Originally posted by herrokitty
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I was a bit concerned at the end of 23 that Jess might start making changes to her running wardrobe to deal with her incontinence better. She’s gone from being a young hopeful at Oregon to a genuinely world class athlete, one of about 10 potential medal hopefuls in the 1500m behind the all conquering Faith Kipyegon. She’s a genuine star who will attract attention because she’s gorgeous, smiles permanently and is a marketing dream in addition to being genuinely good. Nike have supported her career ever since her college days and I feared, at some point, someone from their marketing team was going to have a word.
You know, something along the lines of “we know you have this issue, nothing to be embarrassed about, happens to lots of athletes, but how about we get you wearing this range of running gear when you race…” there is a growing trend for sportswear companies really embracing female issues, whether incontinence or period protection, so that female athletes aren’t concerned about anything other than winning. Who better to test that stuff with than an athlete on the world stage who pisses herself silly every time she races.
So that was the fear, and still is. Luckily, if her coughing from the Boston event is anything to go by, they haven’t had that discussion yet!
That green outfit shows it better than almost anything else! Love it.
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