Can elites run bare chested in road races?

Of course I can.

If you haven't sold the ad space on your chest to, say, adidas or the East Peoria Pancake Griddle, you can wear whatever you want. But in the real or spurious "Mr. Chest" has a point -- most of us are too f---in' skinny to go around like that without revolting people.

I never wear shirts in the heat of summer ..racing or training...get a nice tan ..knock out a long run..nothing like it

The rules specificly stat that an elite runner can run without a shirt as long as the runner is female.

yeah, who is that?

The real answer is yes if the race officials permit it and that goes for female and male runners per USATF rule.

jones wrote:

yeah, who is that?

Took 30 seconds to see that the number ends in '56' and appears to be preceeded by a '3', and check the results page at:

to see that in 57th place is a 28 year old male with race number 1356.

Isn't the internet amazing?

Not necessarily:

Ê RULE 71 ATHLETIC ATTIRE 1. In all events competitors must wear clothing that is clean, designed and worn so as not to be objectionable. The clothing must be made of a material which is non-transparent even if wet. The competitors must not wear clothing that could impede the view of the judges. This rule shall be enforced by the Clerk of Course for track and road events and the Chief Judge of each field event. 2. In hot weather, an athlete competing in a long distance road run may compete without a top shirt. This ruling will be made by the Referee with the approval of the Games Committee.

Only if they are a hot chick. That really narrows the field.

no fat chicks

suck my dick, you pompous idiot.

Pompous, yes. Idiot, no. You asked, I answered. Your problem is...?

SI wrote:

The competitors must not wear clothing that could impede the view of the judges.

View of what?

i'm sure that wasn't the first shirtless finisher at new haven...

Not a road race, but I do remember Jamey Harris scrawling Reebok Aggies on his chest and jumping into a race at Stanford. I think he broke 4 minutes for the mile in that race.

who is this ugly motherf***er?