You looked like dorks (esp. the girls)! I wonder why people don't wear them now? I never wore one, but I remember being called out on not taking advantage of the cutting edge of technology. Maybe it provided a mental stimulus? If you look like an dweeb, you try to run faster so no one sees?
I will tell you why I wore them. They gave me $1500 a year to wear them when they first came out. Their sponsorship department asked me to wear them while I raced during the season. I obliged by slapping that silly thing on my nose. In return I received cash.
See the above subject line - You're exempt. I too would choose the 1500$.
But I'm still laughing at all you others and that "silly thing" I remember seeing you slap on your noses! ha ha ha
Wejo wore one in Chicago. does he get an open parenthesis besides Wejo close parenthesis too?
I never race without the following items:
Breathrite strip
$120 sunglasses
NipGuards
Double layer socks
CoolMax jock strap
A liberal application of BodyGlide on various body parts
Compression socks on my shins / calves
SPF 64000 sunscreen with aloe
Chapstick
Asthma inhaler
Ibuprofen
A Starbuck's gift card
6 packs of GU or Clif Shot
2 Powerbars
A fanny pack of first aid supplies w/portable defribulator
Camelback hydration system with 64oz. water capacity
My MP3 player loaded with four hours of inspirational music by Yanni and John Tesh
A waterproof wristband with my target splits printed on it
My cell phone
My PalmPilot
A Timex GPS running watch / measuring device
Bus fare
I know that it seems like a lot of stuff but, as I learned at John Bingham's Penguin Flight School and last year's Gallowalking retreat, you can't be too safe.
Bus fare
Portland you crazy reckless dude you!!!
you mean you race without a shoe ID tag complete with blood group, medical history and next of kin??????
MAN that takes guts!
you might want to get some orthotics and neoprene knee braces as well.
Can't believe you leave your HR monitor at home.
well-equipped wrote:
Can't believe you leave your HR monitor at home.
It interferes with the GPS signal.
Hedge,
I've already had a few bugs go up my nose while running - I hardly need to make those nostrils of mine bigger with Breathrite strips.
Portland, your post reminds me of a John Parker (yes, that John P) and a very funny routine he'd share as an event speaker. He'd have audiences rolling if he were to strap on all the stuff you wear, or claim to wear, and describe w/a straight face the purpose behind each item. His 'purpose' varies some from the usual.
I think they're officially endorsed by the PBA these days.
Hey Portland, subway maps are good too!
-M.F.
You're the sorry sack I see in Forest Park trundling a trailer of sporting "needs" behind you. No wonder you're crawling up those trails.
Breathe rites worked for Anne Marie Lauck; fastest white road whore for a few years. Somehow the Kenyans never seemed to need them.
Don't forget your sign supporting 9/11/01 victims.
"We will not forget you!!!"
My PR is 3:07!!!
Paula wears them...
DJL
Paula gets 18K per year to wear them...
Khalid got 20K per year to wear them in 1998, took the money and wore them once for about 4 miles at San Blas. His wife deposited to check, and it cleared...never wore them again.
I got $1500 per year in 1998 to wear them in races, plus another $300 in media incentive for pictures of me wearing them; plus $500 for handing some out at booths at Peachtree, Cooper River, Gate River.
Kramer
CHICAGO
Paula (http://www.fast-women.com/photos/chicago02/chicago02.jpg)
NYCM
Silvio Guerra of Ecuador
(http://www.mensracing.com/photos/nycmarathon02/nyc32.jpg)
Alain Potiaux of Belgium (http://www.mensracing.com/photos/nycmarathon02/nyc60.jpg)
Mario Fattore of Italy sports a blue strip
(http://www.mensracing.com/photos/nycmarathon02/nyc59.jpg)
Zoran Bursac of New York
(http://www.mensracing.com/photos/nycmarathon02/nyc65.jpg)
Mario Cabrio of Italy
(http://www.mensracing.com/photos/nycmarathon02/nyc69.jpg)
and I thought I saaw a pic of Meb wearing one at NYCM, must have been in the early stages of the race 'cause it seems like he shed it later.
Yeah Ronaldo de Costa wore one in setting the world record at Berlin in '98 (and no...i'm not implying a cause/effect relationship).
guestV wrote:
Somehow the Kenyans never seemed to need them.
man, you eva looked at a kenyan's nostrils? Stick a breathrite strip on those suckas and you could lose a goddamn bus up there...
Having ancestors from the rift valley is like having a genetic breathrite strip.
Hedge, don't rip on the breathrite strips. I've noticed since I started using them that I'm not fatigued as easily, my sex life has improved and my hair line no longer seems to be receding.
Sure it may look a little funny, but just wait until the benefits start showing, man, they way outweigh any jeering, taunting, or injuries possibly sustained via thrown objects due to the oddness of their apperance. Lay off man us breathe stip people know a good thing when we find it.