Many races, in addition to age group, have categories for larger runners, as determined by weight. If you are a dude over 170 lbs or a woman over 135 lbs, you're a Clydesdale. Of course, God forbid we ever let a gender-neutral word describe a category that includes both men and women (and I have here stopped myself from a long rant on our cultural anxiety about knowing which gender category someone goes in every second of their lives. You're welcome. Think of it as a Thanksgiving present.)
So perhaps in an attempt to stop use of the term "Filly" for female runners over 135 pounds, we're now "Athenas." Um, OK. Clearly better than filly, but kind of missing the point. "Clydesdale" is descriptive; they're bigger than the average racing horse. While I may have been born when someone split my father's head open with an axe, embody wisdom, and hang out with an owl, none of that has anything to do with how much I weigh while running a half marathon.
Call me a Clysdesdale. After all, most of what I'm hauling around is beer.
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Mini-ponies in mini-skirts running the mini-marathon. Those tshirts would be awesome. And (hopefully)in color smooch.
And, I'd like to add that Clydesdales are not just males, there are Clydesdale mares...how the hell would you expect them to reproduce? Just like Ladybugs...there are male Ladybugs, right?
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