In praise of Sweat!

[RolliePollie]

Usually, I hate sweating. But on the bike, it's all good.

My new sunglasses route all the sweat from my forehead directly down my nose. So I end up with sweat dripping from the tip of my nose right onto my top tube.

My cats like to lick my arms when I get home from a ride because of all the salt.

My face feels like it has sand on it after a ride because of all the dried sweat.

If I'm riding up a super hard hill, I break out in a sweat all over my body...then when I get to the top and head downhill, it's like natural air conditioning.

My Smartwool socks (love those things!) keep my feet cool and quite dry even though I know there's a lot of sweat going on down there too.

I would never wear anything other than black shorts as I fear "sweat stains"...I saw someone in light blue shorts once and it looked really scary with all those wet sweaty patches.

[Crankin]

I don't mind sweating while I am riding or doing any other form of exercise. I don't like it when I sweat wearing "regular" clothes.
I rarely stink when sweating, but it really bothers me when I do. I think it's something in your genetic makeup because my husband hardly sweats and barely feels the need to drink or eat on the bike. I sweat a lot and drink/eat a lot on the bike. One of my kids also hardly shows a drop of sweat and the other one (the one who raced) sweats a ton.

[Jolt]

I don't remember where this quote came from, but it seems to fit the topic: "Both tears and sweat are salty and wet, but they render different results. Tears will get you sympathy, but sweat will get you progress".