Poll - How to be cool as a runner

StreetRat wrote:

(Now I do hate seeing guys that wear running shorts over their tights. Just wear a sign saying "I HAVE A SMALL PENIS!")

It's also a sign of a man that doesn't want to repulse strangers with a male camel toe.

But you keep on not using shorts so the gay community can get a good look at you and ignore other runners

sad but true.

some tights -- underarmour -- are too thin/revealing to be worn without cover. If you do a workout in just underarmour half tights, they will stick to your junk and completely accentuate all aspects (as opposed to racing tights which are made to be worn with nothing over them). And when you are working out, especially if its cold, you aren't looking too impressive -- no matter your normal size.

I think the point tights/no tights debate is that you should be more worried about running the workout than hung up about whether someone might look at your butt or junk.

I hate to think that runners are so caught up on that stuff. Again, very high schoolish attitudes to be that self conscience. Runners used to be the more liberal and open minded and accepting of the human body- I guess times change.

But to answer the OP, like others have said, runners can never be cool.

i was so cool in high school: i was the only one to wear running shorts.

2 years later, the whole distance squad is wearing them!

the fact that most runners don't see the problem with tights is why most runners are not cool

and to one stupid ass who said those who don't wear tights have small balls

a) who gives a crap about ball size... the size of your schlong is what counts...

b) tights look even worse on those who are well endowed, i think it is usually the opposite, guys with little pricks can get away with wearing tights because it doesn't look ridiculous

anEconomist wrote:

the fact that most runners don't see the problem with tights is why most runners are not cool...

Absolutely!! To say that certain clothing is cool because it's functional or comfortable is to contradict the notion of coolness. Coolness is about style, and if you think functionality, not style, makes it cool, you're very uncool!

Would you consider a chick who wears baggy sweats, old running shoes, no jewelry/makeup/perfume/nail polish/etc., and a crewcut hairstyle be considered cool because she was more comfortable than the hot ones you stare at? Many runners are the male equivalent of this, and the responses here prove it.

What a bunch of dorks we are!

anEconomist wrote:

the fact that most runners don't see the problem with tights is why most runners are not cool

and to one stupid ass who said those who don't wear tights have small balls

a) who gives a crap about ball size... the size of your schlong is what counts...

b) tights look even worse on those who are well endowed, i think it is usually the opposite, guys with little pricks can get away with wearing tights because it doesn't look ridiculous

Do you wear the big baggy basketball shorts?

And I think you are correct in point b, but I'll still wear tights when it's cold, and track pants when its really cold.

This is a poor analogy. For men's running clothing, fashionability and functionality are opposed (if we consider "fashionability" to be defined by the world at large, rather than the running community). For women's running clothing, there is no opposition between fashionability and functionality. This is why it's easy to tell the difference between high school and college men's teams, but difficult to tell the difference with women's teams. High school kids wear what is fashionable to the world at large, but in the case of girls, such clothing is quite appropriate for running. Boys wearing fashionable clothing look ridiculous, mostly because their shorts are far too long.

I think we need to clarify whether we're talking about "coolness" as defined by the running subculture, or by the world at large. It seems clear that the OP was asking about our particular subculture.

When cars drive by you as you're running in a downpour, try to put on a smile and look euphoric. They may think you're cool...or chemically inbalanced.

i don't wear the big basketball shorts but I don't wear the mini runner shorts eitherwith shorts I don't think it has to be so extreme, there are plenty of running shorts by nike, new balance, etc. that are long without being too long or baggy

StreetRat wrote:

anEconomist wrote:

the fact that most runners don't see the problem with tights is why most runners are not cool

and to one stupid ass who said those who don't wear tights have small balls

a) who gives a crap about ball size... the size of your schlong is what counts...

b) tights look even worse on those who are well endowed, i think it is usually the opposite, guys with little pricks can get away with wearing tights because it doesn't look ridiculous

Do you wear the big baggy basketball shorts?

And I think you are correct in point b, but I'll still wear tights when it's cold, and track pants when its really cold.