Running with Sunglasses

God I hope you are under 18 years old. Do you want to wear sunglasses?

If the answer is yes, don't be so insecure. Wear them.

you only look cocky is you're running with sunglasses indoors or something. otherwise, i would call it a rather intelligent thing to do. i don't know about you, but i'd prefer not to have cataracts.

Here, in the state of Georgia, the High School Association considers dark glasses to be jewelry. This presents a problem for those who wear contacts and should wear dark glasses over the contacts or for those who try to get by with one pair of glasses that darken in the sun.

jason pyrah didnt look cocky indoors, he just looked like an idiot.

If you wear them in a race, you should probably win. Every other time is fair game.

I wear them on almost all my runs, and try to wear them outside in general. It can't hurt, and it may possibly protect the eyes from long term damage. In theory, they may also help protect in the rare instance of a bug or piece of debris winding up in your eye.

Don't worry about it. It's none of your business what other people think of you.

I actually think i might have a somewhat intelligent solution. at least it worked for me. see the problem is that the practical, sweet looking sunglasses just make you look like some cocky running nerd, and if you wear them in a race and lose, you look completely retarded unless the other guy was wearing them too. What ive found to solve the problem is to get the biggest pair of aviators you can find and maybe some kind of band to hold them on if you find a REALLY good pair. seriously. The only problem i can think of would be that they are big and as such may bounce around on your face. plus, if you submit to putting a band on the back you could look like a goon... Hope that helps...

There was a kid on my cross team in high school who always raced in shades. He said they made him faster because he wasn't wasting energy squinting.

Kele wrote:

There was a kid on my cross team in high school who always raced in shades. He said they made him faster because he wasn't wasting energy squinting.

energy saved by not squinting < energy used to carry weight of sunglasses

Are you wearing sunglasses made out of lead?

as a runner, you should already not give a crap what non-runners think of you, other runners shouldn't care either, wear them if you want, especially if it is sunny out

I have a pair of Rudy Project that I like alot. The problem I have is on longer summer runs sweat gets into my eyes so I don't wear them when I'm running hard.

I love my pair of oakleys.

Top Cat wrote:

I have a pair of Rudy Project that I like alot. The problem I have is on longer summer runs sweat gets into my eyes so I don't wear them when I'm running hard.

I was just wondering about this. When I run, I sweat, A LOT. How is it with glasses on your face? Do you have to keep pulling them off to wipe your face or eyes when you're sweaty? Do they slip off at all or getting foggy/wet lenses?

I wear them on my Sunday AM long runs here in N. Mississippi--summer and winter--when I know the sun is going to be angling into my eyes on the return leg. I use a fairly cheap but still great looking pair from Wal-Mart. They've got a nice selection of so-called "sport sunglasses" or whatever they call them. The Jeremy Wariner look.

On the outward leg, with the sun at my back--actually, still finding its way into the sky, since I start around 6:30--I don't need them, so I just push them back on the top of my head. On the return leg, they are really nice to have.

Trouble is, if it's a humid morning, they've gotten sweated up during that first hour, and so I'll somtimes hold them in a free hand for the first few hundred yards and let them air-dry a little.

They've really been a boon, or a blessing, on days when the sun has found me--in those final miles. I couldn't care less about whether they look cool. They're just a useful training aid. They cut way down on the need to squint.

Don't spend more than $20, though. That's absolutely unneeded. Go Wal-Mart.

kudzurunner wrote:

Don't spend more than $20, though. That's absolutely unneeded. Go Wal-Mart.

Great advice. Buy sunglasses that lack proper UV protection and defeat the purpose of wearing protection from the sun.

Always skimp on cost when it comes to your eyes, they'll be fine. Plus you'll save a few bucks!!

I got a pair of Nike Tarj sunglasses and they're great. It's not just the energy you save by squinting, it's also the wind that might blow something in your eye and the potential damage that the sun's reflections could do to your eyes.

To the OP and anyone else who thinks it makes you look cocky, if you're that obsessed with how you look while you're running then you need to get over yourself. Quickly.

I love people who walk around chiding people for buying expensive sunglasses.

You love that you look like idiots in your cracker jack WalMart eye wear.