the way to do it - just keep buying new stuff! No washing needed.
What I have noticed though is that most of the clothing has to be washed with non biological powder - so it all has to be done seperate anyway.
You see no one told me I had to do the washing before I started this sport
Certainly cuts down on the grief I otherwise get from leaving all of my tri-kit hanging over the bannisters.
And is it just me, but the more anaerobic my training sessions are the more I seem to sweat pure ammonia? This time of year can get very smelly indeedy.
I've converted what was "the study" into my Tri Kit Room - it's not quite big enough to get a set of rollers and a bike in - without getting rid of the desk (we have two in there for home working). But it does have a wardrobe thingy (one of those frame + fabric type things) that I can keep all the kit in.
I wear it until I have a suitable quantity for washing (all the tech stuff generally wants a low temp, easy cycle) - so I tend to do it all on a 30 degree gentle cycle.
If you take it off and hang it up and let it dry well, then it isn't too bad. The smell is usually just from bacteria - which likes the warm damp conditions, so I try hard not to leave it screwed up in a ball.
Confined to the study, it is safely out of nose shot.
The Mrs commutes into the city on the train. The other day a cyclist got on. And she absolutely stank. Really rank. Mrs and other commuters were retching. I think it is antisocial to push the limits too much.
They're kept in a spare room - with window open - to avoid too many comments!
An adidas base layer top I've got needs washing every time though - it reeks even after an easy run or bike.
I do try and keep the missus happy by washing her stuff (with my stinking gear!!)
My flat was basically just a large airing cupboard... kit drying on every radiator available, the bath, the sink, the kitchen table, the oven...
Maybe not surprisingly on reflection I lived alone at the time...
Tri kit is NOTHING in comparison :-)
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