Anyone else not own any "technical" running stuff

Yeah, I can relate to that. I feel like I've been running in the same clothes for like 5 years. I just buy new hanes t-shirts occasionally. Don't own any gloves, my socks have holes in them, my shoes have thousands of miles on them (2+ years wearing them). I'm suprised they've held up, they only cost $40. I do have a decent pair of warmup pants my dad bought me last year 'cause he said I looked like a bum.

What "high tech" stuff do your teamates have then?

dfsfdsfsd wrote:

What "high tech" stuff do your teamates have then?

actual running shorts(ones with lining, not basketball shorts)

You run the risk of an injury with old shoes with lots of miles. If you are you trying to make a statement by looking like a bum that is fine, but I would run in good shoes if you are any kind of runner at all.

dfsfdsfsd wrote:

What "high tech" stuff do your teamates have then?

dri-fit stuff, special running gloves, hats, tights, sporthills. they've got windpants and rain pants and rain jackets.

If the guy doesn't know about "high tech" running apparel, he too is probably old school - straight from the 70s.

I've got a few pairs of those high-tech Bill Rodgers nylon running shorts and about 40 of those high-tech t-shirts they give me at all of the roadraces. I also have a pair of high-tech shoes that have the air in the soles. My high-tech watch tells me how far I have run, how long it has taken me, my average pace, etc. My high-tech underwear even has an opening in the front so I can pee without pulling them clear down. I also have one of those high-tech gizmos that I can put music on and listen to it while I run. I guess I am so into running, I don't believe I can reach my true potential without all of this high-tech running stuff.

know plenty of people without dry fit stuff etc.. they generally stink of sweat or stale piss and never have a shower after a run as they have had one already that week.

You can smell them 10 yards away usually running 10 minute per mile in some t-shirt from the mid nineties with holes in it.

J.C. wrote:

dri-fit stuff, special running gloves, hats, tights, sporthills. they've got windpants and rain pants and rain jackets.

Why do you go out of your way to not wear these things? For the look?

J.C. wrote:

my college teammates think i'm crazy - i never even use the free stuff we're given (i give it to my dad.)

This is my favorite part. If you said you didn't want to spend $70 on a technical running shirt, I'd agree with you. Prices are ridiculous. But if you get the stuff for free, why not wear it? In college I was given Asics shoes and gear. I usually ran in Nikes, but I sacked up because I never had to pay for trainers or spikes.

I decided the trade off between laundry and tech favored tech. Contrary to another poster, I find that the nylon stuff dries faster and less smelly between runs, so I can get more use out of them before I have to wash them. And I can rinse the synthetic stuff out and it dries in time to use it within a day or two.

Also, for travelling, cotton just doesn't cut it for the same reason. If I'm going to be gone for 4 days, I only need 1 or two synthetic shirts (or shorts). I'd need 3 of each if I use cotton.

Oddly enough, CoolMax socks don't dry all that fast, I've found. For something that's supposed to be all that for keeping one dryer, it doesn't seem to get rid of water very quickly.

If you can't afford the nice stuff, that's one thing but otherwise, what is the point Back in college, I couldn't afford anything so I used all cotton, and some pretty cheap running shoes. There really wasn't a whole lot of high-tech stuff anyway (besides maybe "sporthills").

Now that I can afford it, I use only high tech materials. They are so much better. "Roughing it" the old way holds no appeal. All it did was make me cold and wet.

In the summer, I'll wear whatever I have laying around. Usually a bathing suit for shorts and t-shirt. In the winter, you have to go technical or else you'll freeze to death...at least in the chicago winters. You can get cheap wicking clothes if you shop smart though.

Sounds to me like the OP is just trying to kick it old school to be different.

I have a few cool max long sleeve shirts. They are worth the investment of $30-$40 since they last years longer than a cotton shirt. One thing I have not bought into is those $300 rain jackets or whatever they are. I use a military plastic jacket (if you can even call it that) that I bought at the supply store at the Marine Corp base for $5...it works great even if it looks stupid!

In the fall, when the weather's turning cooler and the Northen VA humidity is waning, I like to wear cotton T-shirts on runs. It reminds me of running back when I was in high school. It's just a comfortable feeling that somehow makes my run more relaxing. Cruising through the woods, enjoying the bright sunshine, leaves rustling, deer bounding. Not really worrying about training, just the act of running. It's all good then.

Nope, no tech stuff for me as far as I know!

I have a CASIO F91W-1 watch (<$20) but a lot of the time I never wear it when I run. It's the only watch I own & I have broken one already. A lot of the time I forget to put it on, too.

I'd love to see ASICS/Onitsuka Tiger bring back the old G9 flat (especially at the old $15 price) that has been discussed elsewhere. Some site is selling the old updated CORSAIR but I refuse to pay $100, even for nostalgia.

Right now I wear some Mizunos trainers. I guess they are Creations or Precisions (red and what used to be white). I'm not 100% sure what model they are. I do have one pair of Hind Munich running pants, though, if that counts.

Other than that I have two hooded sweatshirts: one by Adidas one by Champion and a 3 pairs of running shorts (Brooks, Mizuno and our clubs' logo shorts by BOA) plus some nylon 'runner's rain jacket' I think I got at the Vermont City Relay Expo.

My tee shirts are all from races, exluding a couple I got at a bin in a BROOKS pharamacy, plus one club tee shirt. I have one old mesh style tee shirt for warm weather, I have no memory of how old it is.

I have a pair of painters' gloves I got at a convenience store (brown in color) and a wool-like cap from the same place. Most of the time in warm weather I wear either a RedSox or Patriot's baseball cap, both of which I got from my brother for Christmas.

The socks I wear are ankle-high's from Bob's Store. No memory of the model, maybe gold-toe (TM)?

Just run baby.

I'm the same, only because I hate shopping. Never could stand it.

I'm not answering your question, but I will tell you that you are OK running in that antiquated junk as long as you don't know what you're missing. But once you try some good high-tech stuff you won't want to go without it and you'll wonder how you ever did. Of course if you're just trying to be a bum or slob or whatever because you think it's cool, that's a different matter.

Polyester running shorts and shirts at Target are cheap. You do know what Dri-Fit and those other 'technical' clothes are made of right? Polyester.

Alan