once you go black

I always felt sorry for the guys on the swim team. Since Speedos were mandatory for racing they always wore their soccer shorts over their skimpies until the very last minute, skulking around the edge of the pool before ripping them off and almost immediately jumping from the blocks into the water. As soon as they climbed back out again they grabbed cover and ran off into a corner somewhere to struggle back into their shorts. Every swim meet it was the same embarrassing tango. (Or perhaps I should say "cha-cha", since "tango" might imply some sort of sexiness.) Anyway, I was always amazed that swim teams could retain their male swimmers at all, considering the wardrobe. Especially the swim teams with the bright, gay team colors. A tangerine team Speedo is just adding insult to injury. I guess the guys are happy wearing their shorts while they can and just suck it up at race time. And I suppose it's also a sort of incentive--the faster you get off the blocks and swim the race, the less time you spend exposed.

Now that I think about this, cycling baffles me more than ever.