I am a no nonsense kind of runner. I just need my sons’ Ipod, my Asics running sneakers, and a really good sports bra. As far as pants and shirt-anything goes. I wear t-shirts I have acquired from various races and any old pair of running pants or shorts. I am not looking for any fashion awards while I run. I am just looking to improve my time, relieve any stress I may have, fit into my jeans and gain that overall feeling of accomplishment as I complete my fourth mile.

I have my usual route I take around town and back home. I know the exact spot where I hit each mile thanks to www.geodistance.com. So as I was rounding my second mile I noticed a woman running toward me. She was an older woman, I’d say about 55. (NO, this is not old-I said ‘older’) With blonde hair and fire engine red shorts and top, she was hard to miss. The one thing that stood out to me were her out of control breasts. I could never pick her out in a police line up because I couldn’t get past staring at her boobs dancing wildly as she ran. I do not understand why a woman would not wear a sports bra. I cannot understand why more car accidents aren’t blamed on running, braless, breasts!
I am not quite sure if she even had an everyday bra on let alone a sports bra! Ladies if the men in your life like this look; your body doesn’t. It is simply not healthy or good for your girls. While thinking about this subject I came across this short article:
A research conducted by Joanna Scurr, a biomechanics professor at the University of Portsmouth in England concluded that:

During walking activity, the women’s breasts moved relatively the same rate in all directions; when jogging, more than 50% of the total movement was in the up-down direction, 22% side-to-side and 27% in-and-out.

Excessive and long-term breast reciprocal motion will strain ligament and skin, without restriction and protection, in the long run it will cause breast pain, ligament injury , and ptosis (breast sagging or drooping).

A small to medium breasts size women only need a compression bra; generally the pullover types that sometimes have a cross back design, it press the breasts close to the body. While women with larger breasts need encapsulation bras to support her bust; bras in which each cup is separately molded.

If you train regularly or just start workout recently, no matter what the purpose of your workout, whether to lose weight or to get a sexy lean legs or just to stay fit, don’t forget to always wear suitable sports bras, a good sports bra will make you more comfortable on your workout and help eliminate paint and breasts droop caused by intense movement.

Talking to my (hilarious) friend Suzanne on this subject she stated, “Ya gotta lock them down.” I laughed so hard! In my opinion she is right. I am a full C cup and while running there is no movement from the girls whatsoever. As a matter of fact I look like I am an A- cup size.

Just last night I was picking my son up from baseball practice at the field I recently wrote about where my daughter can ride her bike and we run. There are always walker/runners/bikers enjoying the path. An overweight woman was jogging towards me and I was truly proud of her and wanted to tell her so. But her big boobs had a mind of their own and I thought please, lock them down!