Washing kit.

[red_tom]

Gah, does it ever end. I'm doing quite a lot of training at the moment (Rowing and getting back into running). My wife is training for a marathon so the washing machine is on nearly every day. Anyone have any cunning tips for 'managing the load'

I predict someone will say edible pants.

 

[Fnaar]

Take it a bit easier and don't sweat so much... then you can get 2 wears out of each item....

 

[striker]

Take it a bit easier and don't sweat so much... then you can get 2 wears out of each item....

As long as you are training outside. come down my gym wearing second time kit and the instructors throw you out.

 

[Landslide]

Become naturists, or start using edible pants.

 

[walker]

keep wearing kit till you yourself fall down faint from the smell, only then do you wash it

 

[walker]

Gah, does it ever end. I'm doing quite a lot of training at the moment (Rowing and getting back into running). My wife is training for a marathon so the washing machine is on nearly every day. Anyone have any cunning tips for 'managing the load'

I predict someone will say edible pants.

and tell the wife to take it easy, work her way up from a penguin then to a twix then a mars Bar, only then would she truely be able to take on a marathon..... or a snickers as they are now called

 

[alecstilleyedye]

spot on uncle mort. as i commute daily, i have lots of cycle kit. go to aldi (or lidl) and stock up when they've got the gear in. sometimes i still end up commuting in full team kit though

 

[arranandy]

My wife is always complaining about the ammount of cycle kit she has to wash. 2/3 commutes a week, a long run on a Sunday and at this time of year usually a midweek evening training run. She usually just puts it on a quick wash in our machine with non-bio liquid. Seems to do the trick as it keeps all my cycle kit fresh

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Turn 'em inside out, then turn 'em back to front!

 

[Milo]

In my more primitive days of living alone I used to be able to get a working week out of a pair on boxers.

 

[domtyler]

We do an enormous amount of washing with a young one with a real talent for making large amounts of mess. The trick we have found is to have plenty of drying space (or a tumble dryer if you have the room which we don't). At this time of the year it's hard to get the washing on to the line outside so we use a couple of the concertina type drying racks.

 

[rikki]

Turn 'em inside out, then turn 'em back to front!

According to one of my children you can get 4 days out of one pair of underpants using the rotation method. He gets this suggestion from my father who toured extremely "light" as a young man.

 

[NickM]

Natural fabrics worn next to the skin do not pong when used for several successive days of moderate exercise (as hardy outdoorsy ultra-lightweight long-distance walking types know). I suggest that you try a silk undershirt. Patra are good. Err on the small side.

 

[Fnaar]

Edible pants.