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Topic Started: Jan 9 2011, 06:23 PM (318 Views)
musicasacra
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Salty streaks on the face after a run -- is this normal or do you make an adjustment in your fluids?

My longest run so far today, 5 miles @ 10:06 pace. The first time I've had dried salty streaks on the face. I drank a lot of water over the weekend so I doubt I was dehydrated going into today's run. Maybe I need more electrolyte drink instead of water on a run day?
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Jan 9 2011, 06:23 PM
Salty streaks on the face after a run
Goes great with pretzels.
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Jan 9 2011, 06:27 PM
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Jan 9 2011, 06:23 PM
Salty streaks on the face after a run
Goes great with pretzels.
and beer
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Your sweat isn't always salty MS?

I have a drop cloth under my exercise bike and it gets covered by salt stains after a few days.
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Jan 9 2011, 06:30 PM
Your sweat isn't always salty MS?

I have a drop cloth under my exercise bike and it gets covered by salt stains after a few days.
This is the first time I've had dried salt steaks on my face after a run. White residue.
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MS: I'm no runner, so take anything I say with a grain of salt. (pun entirely intended)
Salty streaks would indicate you're getting rid of lots of sodium - but that indicates that you need to keep stocked up as you keep running, not that you're already low.
I know people who are salty sweaters can get the salty streaks on their cheeks, and they try to add salt if they workout regularly, to replenish the "extra" they're getting rid of.

What sports drink to you use (if any)?
They're not all "equal" (not that I'm a pro here), so changing to something with more sodium may help if you're regularly getting rid of more sodium.
Perhaps you just had a higher than normal concentration of sodium. :)
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I just run with water, and I take a Gu Roctane (which has 125 mg sodium) before I run. I've been doing that since the 5K training.

But I'm adding mileage, have a 10K coming up, so I wonder if I need to make an adjustment in what I'm taking in before or during the run. I saw varying opinions online so I thought I would ask the runners here.
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The only thing I've read pertaining to this (reading a lot on training right now) is the risk of sodium too low in marathoners. Not as much of a problem for most cyclists, as they don't have events that last hours and hours (recreational cyclists I mean).
I have read about low sodium causing seizures in marathoners (in extreme cases of course). I don't mention that as a concern for you - just as validation that people who hydrate solely with water, while sweating out all of their electrolytes sometimes lose too much of the other stuff.
Some runners add salt to sports drink if they have "salty" sweat - but I think it's definitely good to replenish electrolytes.
I experienced the importance of this as a dialysis patient, where, after treatment I would need to replenish electrolytes (specifically sodium) to prevent my blood pressure from tanking.

There are some more performance oriented drinks out there (and powders to mix with your water) that are a bit more hefty than your Powerade or Gatorade gas station variety drink (not that they don't work).

I have a couple friends who do some pretty epic endurance sporting events, whom I'd be happy to ask about this if you want.
One friend, is training right now for the Two Oceans Ultra Marathon in April - she's doing tons of running right now, so would be a great source of info if you want me to get recommendations. I know she's big on Endurox - but she also says you should find what works for you.
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What I do, is make my own sports drink.

Take a liter container: add 90% water, 10% OJ. Put in half a spoonful of salt.

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MS - I've seen that, but usually only after a long race. It also may have something to do with varying temps.

Either way, you could try increasing your salty foods a bit for the next week or two, and see how that helps.
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Relative (and absolute) humidity makes a difference.

I remember when I used to golf in Texas in the summer I didn't seem to get soaked, just covered with salt.

The sweat would dry so fast it seemed to just turn to salt.

In the Winter the air around here can get very dry - like right now. But of course you don't sweat as much in sub freezing temps.

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Copper:
Actually, you tend to sweat just as much in cold temps.
It's one of the dangers of cold sports, because you don't typically have a way to dry out, and the risk of hypothermia rises significantly.
Out here in the Rockies it's not uncommon to strip layers when being active - even in freezing temps, so that you can dry off as you work (X-country skiing is a perfect example of this). You lose about the same amount of fluid as sweat in cold temps (over a liter an hour if you're being "active").
Everest climbers routinely suffer heat stroke on the mountain, because they're bundled up, and not drinking enough, because they figure it's cold and they're not sweating. They are though, and with the sun reflecting off of the snow the temp is sometimes in the 80's - the guides are the first to ditch layers, and chug water on the way up.
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Jan 10 2011, 07:50 AM
MS - I've seen that, but usually only after a long race. It also may have something to do with varying temps.

Either way, you could try increasing your salty foods a bit for the next week or two, and see how that helps.
Thanks. I'll try using more electrolyte drink.
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