Smokin Moose
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex Moderator
I came across this old article that gave me a chuckle.
Sackcloth and rashes
Running a 45-kilometre marathon in the crisp Blue Mountains air is one thing, but doing it in just a pair of runners and hemp G-string?
Visiting British university student Alexander Putnam will do just that on Saturday to promote hemp-based products as an environmentally friendly natural textile.
A winner in the under-20 section in last year's Six Foot Track Marathon, a fund-raiser for the the NSW Rural Fire Service, the geography student will once again navigate the undulating course between Katoomba and Jenolan Caves, albeit with a few differences.
First, there's the thong. Not a coarse hessian garment, as expected by Spike, but a softer more linen-like number - though it still doesn't protect against chafing.
"I use plenty of Vaseline ... it's not really the distance that's the problem, it's the chafing," Putnam told Spike.
Then there's the slogan down the leg: "Don't panic, it's organic."
The weekend run will be a precursor to the London Marathon on April 13, where Putnam will once again don the thong to raise money for a British medical research group, Action Research.
Sackcloth and rashes
Running a 45-kilometre marathon in the crisp Blue Mountains air is one thing, but doing it in just a pair of runners and hemp G-string?
Visiting British university student Alexander Putnam will do just that on Saturday to promote hemp-based products as an environmentally friendly natural textile.
A winner in the under-20 section in last year's Six Foot Track Marathon, a fund-raiser for the the NSW Rural Fire Service, the geography student will once again navigate the undulating course between Katoomba and Jenolan Caves, albeit with a few differences.
First, there's the thong. Not a coarse hessian garment, as expected by Spike, but a softer more linen-like number - though it still doesn't protect against chafing.
"I use plenty of Vaseline ... it's not really the distance that's the problem, it's the chafing," Putnam told Spike.
Then there's the slogan down the leg: "Don't panic, it's organic."
The weekend run will be a precursor to the London Marathon on April 13, where Putnam will once again don the thong to raise money for a British medical research group, Action Research.
