Bunhuggers

Refer to the post on Moros. Anybody who thinks the aerodynamic properties of bunhuggers offsets the self esteem jeopardies is nuts? (read what aerodynamic properties?)

I agree with "i luv shorts" in that spankies have no performance advantages over shorts. It's ridiculous to make women wear them if for whatever reason, they don't feel comfortable in them.

Why force women to wear spankies???

I always assumed my coach (a woman) made us wear them as some sort of power trip. That's the only explanation I could fathom since all the girls voiced their dislike of being so exposed.

See if guys started wearing them you would see even more eating disorders among women. Chances are you ladies would become jelous of men, because we are so fricken hot!! Also the the bolge that bounces around would probably make you to horny!

I think the real issue here (as I've said before) is that women should be able to wear whatever they feel most comfortable running in. If they prefer buns (as I do) then fine, if not, wear shorts. No big deal. What is TRULY objectionable is for anyone to be mandated to wear something that for WHATEVER reason they are not comfortable in.

Runnerbabe, I agree with your post. I think that most girls (runner girls that is) look good in them. However, if the girl doesn't want to wear them she should not have to. Most male distance runners would probably have a stroke if they were told that they had to wear body suits in all their races.

Resolution to the bunhugger issue seems very clear to me:

Women should be able to race in what they feel most comfortable. The policy for mandatory spankies is just absurd. For as morceli points out I'm sure no guys are for a mandatory body suit policy.

Very, very odd that there is any ambiguity.

I think that girls need to wear them because it is great for the sport. think about nobody would even allow women to be in the sport of track and field if it weren't for bunhugger. girls are just to slow and boring to watch so you need to have them wear something that is going to make the race worth watching.

I personally think that the bunhuggers make a team appear more professional. It is not just the really thin girls who look good in them either...what about the really muscular girls? Also, if you are in a program that requires butthuggers youa re probably going to be in good shape so you shouldn't worry about it. But, to tell the truth, nobody wants to see a FUPA flying around.

You keep talking about how bunhuggers make girl think about the way she looks and thinks that she is fat, well you just said that you weighed 111 and could stand to loose a few. That weight seems pretty fine to me. Why would you think you need to loose a few.

The only reason male sprinters wear speedsuits is cause sprinters are vain homosexuals.

Wasn't it against the rules in Florida for girls to wear them in high school meets? A girl was DQed at state although she had been wearing them during the year. (I am guessing that either other officials let it slide or just did not know the rule.)

i love going to a meet and seeing sara bei wear them.

What are these bunhuggers of which you speak? Can someone please post some links to pictures so that I'll know what you're talking about?

Look, girls now wear bunhuggers, lyrca/tight everything, sports-bra only on their upper bodies. So basically, they now are pretty much racing in bikinis. Why not just go naked at this point?? Seriously, it?s already damn close to that, and most runner girls are fairly flat, so there would not be that much need for boob support. Go naked, really. It will happen soon.

ALL girls secretly want to be strippers. They act offended that they need to wear these outfits, but no one is REALLY making them. As soon as they get a good excuse to show their bods(like when bun huggers quickly became acceptable), they jump at the chance. And then they complain: I am being objectified, how awful!!! Unbelievable.

Guys like to spank it to girls in spankies, and girls in spankies, despite their false protest, are turned on by that idea.

Why can?t girls admit it?

girls look good in bun huggers, and if you want to see the otherside of the argument look at cal state san Marcos, those guys have balls, literally, they hang it out there in only speedsuits and shoes in cross and in track they are hot

i have no problem seeing girls in them...

Folkies wrote:

The only reason male sprinters wear speedsuits is cause sprinters are vain homosexuals.

NO cause we have nice bodies and also having your clothes flapping in the wind isnt fun... Also the ladies dont complain too much.

i luv shorts wrote:

it's not only the stalky runners who feel like cows in bunhuggers.

Actually, stalky runners - like reedy runners - would probably feel quite proud in bunhuggers, even more so than the "vain homosexuals" (are there self-effacing ones out there?) another poster mentioned. Stocky runners, on the other hand, might feel self-conscious if not bovine.

Sorry xcqueen but I have to disagree with your statement that bunhuggers "...encourage you to keep in shape and promote a professional image for the team"!?!?!?!? Gee, I should plan on wearing bunhuggers at my next big race to keep myself motivated to train for it :-) Also, I have a hard time thinking of bunhuggers as an important part of a 'professional' image.

I've worn racing briefs but basically think the exposure is completely unnecessary, even in hot weather. Sure, I probably look 'hotter' in the bunhuggers but shorts are classier. I have no problem with people wearing bunhuggers if they feel that they chafe less, are more comfortable, etc., but have to admit that I think they're mostly about flash. Ingrid Kristiansen didn't need bunhuggers to run her then world best in the marathon, in the 80s, nor did Joan Benoit require them to win the Olympic marathon, or Naoko Takahashi, and so on and so on.

Actually, before I go I should admit that I had an embarrassing experience with bunhuggers at one point which may explain my current distaste for them :-) I was warming up for a big race (many thousands of runners) in my briefs and desperately had to pee again a few minutes before the start and so headed for a couple of bushes. While in the 'act' I was startled by a guy who had the same idea, my briefs slipped and I peed all over them. Unfortunately, they were light blue and I then had to line up with the seeded runner group, definitely wishing that I'd opted for the black shorts on that day.