So out of curiosity I weighed myself before and after shaving my head today, and I lost 0.8 lb , essentially 0.5% of my bodyweight. I didn't have long hair to begin with - maybe 2 inches max. Got me thinking...for someone like Cole Hocker (or any female runner for that matter), couldn't they easily lose 2-3% of their total weight by losing the long hair? That HAS to be statistically significant in racing, right?!?
Probably doesn’t affect me physically but before a race I like a nice haircut. It makes me aerodynamic! I feel clean and ready to go! It’s mostly psychological for me.
So out of curiosity I weighed myself before and after shaving my head today, and I lost 0.8 lb , essentially 0.5% of my bodyweight. I didn't have long hair to begin with - maybe 2 inches max. Got me thinking...for someone like Cole Hocker (or any female runner for that matter), couldn't they easily lose 2-3% of their total weight by losing the long hair? That HAS to be statistically significant in racing, right?!?
Hair just doesn’t weigh much at all, about half a pound for 4 feet of hair. SAFP’s hair and extensions probably add ~4 ounces total, which is ~1/5 of one percent of her body weight, so it could in theory affect her times by one or two centiseconds.
Possibly the start to a "Rapunzel Labs" mini-series, depending on whether people want to see more simple experiments involving hair.How much does my hair wei...