My female runner problem, and yours: navel architecture [sic]

because when you are female. It's a crapload of work to get abs to show and when they do I am NOT covering them up

Hey why complain? In my day (80s) women wore the same racing attire as men: loose singlets and shorts. The new "speedier" lady's attire is much better.

What about Emilio Estevez in the Atlanta 10K????

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grammatically speaking, you are all over the place. Any easy fix would be to capitalize your B and follow up female with a comma. But to be completely honest, the entirety of your post is a major train wreck and, while I am sure you do have nice abs, there is a good chance you are dyslexic. Why don't you Wikipedia that baby and get some wisdom.

girly girl wrote:

because when you are female. It's a crapload of work to get abs to show and when they do I am NOT covering them up

old guy who remembers differen wrote:

Why do so few competitive female runners wear singlets, or full-length tops?

I suspect their sponsors insist on the revealing outfits. Even the Mormon runners where the revealing outfits after they turn pro...

Male triathletes do it. Male runners don't because of looks and most are a little insecure.

Alan

Runningart2004 wrote:

Male triathletes do it. Male runners don't because of looks and most are a little insecure.

Alan

It looks gay.

Do you actually WANT to see guys' hairy bellies? Because frankly, that would make me ill.

old guy who remembers differen wrote:

in fact, not allowed to wear such quarter-length upper garb, then female runners are being given a clear advantage, and an unfair one.

Where do you see men and women competing against each other where this alleged advantage would matter?

Like Katie McGreggor?

girly girl wrote:

because when you are female. It's a crapload of work to get abs to show and when they do I am NOT covering them up

I thank you for that attitude.

Applause.

if you get a chance check out some footage of the german distance runners from the atlanta olympics. they wore tops they were short enough that they didn't touch the shorts.

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Where do you see men and women competing against each other where this alleged advantage would matter?[/quote]

Two possible answers:

1) Like, ah...duhhhhhhhh.....EVERY SINGLE ROAD RACE EVER RUN.

2) Of course you're right. The chicks never have a chance in the open division of road races. What was I thinking!??!? Give the ladies a leg up.

I don't think that most road races require any tops for men- you could pin your number to your shorts and run bare chested. The aerodynamic drag of flopping boobs would not make this an advantage for women.

yetanotherchick wrote:

I don't think that most road races require any tops for men- you could pin your number to your shorts and run bare chested. The aerodynamic drag of flopping boobs would not make this an advantage for women.

It could make for a very sexodynamic advantage though! Amiright?

old guy who remembers differen wrote:

I'm assuming that female runners show navel because breast-wraps are both cooler and more aerodynamic than singlets.

Who really believes that "aerodynamic" considerations really come into play below, say, 15 mph?

Above, rather.

I believe the real reason for the difference is because women generally need to wear a bra, so if they wear a singlet as well, then they've got 2 annoying layers of clothing where the men only have one. The advantage is then with the men.

The singlets with the bras built in are an option, but if they are close fitting down to the waist, then they get hot and can ride up.

Meanwhile, running bras have been developed that are more comfortable and provide more coverage than regular bras, and they look more like athletic wear than lingerie.

I believe this is why running attire has evolved to just the bra top. I don't see why the men can't elect to wear one as well. I wouldn't mind a view of their abs.