Are bun huggers dead?

not banned wrote:

sarah12 wrote:

My high school team still wears them. Some parents complain but all the girls love how they fit.

When I was in high school there was one year when coach got new uniforms, and the girls had boy shorts. They hated them so much that they just wore the old uniform bottoms with the new tops.

I can understand that. We got a new coach who tried to replace bun huggers with spandex shorts. Two of our fastest runners threatened to quit if it happened. She bought us new Nike briefs instead. Win!

Let girls wear buns when they run! We need to stop telling young women to be ashamed of their bodies. Running should be seen as a celebration of what the human body can do. Track pants and shorts are great for training, I love wearing them out and about, but I prefer to look professional when I run in a competition. Most the college and Olympic runners where buns, so that is the professional standard. Folks just need to accept that this is uniform for the sport.

Let's hope they are dead and buried.

They do get buried during many races.

Tally Lee wrote:

Let girls wear buns when they run! We need to stop telling young women to be ashamed of their bodies. Running should be seen as a celebration of what the human body can do. Track pants and shorts are great for training, I love wearing them out and about, but I prefer to look professional when I run in a competition. Most the college and Olympic runners where buns, so that is the professional standard. Folks just need to accept that this is uniform for the sport.

That’s great for you but some of my girls are very uncomfortable about wearing them.

I don’t have anyone in the team that is uncomfortable that way wearing shorts so that is what we do.

When you get to college or the Olympics feel free to wear them.

The best option is to just have all 3 styles (briefs, boy shorts, split shorts) and let each girl choose the style they prefer. As long as the colors are the same it doesn't matter if some girls wear different styles. In my experience, most girls have preferred the boy shorts style.

first of all, this is a dumb debate. if you really love it just be thankful that some do, you typing this on a message board will not do a thing to change what girls feel like wearing.

and why y'all complaining about high schoolers not wearing them? 14 year olds should not be trying to look sexy; if they want to race in them cuz it feels the easiest to run, like i do in short shorts, then fine, and maybe even to look good, but adults talking about it on a message board is way outta line.

inb4 this thread gets removed oh and it's 7 years old lol whatever

2 the Gills! wrote:

The best option is to just have all 3 styles (briefs, boy shorts, split shorts) and let each girl choose the style they prefer. As long as the colors are the same it doesn't matter if some girls wear different styles. In my experience, most girls have preferred the boy shorts style.

I disagree. It's called a uniform for a reason. There should be one version. Briefs are the serious athlete's choice. Fine to wear shorts as a leisure runner, but if you're competitive and selected for a team, it's time to switch to the buns.

somecoachoutthere wrote:

Tally Lee wrote:

Let girls wear buns when they run! We need to stop telling young women to be ashamed of their bodies. Running should be seen as a celebration of what the human body can do. Track pants and shorts are great for training, I love wearing them out and about, but I prefer to look professional when I run in a competition. Most the college and Olympic runners where buns, so that is the professional standard. Folks just need to accept that this is uniform for the sport.

That’s great for you but some of my girls are very uncomfortable about wearing them.

I don’t have anyone in the team that is uncomfortable that way wearing shorts so that is what we do.

When you get to college or the Olympics feel free to wear them.

I think that's really sad for them. It's natural to feel a little nervous about the idea of wearing bun huggers if you're not used to them and to feel uncomfortable the first time you actually race or practice in them. There are two ways of dealing with that. Avoid them, and you'll always have those concerns. Wear them, and you'll overcome your fears.

Surely it's your responsibility as coach to help the girls feel comfortable about their bodies and who they are, which means taking away the shorts and getting them to wear the briefs.

Yet strangely many Ethiopian women wear normal running shorts...and destroy the butthugger wearing "elites"

Maybe they should start wearing thongs.

Sham 69 wrote:Maybe they should start wearing thongs.

Some of them practically are.

There are girls that are uncomfortable in them. There are no girls that are uncomfortable in shorts. As a coach, I am all about validating everyone's feelings which I understand is a difficult to understand for most including yourself. That is what I consider sad.

We would have girls quit the team if we had them. I have the largest girls team in our state in a small school district. I don't think that is random when we welcome all athletes and respect all athlete's feelings.

Some girls are uncomfortable in shorts. Physically and emotionally. There's no way I'd enrol at a university that required me to run in shorts. Risk of chafing, unflattering, associations with being in a low-performing, non-elite team.

You people on this "Are Bun Huggers Dead" post who are opposed to this athletics fashion need to stop having stupid issues and soak your heads!!!!(REALLY!)

Nope bun huggers are not dead. Nine years later and this thread is as stupid now as it was nine years ago.

Great for you Sarah12.to those few parents you described as being opposed I say: go jump in the lake!