Even if you aren’t drinking up for some of your long, outdoor runs, someone else is … the mosquitos. According to a new study out of U. Wisconsin-Madison cited in the New York Times, exercisers emit more signals and stenches that attract mosquitoes than couch potatoes do. Specifically, body temp and skin smells, like lactic acid, are the bug’s version of a dinner bell. That 6-mile post-work run I do not only tones my legs, it turns me into a veritable buffet on the move.Reminds me of a Far Side sweatshirt I used to have. Two mosquitoes, one sucking blood and getting bloated. The other says, “Pull out! I think you’ve hit an artery.
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