The stink of champions

This winter I started working out quite a lot, first with spinning and then running. I have one Nike Dri-fit top and one pair of Nike running shorts that I really like to run in. I have this thing where I'll only buy workout clothes on sale but they have to be either Dri-fit or some other brand equivalent. TJ Maxx and Ross are a great place to find cheap Nike or Adidas clothes. This one Nike shirt gets a lot of use and I usually only was it once a week because I have to wash it in cold and line dry it. It gets quite ripe after a week of running but it's just me in my basement so I'm not too concerned about the smell. The other day though, it stunk in a bad way. So bad that I decided to wash it immediately. I washed it with my regular tide detergent and then line dried it. I got up the next morning ready to go for a run and started to put my shirt on. I had to stop because it smelled exactly as it had before I washed it! I decided it was time for the interweb to help me out. I googled "how to get smells out of workout clothes" or something like that and found out that I wasn't alone. Apparently you should be washing your workout clothes more than once a week and you really shouldn't throw them into the laundry basket all wet and smelly. I washed them again but the smell was still there. A few sites recommended Win Sport Detergent so I went to Sports Authority and bought some. I'm telling you it worked. My favourite Nike top went from perma-stink to smelling really good. I've run in it since and the smell didn't seep through again. I also stopped putting them in my laundry basket wet, which I think also helps. Oh and I bought another Dri-fit top at Ross, so now I have two to rotate through. Not the most exciting blog ever but if it helps one person out there...