plebeian wrote:
I'm a poor runner. Pin holes in a microfiber/cotton shirt disappear after being washed. Pinholes in shoes not so much. My clothes from the 90s have lasted longer by taking care of them.
In shorts. This site needs an edit button.
plebeian wrote:
I'm a poor runner. Pin holes in a microfiber/cotton shirt disappear after being washed. Pinholes in shoes not so much. My clothes from the 90s have lasted longer by taking care of them.
In shorts. This site needs an edit button.
Ray, It may be a West Coast-East Coast difference. I'm on the West Coast.
seattle prattle wrote:
SOmetimes you just get sick of pin holes in your running shirts, so you affix it to a SPIbelt or similar, or even your shorts. Pinholes on shorts aren't as noticable. Also, let's say it's a longer race and you start with a sweatshirt or jacket, but know you will pitch it sometime in the race, or take off your shirt. In those cases, pinning it below the waist is the only alternative.
+1
Shirts don't get frayed from the pinning/unpinning. You stay cooler if the number is on your shorts rather than blocking a large area of the shirt. Why did pro runners in the 80s cut holes in their numbers? Because the rules said the number had to be on the chest.
To pull a Mike Rossi or Kip Litton
To invest in bitcoin and other crypto
To use as toilet paper if they feel the urge in those late miles
To make bets on bitcoin
Another giver of +1 wrote:
seattle prattle wrote:
SOmetimes you just get sick of pin holes in your running shirts, so you affix it to a SPIbelt or similar, or even your shorts. Pinholes on shorts aren't as noticable. Also, let's say it's a longer race and you start with a sweatshirt or jacket, but know you will pitch it sometime in the race, or take off your shirt. In those cases, pinning it below the waist is the only alternative.
+1
Shirts don't get frayed from the pinning/unpinning. You stay cooler if the number is on your shorts rather than blocking a large area of the shirt. Why did pro runners in the 80s cut holes in their numbers? Because the rules said the number had to be on the chest.
Only time I wear it on the top is a shorter, cooler race where no change of layers is imminent.
Always a treat to see first timers, usually walkers at a race, putting their numbers on their backside. These are the people who also walk clockwise on the track. Isn't this a bannable offense?
Wait...I thought real runners pin the bib number directly to their chest...not to a shirt, or shorts, or use a SpiBelt or....
Because they do not want to wear a vest or shirt. I cannot see why it is necessary for men to wear vests/shirts for running anyway, after all running makes you hot.
This is such a hobby jogger question. I can't imagine anyone with a decent running background would have needed to ask about this.