Just how much time do Female Track and Field Runners lose because of their Floppy Pony Tails?

Why do Track Coaches let their Female Track Athletes run races with flopping pony tails? There is absolutely NO WAY that a flopping pony tail does not slow down a track athlete. Even if the slow down is of the most microscopic amount, micro seconds can easily turn into 0.1 seconds each time around the track. 

A race with 6 laps could conservatively mean 0.6 seconds lost because of a floppy pony tail. I would suggest a floppy pony produces a loss of 0.15 to 0.20 seconds each time around the track. So a race comprised of 6 laps equals 0.9 seconds to 1.2 seconds lost because of a floppy ponytail.

On a quarter mile track, a floppy pony tail probably equals 0.25 seconds lost each time around the track. The cruel irony is were a female to take my advice and get their hair put into a bun instead of a pony tail, DO NOT go to the local hair salon and breath in who knows what chemicals and fumes while you there getting your hair put into a bun as the inhaling of who knows what chemicals will probably offset the gain the bun would otherwise give.

You don't believe me that a bun makes a difference, check this video out. Only one runner in this field had a bun...

In case you are wondering why the idea of going with a bun versus a pony tail has probably not been widely discussed before, the pony tail flopping braking effect has been neutralized because normally everyone in the field with bouncy hair, has a pony tail! If everyone with bouncy hair has a pony tail, then the negative effect of the pony tail is neutralized.

You don't believe me? Check out this race. Everyone had a Pony Tail and the result was one of the closest finishes among the top three runners, all sporting Pony Tails. If the woman who finished third did not look over at her competition, and also had gone with a bun, she probably wins this race instead of finishing third.

Sure this article has been posted on April 1st, 2022 but it is not an April Fools Joke, It just has been made to look like an April Fools Joke. Or, is it even a crueler joke by posting a serious article that sounds like a joke, on April Fools day?

 

Either way, you Track Coaches and your Female Track Stars won't know until you start asking your star female track runners to run with a bun.

Los Angeles Emmy winning Producer Alessandro Machi combines his editing, camera and observational skills to provide unique insights into the World of Sports.