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why do elite women run in knickers?
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Well! How did u get on?
A picture wld be worth a hundred words!
I'll be wearing knickers
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underneath my shorts
Happy Boxing Day
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Tight fitting clothing is more comfortable to run in. In addition:
Loosely fitting clothing increases aerodynamic drag by 4.2% - adding about 4 seconds on to a marathon time. I guess they don't want to be wondering what if when they get beaten by 1 second!
So girls there's no excuse not to at least give them a try
But also, for me at least, one of the attractions of the running pants is to do with looks - only girls and women can wear them, so there's no risk of someone thinking you're male from behind. I've always had a fairly lanky body without much in the way of curves and also have short hair as I hate it bouncing around when I'm running and ever since I was about 12 I've hated the thought of people thinking I was a boy, so I normally wear skirts in everyday life and knickers for competitive running.
They did wear little tiny briefs - madness!!!
Why don't the blokes wear them?
Plus, it'd enable us to make comparisons...
Has anyone else here been giving them a try, and how has it been going?
Despite what those who've tried them say, I would spend more time worrying about them 'disappearing' then I would on the race.
P.s Mine were navy & I think they had go faster stripes down the side.
Checked out the link for running knickers - starts at size 14 and goes up to size 20! Sorry but a size 20 lady in running knickers - the thought scares me!
No size 6 or 8 - oh dear what a pity, I'll have to stick to my capris then... shame... not. I don't feel happy unless I'm well covered, even when swimming I'll wear boy shorts.
K8greene, my school PE knickers were navy as well, no go faster stripes though, we didn't need them.
@ k8greene, we also had go-faster stripes down ours, which I thought was pretty cool
BTW does anyone know the reason for the switch to shorts in schools and even some unis since the early/mid 90s? When I was at school there was literally *no* sport where the girls wore shorts, now it's everything except netball and there are no sports where they wear knickers. Maybe because people are getting fatter and girls are more self conscious?
Isn't a bit of letching one of the attractions of sports?
I went to a mixed school and there was always an interest in sports that went beyond keeping the score.