I taste salty after a long run. Is that normal?! 🤪 Just happened to lick my lips at the end of my 13k and it was incredibly salty. As an experiment, then licked my arm (yes, in public). Same. Salty! Ugh!
In other news I got a new Garmo badge too hurrah!
Happy running!
Sadie-runs xxx
PS is this why passing dogs often lick my legs?!? 😱 Do they mistake them for salty sausages?! 😱
Yes that’s pretty much why dogs like to lick us... but no on the sausages bit or you may find bits of your legs eaten!!!
This post really made me laugh as when I get home after a run my dog won’t stop licking me whilst I stretch...I must be salty too 🤣
Congrats on getting your badge too
They are shallow beasts! We think it is a sign of affection, but the reality is they love salt! 😂 And thanks - I love a Garmin badge. 😁
When I get back from anything over about 10k my face has a salty crusting in places. I thought it was me over-using SIS Go powder. But it happens with just water too. 🤷♂️
Crusty?! Nice! 🤣
Yep I noticed a definite facial crust after my first two half marathons - tried to convince myself it was more likely sand after the Coast one, but that doesn't really explain London Landmarks HM 😀
Facial crust = lovely!
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Sorry, PMSL at ‘definite facial crust’! 😄
I keep saying it to myself in a Hyacinth Bucket voice. ‘I have a definite facial crust, Richard’. 😊
😂😂
I can tell you now, 'Richard' doesn't find it funny and nor do his kids 
I was not, of course, comparing you personally to Hyacinth Bucket. Perish the thought!
I really do think this thread should be nominated for some kind of forum award. I’m also trying really hard not to query (but failing) how it’s taken Sadie til the age of xx 😉 to discover the fact that sweat is salty! 😊
I have been seriously misunderstood here and am now feeling like a twit! I do know sweat is salty, honest - was just taken aback by just HOW salty! I mean, like the ocean salty! 🤪
My daughter was licking her own knee the other day. When I asked her to desist she said ‘But I’m so DELICIOUS!’
She’s a bit eccentric.
OMG she is brilliant! 🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
Me, too! It happened even when I was running in very sub-zero temps last winter. I've had to take to washing my running hat regularly because it has a salty stain on it after a few runs 😰
I wash mine after every run because I run hot. It’s now falling apart and it’s replacement comes out for races!
Explains why I crave salty food after a long run, too! Need to replenish!
Haha😂 It’s the sweat Sadie, that’s why we need to replace it after a long/hot run.
Don’t tell me you’ve never tasted someone else’s sweat Sadie 😉
I have never in my life licked a sweaty man. Honest. 😉
😂😂
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I do too... inside and out... lovely 10k this morning and lunch was 3 fried egg butties with a little salt on each.
Not sure I’m into public self licking 🤣🤣
I got the Garmin badge and the Nike one too... only ran once though 😇
2 badges?! Good work! And oooh nothing beats fried egg butties with salt! *Drools*
The best bit is my tracking app said I nailed the calories and the nutrient balance. The downside is after a 10k I have a lot of snack calories to eat again!
Second badge only came in because I sync Garmin to Nike... no extra effort went into it 😂
Hi Sadie-runs , sorry for being out of touch, been struggling with injury still lol
I get the salty thing on longer runs, particularly on my forehead, it's almost like a salt crust forms (TMI I know!). It means you've worked hard and done well 
Who knew we had so much salt in our bodies?! (Well, most people probably know this lol!)
Sorry to hear you are still struggling. 🙁 I wish your physio could get to the bottom of your woes! There’s got to be a reason - and a way of fixing it. 😡 I honestly think you should see a new physio!
Take care x
My physio doesn't even know about this latest thing, so I can't blame him for not fixing an issue I've not told him about! he's been on holiday, which is not unreasonable I'm in on Friday. Mind you... he does follow me on Strava, so clearly he should have noticed and emailed me lol
He fixed me when I was on the point of giving up before, I have faith that he can do it again. It's "me" that I don't have much faith in at the moment...
Ah, fair enough then. Glad you have faith in him. 😁 But do have faith in yourself, too. This is not your fault! Have you considered some other form of exercise to keep your spirits up until you are back to running to again? I know for a fact now that I must exercise to keep my mental health stable, so if I get injured, I will do more yoga, and swim. Do you cycle?
I don't like hijacking your post Sadie, so only the briefest of responses! Yes - I know, and I'm feeling the mental toll of even a few days not running. I am seriously considering the best form of cross-training. My bike is currently off the road, but given that I work at a bike shop, that's no excuse. I've delayed bringing it in because the mechanics are mad busy, but I will do and just leave it with them, no rush. I've also booked in to our physio's open evening to have a sample PT session, which should be interesting, something different anyway. Full report with be forthcoming
I get very salty even though I don’t pour with sweat. I like to lie in a hot bath after a long run and lick my own nose once I’ve poured water over my hair (definitely TMI there!! 😳) My red tomato glow must be salt-based too! My dog thinks I’m delicious, as well as other non-suspecting bare legged souls at PR sometimes. She likes to sample everyone. 🤣🤣
Long tongue! 🤣 And your doggy is clearly a connoisseur! x
Cheeky, you like to what? Shakes head🤯😂😂😂
post made me laff!! yep Ive noticed this too... although haven't yet licked my arms! hahah
Do it Deals! Lick your arm after a long run! I could not believe how salty it was! Thinking of adding vinegar for a full chip shop experience next.
Yes I certainly have, which is why I’m sitting here drinking a litre of water with electrolytes in, trying to put it all back again.
Ready salted crisps for me, which is a bit naughty. 😊
(But I did have a big salad with nuts and a pint of water for lunch 😇).
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That’s a good idea 💡
Salted peanuts for me, with a pint of Aspall’s cider!
Sounds like the most perfect post run recovery meal ever. 😂
It’s divine! 😁😇🤣
You sweat out a lot of salt, which is why sports drinks are usually a bit salty. Where I live, the salty face effect is also enhanced by running by the sea.
The more salt you lose through sweating the more sodium and water you'd need to replace it or else you will faint like a bride abandoned at the altar. That's why the docs during marathons will stuff you with crisps, among other things, if they find you slumped in a ditch.
That’s my idea of heaven, being stuffed with crisps. As a vegetarian I am very partial to a Frazzle; reminds me of the good old days, when I used to eat bacon. Today I practically inhaled a bag of classic ready salted, washed down with lashings of water. Body crying out for salt, and licking my arms did not satisfy. 😂
Ha! You need a good energy drink when running! Go google!
I had Tailwind! But I sweat buckets so it didn’t quite cut it today in the sun.
I ran into a tree last week. It was scorching hot and sweat was pouring into my eyes. My sweat is incredibly salty, It felt like my eyeballs were melting. But you just can't stop running can you? So I was running and trying to wipe the sweat out of my eyes with my running top and I ran into a tree. Thankfully there wasn't anyone around to laugh.
Ouch! I hope you were okay (but 😂😂😂) Sounds like you need a 1970s style terry towelling headband, Clubberlang! Again, 😂😂😂.
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Get a headband... I tried one for the first time this week and it was just amazing!! No more sweat pouring into eyes and no mad wiping of brow whilst running.
🙋🏻♀️ Sweaty Betty. Nice! 😆 xx
But it’s healthy, right?! 🥵 x
Hell yeah!! 🏃🏻♀️🏃🏻♀️💪🏼🤗 xx
Best thread in a while 🤣🤣🤣, I get the salty sweat stinging my eyes once I have done, too hairy to lick my arms methinks, my running hat has yet to meet the washing machine, god knows how much salt is stored in there, no wonder I have to keep loosening it
I knew it would solicit some funny responses! 😂 Salt 🧂 in eyes is, however, not so funny!
My sweat stings my eyes too. I am confused by that because tears are salty. I guess my sweat is saltier than tears.
This is one of the funniest threads ever. We have some seriously odd sweaty runners here!
I think I may be the oddest of the odd. Oh dear.
Oh I don't know - you have some stiff competition!
Well done Sadie!! 13k is amazing!! I went out for a short run today, but when my NRC app and my Headspace app each sent a notification to remind me it was Global Running Day, what’s a girl to do but join in and run!! 😉🤩🤩❤️
Thank you dear Fab! And yay! You got a GRD run in! Good gal. Happy runnings. x
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽! You too Sadie!! 😉❤️
Obviously runners sweat, while others only perspire or glow!😋
Very good point! Though I suspect I do all three when running!
This explains the stinging eyes and I’m glad crusty salt face isn’t just me! 😀
I’m down in Devon on Holiday and it was warm yesterday but with a brother in law who’s a squaddie with us he was running so I joined in
10k later very very sweaty I had salt marks on my t-shirt and sunburn on my arms and neck
Was nice to have someone to run with but he’s very quick
54.30 my pb is 54.10 but the hills where we are should have made for a 60-62 min but he made me push on
Sounds like you earned those salt marks! Wear them as a badge of honour! I am off to Cornwall tomorrow so hope the warm weather holds - hoping to do some running and get a bit salty myself! 😂
I can imagine a HM forum meet up now.. ."have a lick of my arm...see if you think I'm salty....." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
*cries*
You can gauge the intensity of the run by the saltiness of an arm, I reckon. 😂😂👏
When I lived in Sicily, there are road side stalls that sell glasses of fizzy water, lemon juice and salt, very delicious in the heat!
This made me remember that, I may try it after a run and see if it helps
Oh that sounds delicious! Perfect post-run drink!
Brilliant post! I’ve noticed it in the shower afterwards. I also crave salt after a longer run: a couple of crackers with a little peanut butter on and I’m all replenished ✅
Nothing more satisfying than a salty snack after a hot run, Molly!
During the war, in the desert, they handed out salt tablets, otherwise the soldiers (in full kit, carrying a rifle) would have keeled over - very bad for battle-winning.
You need the salt to sweat properly too.
That makes sense! I used to follow a relatively low-salt diet before I started running, but find I crave it a bit now, especially in the summer. 🧂👍😁
I think, but I'm not aware of proper research on this, that if you are otherwise healthy and very active, then following your craving is probably a survival instinct.
But we need to be wary because Salt-craving is a symptom of hyperthyroidism amongst other things. I'm always cautious about these things in later life, because our evolution mostly occurred before we generally lived past 40!
Hahaha! Sluuurrrppp!! 😂😂😂
Think how much money you can save on crisps using this technique!! 😄
What a brilliant thread!!
When I started out on my running and weight loss programme, there were two things I would not contemplate cutting out of my life... Guinness and crisps. Now I know they're the perfect recovery meal I feel a lot better about myself!
Here's one for you... does anyone else smell bleach after they work out/run, or is that just me???
Yes, its def normal Sadie-runs ...dont know about licking your arm.in public though??!!! Haha...you make me laugh!!! X
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