How many times do you wear your shorts..

Funny question. I was thinking about this the other day.

I think some guys can relate to this...you're running so much, two a days, maybe core and weight sessions thrown in...you are working out like 20+ times a week...and suddenly yesterdays dried sweaty shorts/shirt seem "what the hell" okay for another go until laundry day.

The classic...all your running clothes are dirty...and you are picking through the laundry basket for the least skanky pair to eek out one more run before doing the laundry.

When I was running 128 miles a week at Oregon (Pre's trail made it very easy) I would wait until my shorts were stiff from a few days of dried sweat, before retiring them to the laundry basket.

...I only had time for class, making massive amounts of mac and cheese with veggies on the side (even used that whole grain/veggie bulk elbow macaronis from the health food store), eating gianormous bowls of organic granola, massive amounts of bananas and apples...and having marathon horizontal sessions with my hot girlfriend...

Ahhh, college.

kind of gross. they dry pretty quickly - how about just rinsing them and hanging them to dry if you want/need to wear them more than once? this must be a guy thing...

I'm in Germany right now and I would feel bad asking my host mother to wash a big load of laundry every few days. So sometimes I triple wear my shorts. It is gross sometimes. I try not to smell.

Until I can smell them in the corner they're usually piled up in from across the other side of my room... Then they might need a brief wash

i own 2 pair of running shorts - blue & black. I run twice each day - once with blue shorts & once with black shorts. And I do a load of laundry every night. To me, that's just nasty to wear them more than once without washing.

quikchik wrote:

kind of gross. they dry pretty quickly - how about just rinsing them and hanging them to dry if you want/need to wear them more than once? this must be a guy thing...

this! i do it every day, only because i run at 8 and the shorts will be dry by 1.

I shower fairly quickly after finishing my run, so I wear them into the shower. Then I rinse them out there and leave them hung up somewhere to dry. I repeat this until they smell bad (I check every day). It works for me.

I rinse them out in the sink after every run. Once a week I throw them into the wash.

Because it is sooo much fvcking effort to wash them in the sink or to wear them into the shower to give them a rinse while i am in there. (sarcasm)and then guys come on here complaining how their crotch is practically rotten, and wanting to know if hand sanitizer will clear this up, instead of taking a shower and using an anti-fungal when they get athlete's foot in their crotch.

quikchik wrote:

kind of gross. they dry pretty quickly - how about just rinsing them and hanging them to dry if you want/need to wear them more than once? this must be a guy thing...

After my run I either jump in my pool or I wear my shorts in the shower. I put them in the washer about once a week.

i just keep wearing them until my mom does laundry, which is usually about once a week. i have 5 different pairs i can wear though.

I wear mine until the crotch begins to reek which usually occurs after about 5 days. The only drawback is having to sniff the crotch as it makes me gag. I recently started letting my dog do it for me. I know if the shorts are ready for the wash when the dog begins licking them.

A Duck wrote:

When I was running 128 miles a week at Oregon (Pre's trail made it very easy) I would wait until my shorts were stiff from a few days of dried sweat, before retiring them to the laundry basket.

You never ran 128 miles a week at Oregon. If you did everyone would know you. Keep dreaming.

I bought 10 or 12 pair of BR split shorts when they were on sale so I only need to wear them once before going in the laundry. Since I have 287 t-shirts from roadraces, I only need to do laundry when I run out of short shorts!!

(Of course I have plenty of undies and socks to get me through)

I wear the same shorts all week and Sunday is laundry day.

Varies. Most of my shorts get to point of having some very small faint brown streaks in the inner lining but they're still good for another 2-3 runs before they hit the wash. So If I'm just running easy in the trails solo away from women, why should I care? I'd rather race fast than be a metrosexual about my running apperance, except if I'm going on a run with a girl or to a race then I got everything washed and clean

Dear Mr. Meyer,

Please wash your shorts after every run. For the sake of humanity, please.

I'll wear the same shorts twice only if I'm doing doubles. It feels wastedful to dirty two pairs in a day.

you sir, need to get into real running. The only kind of running shorts are short shorts with splits. No other type of running shorts is worn by a "runner" only joggers.