Seriously, I am just being HONEST with you guys. When you wear tights 80% of the people who drive by think you look prissy or that you are gay.
Is it worth it?
You WANT to look like an ELF???
[quote]Its an elf--not a fairy wrote:
Seriously, I am just being HONEST with you guys. When you wear tights 80% of the people who drive by think you look prissy or that you are gay.
Is it worth it?
You WANT to look like an ELF???
[quote]Its an elf--not a fairy wrote:
runn wrote:
Sorry, but you guys must be very small. I've seen pictures of myself in just tights and compression shorts and not much is left to the imagination. But then, I AM Italian so many of you prolly just don't have that "problem".
Are you fast enough to race in a track meet in a speed suit?
This includes some people racing 800, and you might as well be walking out there naked. This falls under the heading of macho--and the people so insecure to wear something else over tights ain't got it.
Just going to be honest wrote:
Just wear shorts. Jeez your legs don't get cold unless it's sub zero... I am pretty sure none of you have to deal with that type of cold.
txGirl is right, it prevents injuries and whenever it is below 40, I wear pants (assuming not a workout/race) because of injury issues.
And in the past week I ran outside when it was in the negatives... actually pretty damn far into the negatives.
Maybe I've just worn cheap tights, but the outline of my package is clearly visible whenever I wear tights. I had to stop wearing them because of all the weird stares.
I think the ideal method would be half tights under tights. Keeps things warm, too.
Shorts under tights for training.
Shorts over tights in races.
Shorts only. No tights. Real man.
Wrong! We have a program here! Learn it, live it, love it!
Definition of a Real Man
When does one become a man? At age 18? 21? When they support themselves?
NO! A REAL MAN must do the following (but there are exceptions, look later for them):
1) Be married.
2) Have 2-4 kids that you support finaicially and emotionally. Less than 2 kids is not enough, and more than 4 means that your time is spread out too much.
3) Must be a GOOD father.
4) Must respect the children's mother, and in most cases, all children must come from the same woman - the woman you are married to.
Exceptions:
1) Anyone who has served in the military is a real man, no matter what.
2) Anyone who has had to overcome a physical disability is a real man.
3) Anyone who cares for another human being who is physically or emotionally disabled is a real man.
Who can't be a REAL MAN:
1) Single men who work only to support themselves.
2) Women. Sorry, but women can't be men - even with surgery.
The solution is the Saucony Boston running pant.
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Wear shorts over unless you want to look... less than manly
From my count we have
17 posts say no shorts over
5 posts say to have shorts over
3 posts say to wear some shorts only
3 posts say to wear some pants
newtkingof dwarfs wrote:
Pizzaguy I have to ask. What color tights do you wear when you run?
Sorry, I have been away. Mostly black as that is what is mostly made. I have an awesome pair of blue ones that says my College down the leg.
I wear these OVER my shorts. When I get sweaty and warmed up I take them off and do the workout in shorts.
How do you do that with shorts over your tights? ALSO, how do you not look like a highschool freshmen doing that?
At what temperature would you wear only tights? I've never seen a pair of tights that are warm enough to keep your danglies warm enough on their own. Of course, if one doesn't have anything down there it's probably not a problem.
Tights are fine down to about 25. I had a terrible experience at about 15 and windy, which I do not care to repeat.
I have NEVER had anybody say anything to me about wearing shorts OVER tights at the races I have done. Of course I finished long before everybody else so that may have been the reason.
Actually, I don't.
Just because no one says anything doesn't mean they're not thinking it. People say the same thing about not wearing deodorant.
No shorts over. Not sure how I missed this thread.
Tights look good on guys who are in good shape, otherwise the ones who usually have to wear shorts over their tights...well they look like a doofus. Just my opinion. I wear tights w/no shorts.
The Facebook wrote:
Just because no one says anything doesn't mean they're not thinking it. People say the same thing about not wearing deodorant.
Trust me, I don't give a carp what anybody thinks anyway. Of course I have also worn jorts in a half marathon and a disco shirt and tie running 10 mile races.
The fact that you replied indicates that you do care. Therefore you should stop wearing tights. You're welcome.
The Facebook wrote:
Just because no one says anything doesn't mean they're not thinking it. People say the same thing about not wearing deodorant.
That's a ridiculous analogy. Smelling bad is physically repulsive.
Better analogies would be listening to music you like, reading what you like, or pursuing hobbies and interests you like rather than making your choices based on what everyone else thinks is cool. When you get past the adolescent stage in life, you worry less and less about what other people think about such things. Hopefully you'll see this one day.