Pantaloons olympics.

[hannamaren]

If you think about pantaloons and their purpose (to prevent chafing) then why are all these female athletes wearing bodysuits (basically underwear) when they run? Especially the triathlon. You get out of the water and you are all wet and then you bike and run and the chafing....Am I weird for thinking this? Is it because their thighs dont rub together like us?

[karinothing]

I imagine it is becuase their thighs do not rub together. Or they use anti-chafing gel or whatever.

[Deleted]

Because elite runners don't get chub rub.

[Deleted]

Body Glide and vaseline. It's amazing where chafing occurs so I will assume they are lubed up everywhere.

[hannamaren]

Interesting. Yet, I saw one woman in the top 10 of the marathin in regular shorts.

Also, I find it strange that si many sprinters wear necklaces and some even have their hair down. I guess hair down only bothers some of us.

[Deleted]

I noticed all the long hair and thought that odd too--I hate rewashing my hair after the gym the little I go. I would totally cut all my hair off if I were an actively training athlete.

[agnes]

Aug 7, 2012 7:39:10 GMT -5 hannamaren said:

Interesting. Yet, I saw one woman in the top 10 of the marathin in regular shorts.

I noticed this too. And I thought it was so weird that she was in shorts.

When I ran Cross Country in high school, we always wore the teeniest shorts and just a sports bra and even some of the guys wore those spandex body suit things.