Bunhuggers

...more professional...

What like a whore for $$ in BangCock for Jason?

when did college/high school teams start wearing them anyway? i don't remember seeing a lot of pictures from say, 20 years ago, of track runners in bunhuggers... perhaps its become more of a big thing as we seem to be becoming more obsessed with body image... thinness... having more instances of eating disorders, etc... cause i agree that there is no value to them as far as speed is concerned.

dissentinggirlrunner wrote:

Did this happen @ Chicago by any chance?

) 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.

George-no, not in Chicago, overseas. I also have to add that I've never seen either Deena Drossin or Derartu Tulu in bum shorts (or looking unprofessional, as a matter of fact).

I started running for the San Jose Cindergals (an elite age-group developmental team) in 1973 and we wore buns. My high school team started wearing them for track and cross country in 1976 (granted, they were more like briefs than buns, but they sure weren't shorts.) They have been around a while.

I don't see why any female runner would have a problem with a mandatory bunhugger policy. Sure, if they're optional you might not choose to wear them because then you'd be more exposed than some others in your team, but if they're mandatory then you'll be wearing not an inch less or more than them so everyone's in the same position.

Even dissentinggirlrunner's argument makes no sense to me. OK, say you need to have a pee behind a bush at a meet. If you're in spankies it's a lot easier to whip them off then do what you need to. The only reason she ended up wetting them was that she probably had them round her ankles or something instead of taking them right off which surely is safer.

most hs runners arent running that distance. they're running for less that 6 minutes usually so it shouldnt be that big of a deal.

Even dissentinggirlrunner's argument makes no sense to me. OK, say you need to have a pee behind a bush at a meet. If you're in spankies it's a lot easier to whip them off then do what you need to. The only reason she ended up wetting them was that she probably had them round her ankles or something instead of taking them right off which surely is safer.[/quote]

what? it takes the same amount of effort to take off spankies as it does shorts. your argument doesn't make much sense, not dissentinggirlrunner's.

Women should not be allow at track meets in the first place, no one wants to watch them and they make the meet run slower. so stop wasting peoples time talking about what women should wear.

Boy do I enjoy reading this thread! I love bunhuggers because I love the female body. Yes, I think girls have come full circle and are now wearing bikinis. I wouldn't like it if my team told me I had to wear a skin tight singlet streached across my belly though. My team wears sweat pants with gym shorts over them.

I say if you have the butt for it, show off your ass sets!

xcqueen wrote:

I don't see why any female runner would have a problem with a mandatory bunhugger policy

OBVIOUSLY "xcqueen" is really a guy.

what it comes down to is a woman's right to wear what she wants to wear... I do have to say that I think they are sexy and i think everyone looks great in them. Quite frankly I'd rather see some of the "thicker" girls wearing them then the skinny girls... i was never a big fan of the waif look and I like a girl with a little more meat on their bones.

What about wrote:

Ok, if they work so well for gals, why don't guys wear them (tri-guys don't count)?

My theory is that spankies were invented by guys that wanted more to gaze at during track meets...

Because guys have balls. Who wants to watch a race where a guys junk is flipping and flopping every which way in his bunhuggers. It's bad enough sprinters wear speedsuits.

well...hmmmm, you guys have no prob slinging the sexual inuendo about the gals (sara bei thread)...maybe women would LIKE to see your "jubk" flinging all over the place in speedos, perhaps poppin' out in the sprint home after you do a non-race in the 1600 for us, mmmm?

OK, answer the question yourself himmelskip: would you like to see men in speedo's, their packages/bulges clearly outlined/displayed in their shorts?? I bet not.

Clearly most women still feel most comfortable not having to see or think about a man?s package until they make the decision: I want to see it, and I want to see only that particular guy?s package. From everything I know about women, for the majority of them it?s all about CONTROL when it comes to sex (in all senses). Obviously, that is what the whole rape thing is about. Honestly, even if the guy where hot, rich, and had a big unit, of course being raped by that guy would be an awful experience for them (even if he somehow did not physically harm the women). Why? Because they were FORCED into it. I am not belittling it, but it is an interesting concept. If they met that same guy, had several conversations with him over a course of a week or so, he bought her dinner and said really sweet things to her, and THEN they had sex, she might have the time of their life. BECAUSE?she made up her MIND that that it was something she wanted.

Of course rape(since it is physical, even though the damage is mostly to the psyche) is much more of a serious violation than an unasked for visual thing. BUT, still, when a guy flashes a girl, many women are deeply offended/unhappy, because it is a sort of ?visual rape.? Would a guy be that upset if a girl (even an ugly one) flashed him? NO. And if she was hot, the guy would be psyched. This is my long way of saying: MOST girls do not want men?s packages thrust into their vision on a regular basis. They want that to be their choice. Guys have already made their choice: the more often they can see the female figure exposed/nearly exposed/outlined in tight, revealing clothes, the better! So there is no visual rape for guys (unless the woman is horrendously ugly.) But for women there is. Why do you think the trend for men?s bathing suits/basketball shorts has been towards the ?Bermuda Shorts? style? Guys shorts keep getting longer, boxer shorts are in for underwear, but women?s outfits get more and more revealing every moment. Clearly my analysis is correct: most women do not want to routinely see a guy?s package tightly outlined/revealed. They think that is funny/gross. Guy?s DO want to see every curve/outline of a women?s body revealed. Since this is all true, my question to women is: WHY ARE WOMEN SO REPRESSED STILL??

For me, bunhuggers have psychological as opposed to aerodynamic benefits. When you put them on, you know it means business, because you don't wear them in a regular workout. And when your teammates are wearing them as well, it gives you a sense of team-unity.

And when you're so pumped for a race and you take your sweats off seconds before the gun goes off, the last thing you're thinking about is whether you look stupid in bunhuggers.

Weazel Squeazers?

>>>what? it takes the same amount of effort to take off spankies as it does shorts. your argument doesn't make much sense, not dissentinggirlrunner's.<<<

I'm assuming you don't wear anything under your bunhuggers but you do under shorts. That way it's a lot quicker to have a pee behind a bush before a race without wetting your outerwear if you wear spankies instead of shorts.

Runnerbabe, so you?re an undercover Cindergal! Why didn?t you pitch in with some info for the Teri Anderson thread I posted a few months ago? I did finally find out what became of her career after college and the Cindergals, and it?s a really inspiring story.

Anyway, your post reminded me of a photo taken an instant before the start of the Women?s World Cross Country championships (in England or Scotland, can?t exactly remember). The view is from behind the runners looking down along the starting line. The US women are in the foreground at the end of the line nearest the camera. Several of them are wearing the early version of bunhuggers you describe, and they are all crouched waiting for the gun.

All except Doris Brown, who is standing bolt upright right on the end nearest the camera. The gun?s about to fire at the World Champs and she?s standing there with her hands clasped behind her derriere, in what is obviously a gesture of modesty before the lens of a camera aimed close at her backside.

Although she must have been the last runner off the line, she quickly took over the race and won handily.

Incidentally, she coaches at Seattle Pacific University, and the women in the photo on the team?s Web site are wearing shorts, not spankies.