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From: Brett, a.k.a. spandexathlete
Date: 1/19/2004
Time: 5:36:55 AM
Remote Name: 209.179.251.172
I guess I have my dad to thank for my deep deep love for spandex. He was the jock in the family before I became the jock. His thing was running, competing in 10K races, and he would also do cycling and weightlifting on the side. Well, it was always just the two of us, and we didn't always live in a nice house. We used to share a 1-bedroom apartment, and at a young age, my dad was like a god to me as I wanted to emulate him and everything he did.
I remember it was circa 1986 when he bought his first pair of spandex shorts. I remember we went to the local Sportmart for a new pair of running shoes for him. Well, we went through the apparel dept., and lo and behold, there were some spandex shorts on these racks. I think he had been wanting a pair for some time. Well, I remember he found a pair of shiny black Hind shorts, and a pair of shiny royal blue Hind shorts (both with the cool gray/white stripes on the left leg bottom), a pair of shiny white Hind shorts (this time with black/gray stripes), and a pair of really cool black/blue/silver Tinley shorts. I was surprised that he let me come in to the dressing room with him. Well, I was a bit amazed when he even took off his underwear and he tried on each pair of shorts without an undergarment!!! He must've enjoyed the feel of the lycra from the beginning, cuz I remember he definitely had a huge bulge! Nevertheless, he ended up buying all 4 pairs that day.
That night, when we got home, I remember he slapped on the white Hinds, and I could tell he was a happy camper. I remember he even wore them to bed that night. And in the morning, when he got up, I remember staring at his shorts and seeing there were already signs that he had broken them in already. I remember they had several wet and dried stains on the front of the shorts! And he just continued to wear them like that in front of me as though there was nothing wrong about it. In fact, I remember he put on his black Nike tank top, made us breakfast, and then went about with his morning weight training... in his cummed stained white lycra shorts!!!
But here was the usual routine: When we woke up in the morning, if he hadn't slept in one of his shorts, the first thing he would do was slide on either his shiny black or blue Hind shorts. He would fix me some breakfast, and then he would stretch and do his morning weight training routine. The whole time, I would just stare at him in awe. I was just amazed at how studly he looked in his spandex workout shorts, and I would just stare at his shorts as he would stretch them out, work em out, and sweat in them. And if it was the weekend, he would then just lounge around the house in his smelly sweaty shorts all day.
And since he must've loved spandex so much, he continued buying more and more and more pairs of shorts. He even bought some of the longer running tights, as well as the padded cycling shorts. Cuz if we went bike riding, he would then slap on some padded bike shorts.
Since it was the 80's and spandex was the thing to wear in public, I remember he would even wear them if we were going grocery shopping, or to the movies, or to the beach, or to Disneyland. Hell, we even went camping several times back then, and I remember he would wear his spandex, especially for the great support they offered to tired leg muscles from a long day of hiking.
So yeah, I have my dad to thank for my deep love for spandex. At that age, he was my hero, and he still is to this day. He passed on pretty much his whole collection to me, and that's why I have nothing but the good ol "vintage" spandex.
So, believe me, I embrace my spandex fetish daily. Anyone else have similar stories of how their love for spandex began?
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