Ladies! Another Reason to Choose Running Over Cycling
Believe it or not, my usual news sources do not include the Female Urology & Urogynecology blog, but it’s amazing what you can turn up with a keyword search for “runners.” In this case, I discovered news of a study that compared women competitive cyclists with women runners. It determined the cyclists have a “decrease in genital sensation.”
What’s also amazing about the Internet is what you can turn up if you keep digging. For example, this groundbreaking new study is actually from November 2006 – so if you’re counting on the Female Urology blog for current news, you’re waaaay behind the information power curve.
Additionally, I learned that male cyclists have been suffering from numb nuts for years – the problem even prompted a series of recommendations from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
All of which suggests a new TV ad campaign for U.S.A. Track & Field: “Running: It’s a Genital Sensation!”
Ha, my hubby is a cycle-geek (has 6 bicycles in various states of usability) and would like to see me take up cycling, too (and I definitely have legs more evolved for pedaling than plodding), but that seat issue is the bane of my existence. No matter how large the hole on the nose of the saddle or the seat angle, I get numb “down there” almost instantly. I don’t have this issue while running.