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Your definition of an athlete lacks a principle inherent in your catalog offerings- women who are thin or close to it. I like your catalog and have occasionally been able to buy things that fit. But for the most part, you do not offer things that I can wear. I have been overweight since I was 5 and at 54, continue the struggle to get my weight healthier. In the meantime, I train for and ride one to two 100 mile charity rides each year, with a yearly sprint triathlon and rare half marathon thrown in for fun. I am in the gym 4-5 times per week and cycle, hike, or run on weekends. During the summer, I kayak and paddle board. I have a very hard time finding clothing that fit me that are suitable for these activities. Right now, I have gotten my 5’8″ frame down to 185. That means I can now find some size XL loose or semi-fitted styles from some brands that actually fit. Thankfully, Terry believes in women athletes my size and has been my salvation for biking. But even the offerings from Terry are limited.
When I look through your catalog, I can’t tell you how irritating it is to see an “XL” that is the equivalent of a size 14. I know that there are some catalogs for larger women, but the clothes are just not the same. Please consider having more options for larger women athletes. More importantly, please lobby the brands you sell to make analogous clothing for us.
Thanks.
She is the 46 year old mom of four signing up for her own hockey skills clinic 🙂
I am 71, working part time and working out religiously to develop core muscles and all over strength to ride my Dutch Warmblood (horse) in dressage.
At 48 I realized I’d outlive my mother who died from cancer at that age. I woke up one day, decided to be “fit,” began walking my way there. By 50 I’d lost 70 lbs. and celebrated that birthday by walking a full marathon that same year. Walking soon became an adventure sport for me. At age 53 I walked ~200 miles solo with my backpack on a trail in the Arctic Circle of Lapland, Sweden. The next year I walked over 300 miles from Las Cruces, NM to Santa Fe via the Jornada del Muerto desert and back dirt tracks/roads until ending up on the scenic byway of the Turquoise Trail. I created and then directed an ultramarathon for 6 years. I’m an artist, an author, a granny, wife, and mother, and I am an athlete. Last week I ordered new compression bras from Title Nine. I am facing a new challenge. After my shower I saw a dent in my right breast. A phone call to the doctor and I was quickly scheduled for a mammogram and a breast ultrasound. I am lucky…the mass is still at stage 1 in size and so far no lymph nodes seem to be involved. The next day I saw the surgeon. Next week I have an MRI and another ultrasound with needle biopsy. It will take all the grace and strength I have ever had as an athlete walking hundreds of miles to face the next few months. To me, any woman who fights the good fight against this disease is an athlete as she too must have strength, stamina and courage.
I know you’re based in Boulder where any woman over 130 lbs feels like a fatty (and in truth is often judged to be one), but there IS a population of us here in the real world who are fat or even obese, but still consider ourselves athletes. As your email ad suggests, an athlete is anyone who gets out there and pushes herself physically and mentally.
Would love to see some of your stuff in plus-sizes, particularly in bras and the no-ride-up shorts that I used to be able to wear when I was younger, pre-kids, and pre-40 metabolism shift.
Beautifully written. I hereby state and affirm that I am an athlete. I am the (almost) 50 woman who learned to swim a year and a half ago. I am the woman who has since completed 3 of the 4 triathlon distances. I am the woman who, on her 50th birthday, will face that 4th and greatest triathlon distance, the Ironman.
Indeed, she is the one aging with grace, finding in each day the joy of movement!
Love your products and your commitment to women.
Best regards.
Ingrid Adams
This is great! and So true!
I think ANYBODY who runs in a 10K, or any other distance race, whether they win or come in last place, whether they’ve run a thousand races or this is their first, is an athlete.
She’s the woman who at 45 started training for a black belt in karate by the time she’s 50 years old this year! (Me!)