At what age do you stop running shirtless?

I basically stopped at 23. Will go with a singlet if it’s hot or no shirt if I know the route is inconspicuous.

Part of it is worrying about melanoma, and part of it is trying to maintain some modesty.

Why stop being proud of your body?

Yes, it has nothing to do with age. It has more to do with fatness. If your have flabby flab flapping around when you run then it's just horrid to look at for anyone that you subject yourself to.

What do you people in other countries do when it's incredibly hot or humid? Like over 30 or 35 C ? I feel like I would overheat wearing a shirt. Particularly the humidity. Here in the midwest it gets miserable with the humidity.

this is the only reason I don't run shirtless more. need to drop like 15lbs

So if your running habits depend on a dead musicians advice ... ok, to each his own, but then I prefer to follow the look of Iggy Pop who ALWAYS performs shirtless.

For Rojo, the question is moot. He does not run.

Lets face it, you are almost 50.

According to Outside magazine December 2016 you were 42.
7 years later that makes it 49.

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aren't shirts just optional for everyone now?

I highly recommend you click on that link. It's not spam. It's a link to an article talking about how when a man died 91, his family knew which picture to put in the obituary - a picture of him running shirtless in the snow at age 83. RIP in Chi Ping Chan, you are an LRC legend.

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I'm going to keep running shirtless until I can't run any more. I'm not trying to impress anyone, and I don't care what anybody thinks (positive or negative). Maybe someone will be so appalled that they will post a rant on nextdoor or facebook.

This thread is useless without pics.

My wife and I both celebrated our 40th birthdays this summer. Wejo celebrated a different one but he's older. I look forward my 2nd annual 40th birthday celebration next summer. Hope you can make it.

Rojo you are not allowed to run shirtless until you can at least break 3 in the marathon.

My default answer is 2:45, but I am age grading that figure.

In April i moved into a new house and I have lots of neighbors. Before I lived on a cul-de-sac and could easily get to the trials without being noticed. When I did actually go for a run this summer, this idea popped up into my head pretty much right away. I thought about running a few blocks and then taking it off so my new neighbors ddn't judge me.

Then a few weeks later I was sitting on my back patio and my next door neighbor rolls up the alley drenched in sweat - shirt off. Guys my age and just finished an 11 miler shirtless on a HOT day. I've got the perfect place to live if only I'd start running.

I was 42. I just got a job teaching at a school in my hometown and I was running shirtless as I often did and some students saw me. It was all over school the next day- thank God there was no social media back then.

Now, I was told that I COULD run shirtless by a woman I was dating (she's 25 years younger than I am) but my view is:

At a certain age there are two reactions:

1. Ewwww old man put on a shirt.

or

2. Look at that old man trying to show off his body.

So, I wear a shirt.

By the way- for all the down votes- this is a true story. There are guys my age who go shirtless. Some should and some shouldn't. It's up to the individual to be comfortable.

At what age, do you think, you'll make, the trials?

Iron Bars is right. Rojo does not run.

DOB July 24, 1973 according to this:

Running shirtless is obnoxious at any age.