mr. pinkus wrote:
i think male runners shaving their legs is about one of the queerest f***ing things i've ever seen.
I remember when Jordan was the first guy to shave his head, now just about every hoopster does it, and it has spread to all athletes and to pretty much everybody generally. Also, he had longish shorts, now mens exercise "shorts" are dragging on the ground they have gotten so long. Nothing to do with performance, probably takes some away a bit.
Similary, first the cyclists shaved their legs for some "reasons" such as road rash management, ease of massage, etc. (of course it was actually to look more beautiful but no one will fess up) and now its spread to triathletes and on to runners...where will it end!? Pretty soon the average beer drinking flabbylegged guy will be prancing around hairless!!
I contend that beating a smoothlegged runner in a race gives me a hairy old dude great satisfaction! Image is *not* everything, pretty-boy!
Of course more power to those who dust me using their smooth powerful hairless legs.