#218: The Science of Sweat—and How to Lose the Stink!
Another Mother Runner
Feisty Media
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2016
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
As the summer heats up, Sarah and co-host Adrienne Martini welcome two guests to talk about sweat. First up is Melissa Elfers, a textile scientist (who knew!), who explains the ins-and-outs of polyester, bringing the “Saturday Night Fever” white suit and Play-Doh Fuzzy Pumper Barber Shop into the conversation. Elfers explains why washing workout wear the wrong way repeatedly compounds the stink-factor, and she shares laundry tips for keeping gear fresh. Next up is Cathy Horton, creator of SweatX sport detergent. This triathlete and mom of two (including a professional soccer player!) tells how stains and stink drove her so crazy, she developed the stink-banishing detergent. Find out why Cathy calls a sweat droplet “a big rot fest,” and how perspiration makes running clothes smelly. Germ-phobes might want to sanitize their earbuds after listening to this grimy-yet-enlightening episode!
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| 0:00.0 | Club Card accepted. This Christmas at Tesco get Pepsi Max 24 packs now only 7 pounds, down from 10 pounds 50 with club card prices. Helping you become more Christmas. |
| 0:12.0 | Tesco, every little help. you become more Christmas. Oh, oh, Tesco! |
| 0:14.0 | Every little helps. |
| 0:15.0 | majority of largest stores Pepsi and 2nd of January. |
| 0:18.0 | Excludes Northern Ireland and Wush Club Card required. Welcome to another mother runner. This is Sarah Bowen Shay. I am joined today by Adrian Martini. |
| 0:36.0 | Welcome Adrian. Hello. Hello. |
| 0:40.0 | So Adrian, is it true that you have kicked off your training for the New York City Marathon? |
| 0:48.0 | Yes and no. |
| 0:50.0 | How about that? |
| 0:51.0 | So initially, I was planning to run the old port half marathon in the one true Portland, |
| 1:00.0 | Portland, Maine. I was waiting for some kind of noise. |
| 1:05.0 | Oh yeah, you know, we do, you know, but we are named after Portland, Maine. |
| 1:10.0 | And so it was decided by a coin, a coin toss, not a towing cost, |
| 1:15.0 | whether we would be Portland or Boston. |
| 1:19.0 | And I do not remember the two gentlemen who had that they were founding fathers of Portland and they literally flipped a coin and Portland won. |
| 1:28.0 | So, yeah, yeah, two Boston's would be confusing. |
| 1:31.0 | Particularly with the, with, we have a marathon here. |
| 1:34.5 | I mean, yeah. |
| 1:35.5 | Oh. |
| 1:36.5 | So anyway I was going to run the I'm sorry the O.G. |
| 1:39.5 | Portland Marathon. But I have to go back down to Orlando to take care of some mom stuff because that |
| 1:47.8 | situation just continues to get. Boy, I don't want to talk about it. |
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