Arm sleeve are look stupid, but a real runner wouldn't mind looking like an idiot in exchange for being able to shed them easily and to not have to wear a bulky long sleeve shirt.
Arm sleeve are look stupid, but a real runner wouldn't mind looking like an idiot in exchange for being able to shed them easily and to not have to wear a bulky long sleeve shirt.
Six pages of replies and not one mention of Keen shoes? Yikes. Any Keen is bad, bad form.
Running skirts/skorts. As a female, I find these sort of insulting-so glad that enough members of my gender actually care enough about looking cute when running to make these ridiculous things profitable. There were some middle-aged women wearing them over tights at a local road race a few weeks ago, which was especially pointless.
As for the rest of the thread, I have to agree with the gigantic sunglasses, sweatpants with "PINK" on the ass, and sorority/fraternity shirts.
clothes
by the way, vibrams are out, soft stars are in.
RU Serious wrote:
Six pages of replies and not one mention of Keen shoes? Yikes. Any Keen is bad, bad form.
Sounds like you don't do a lot of summer hikes w/ creek crossings or really any sort of over night hiking where its great to get out of your boots at night and normal sandals aren't hacking it in the woods. Also, they are great for people who hate wearing real shoes when you have lab and they require "close toed shoes." "Those look like sandals to me"- "oh yeah then tell me the length of my toenails."
The skirts over tights are kinda lame, but I know women who wear them to conceal their spandex-clad butts from leery strangers. Not a bad reason, I must say.
Yeah... I'm guilty of the Soft Stars. My family tells me I look like a 17th century merchant in them, but I couldn't give a rat's ass.
That is why handhelds were invented.
Camelbacks are retarded.
Those who knock running tights and sleeves (with a singlet) simply do not understand what it means to train at a high level. YOU ARE IGNORANT. Training in running tights not only allows a runner to train in vigorous conditions but assists him/her in recovery (like compression socks). Additionally, in response to the individual who commented on those who wear running tights in warmer temperatures: Those runners might be running with in mind recovery or they might be training for a race in a warmer climate. Lastly, people run with sleeves if they need additional warmth for not-so-cold days or if they are associated with a team and do not necessarily want to wear an entire under garment. I guess all of us elite-level athletes are morons and have no idea what we are doing. Spend less time judging everyone's attire and more time training. It's pretty sad that I am compelled to explain these phenomena...
Well said.
I'd also like add that I prefer arm sleeves during cold races, even at a 5k distance. When it's 25 degrees at the start, I love the little extra warmth. Have you ever tried wearing a tight dri-fit shirt under a singlet? It sucks because it rides up and gets scrunched up and twisted/turned as you run and it's very uncomfortable and annoying. Arm sleeves don't cause this problem. And for longer races, you can take them off much easier than an entire shirt.
As for the guy who said something about half-tights at distances greater than 800m. I disagree, I used to wear them in the 3000m steeple, and preferred them to shorts.
Affliction, gold teeth, and of course Vibram Five Fingers.
I still think that the best post in this thread was "police uniform".
I have a passionate hatred for cargo pants unless their pocket space is being effectively used. Like for grenades and sh it.
tall tees
Anything "goth" oriented.
You know the waste-of-life high schoolers that hang out at the Hot Topic in the mall.
Anything "goth" oriented.
You know the waste-of-life high schoolers that hang out at the Hot Topic in the mall.
_________________________________________________________________________
Funny, that's exactly how I feel about the waste-of-life MBA jerk-offs who hang out at J. Crew and Banana Republic at the mall.
A few years ago, I was standing in line behind one of my athletes and his parents, ahead of some football players from our school while we were all being processed to direct cars to parking lotsat State Fair as a fundraiser for our athletic department. My runner's parents were appealing to him to remove his white plastic-rimmed sunglasses, since we were indoors, and it was nighttime. He was undoubtedly wearing them to impress the football players, most of whom were also sporting shades.
I came to my runner's defense, claiming he was actually performing a public service.
"How fortunate we are that douchebags so cheerfully wear uniforms. If they didn't, it would be much harder to identify them."
His dad loved it. The runner said, "Hey, I'm no douchebag."
I said,"If you don't want people to think so, quit wearing the uniform."
Fuel/ grenade belts and camelbak rules:
1.Run must always be longer than 90 minutes and must be so remote that no taps are available anywhere before said device is permitted.
The only exception is if the temperature gets above 30 degrees celsius (85F) or it is extremely humid.
2.Said device is not permitted in a race, with the exception of an ultra marathon. If the race doesn't have aid stations then either harden up or choose an real race.
Wearing of either a grenade belt or camelbak when water is available every 30min-60min is a sure sign you are:
a) looking for an excuse to run slower
b) a triathlete
c) a tri-hard
d) a person that wears power balance bands on their wrist
because crocs aren't as crazy as these barefoot shoes
Levi's 501
any type of nfl zubaz clothing, especially the pants