Anyone here lunch run and NOT shower?

That's gross.. I saw one of my co-workers pull a similar move and immediately cringed. Personal hygiene is important and it seems like you have a blatant disregard for it

I'd suggest running after work or running before work - otherwise you risk branding yourself as "the sweaty guy that doesn't shower" in the office... which isn't a great honor

Yathatsgross wrote:

That's gross.. I saw one of my co-workers pull a similar move and immediately cringed. Personal hygiene is important and it seems like you have a blatant disregard for it

I'd suggest running after work or running before work - otherwise you risk branding yourself as "the sweaty guy that doesn't shower" in the office... which isn't a great honor

But his racing times will improve which is all that matters.

I run immediately before work, don't shower, and I'm fine. If anyone really smells that bad after a run, you might want to see a doctor.

Yup but my lunch runs would be 30-40 minutes so I can stretch and cool off before getting dressed for work again. I never had a problem smelling since I shower everyday and don’t have any abnormal hormone issues.

Been there too wrote:

Yup but my lunch runs would be 30-40 minutes so I can stretch and cool off before getting dressed for work again. I never had a problem smelling since I shower everyday and don’t have any abnormal hormone issues.

Dude.. you probably smell horrible, you just can't tell due to science (we can't smell our own body odor, etc)

However, your co-workers definitely can.. and they probably already labeled you as the "smelly guy who doesn't shower after running"

Your pheromones should get your coworkers hot and bothered! Good luck!

gregtucker wrote:

I get an hour for lunch at work and thankfully my office is right next to a great trail system. I'll basically take the entire hour and come back to work, change clothes, wash my face in the sink, out on deodorant, and get back to work.

Anyone else do this? I'll probably have to change it up come summertime, but then again the days will be longer.

What do you do? Are you sitting next to people in a meeting for most of the day? Do you have your own office? Are you running around delivering coffee and tea?

Your co-workers probably smell you, but everyone used to smell way worse 50 years ago before everyone got washing machines, and my Canadian friends don't use deodorant.

I'd add in some wet wipes for your sweet spots (crotch, crack, armpits). Unless you are in sales meeting customers, or need to impress bosses for advancement, I think you are fine.

Nathan Sports makes Power Shower wipes (like baby wipes, but better). I kept them on hand and would wipe down after lunch runs, plus deodorant.

I ran at lunch for many years and had no shower. I did what you did but sponged off in a restroom sink, not just my face, then slopped on the deodorant. It worked fine, even in the summer. Ron Hill ran to work every day and had no shower and that worked out fine for him too.

I used to run during lunch, 10 minutes to walk to the gym and step on the track, 30 minutes of running, 20 minutes to shave, shower and back to the office, to make up the hour.

I always shower after running, except after races I'd hang around for awhile to cool off, then shower at home. An alternative would be sponge bath, fresh clothes, then shower when home.

There is no way that I'd go to work after running without showering first, the main reason because that would make me feel miserable.

Showering isn't the big time consumer.

It's toweling off and putting your work clothes back on.

So just run in your work clothes and go back to work to get the most running in for your hour.

Question:

To those of you who spend your whole lunch hour running/getting dressed etc, when do you eat? Just in your office throughout the day?

Gravy wrote:

I run immediately before work, don't shower, and I'm fine. If anyone really smells that bad after a run, you might want to see a doctor.

If you run a lot, you sweat a lot, and there's one thing I've noticed. When I don't run (and therefore don't sweat that often), when I DO sweat, it smells bad. When I am running 2x daily and sweating a lot every day, the sweat doesn't smell nearly as bad. It's like water. I think (in my very unscientific guess) that sweating a lot, and often, prevents the toxin buildup that makes "normal" people's sweat smell bad.

I have my own office, so I'm not smelling up the cube farm. And I definitely give myself a chance to cool down before heading back to work.

I don't think I smell after I run, but maybe I do? I could do better wiping down the sweet spots, that's for sure.

ThatAverageRunner wrote:

Question:

To those of you who spend your whole lunch hour running/getting dressed etc, when do you eat? Just in your office throughout the day?

Yep, I bring my lunch with me and eat at my desk when I'm back. Works out just fine and I'm in a much better mood after running

I don't see the issue? Why do you doubt your routine? Fit people don't stink when they sweat.

The more you run wrote:

I don't see the issue? Why do you doubt your routine? Fit people don't stink when they sweat.

I'm not doubting it, I just wanted to see if anyone does the same. It's honestly the best way to spend any lunch break

It's not any smell. I was so pure and clean that I never had any odor. But being soaking wet, and putting clothes on... arghhhhhh no way in heck that I'd be comfortable doing that.

I used to work 1.5 miles from home, and would ride my bike, run, or ski to and from work. I run home for lunch and take my dog around the lake and then run back to work. The key is that I don't sweat when I run easy, and it doesn't get that hot in here in AK. I'd just run in my work clothes, which are casual or outdoors work clothes (like Carhartts) anyway as scientist that did a lot of field work outdoors in all conditions.

I thought about packrafting to work and ice skating (in the rare, perfectly ice skateable frozen creek conditions), as the creek next to my place ran straight by the office, but never ended up doing those. I never drove to work ever when I lived in that location. I run home for lunch and take my dog around the lake and run back to work. The key is that I don't sweat when I run easy enough