Racing Tights

I cannot urge you strongly enough to never, ever, wear any sort of tights or compression shorts. That is, unless you are a girl.

Real runners go commando.

I always raced in something like these:

http://amzn.to/1D1MP3P

Held stuff in place ya know?

dirkdiggler wrote:

I always raced in something like these:

http://amzn.to/1D1MP3P

Held stuff in place ya know?

With no shorts over or anything? I assume people that race in compression shorts only wear the compression shorts or do they have some kind of underwear under that too?

Sprints in Short Shorts wrote:

dirkdiggler wrote:

I always raced in something like these:

http://amzn.to/1D1MP3P

Held stuff in place ya know?

With no shorts over or anything? I assume people that race in compression shorts only wear the compression shorts or do they have some kind of underwear under that too?

I like to wear these underneath:

I sometimes train in half tights.. so I'd go with half tights. Nike Filament Shorts or Brooks Infiniti Running Tight III or something similar should do the trick. I've also raced in them.

I normally run 800s and miles 50-50 in half tights and short shorts. I also like them for longer road and cross country races when it is cold out.

The nike half tights are nice but expensive at $40 per pair.

These eastbay shorts are $20. Obviously not as good of quality but they only cost half as much.

http://www.eastbay.com/product/model:156313/sku:8088941/eastbay-evapor-tight-shorts-mens/red/white/?cm=GLOBAL%20SEARCH%3A%20KEYWORD%20SEARCH#sku-8088178

Most people go commando under half tights but if you are self conscious about what shows wear a pair of compression shorts underneath. Compression shorts in addition to half tights should make your bulge minimally noticeable.

some other guy wrote:

I normally run 800s and miles 50-50 in half tights and short shorts. I also like them for longer road and cross country races when it is cold out.

The nike half tights are nice but expensive at $40 per pair.

These eastbay shorts are $20. Obviously not as good of quality but they only cost half as much.

http://www.eastbay.com/product/model:156313/sku:8088941/eastbay-evapor-tight-shorts-mens/red/white/?cm=GLOBAL%20SEARCH%3A%20KEYWORD%20SEARCH#sku-8088178

Most people go commando under half tights but if you are self conscious about what shows wear a pair of compression shorts underneath. Compression shorts in addition to half tights should make your bulge minimally noticeable.

Thanks for the information. BTW I'm not a distance runner so the bulge issue is very real for me. Thanks again.

Those are more like compression underwear. You should not wear those by themselves.The Eastbay ones are good simple half tights. I have a pair from 2XU that are really expensive but also really nice.

dirkdiggler wrote:

I always raced in something like these:

http://amzn.to/1D1MP3P

Held stuff in place ya know?

BTW I'm not a distance runner so the bulge issue is very real for me. Thanks again.

What, exact does this mean?

milethon wrote:

Those are more like compression underwear. You should not wear those by themselves.

The Eastbay ones are good simple half tights. I have a pair from 2XU that are really expensive but also really nice.

dirkdiggler wrote:

I always raced in something like these:

http://amzn.to/1D1MP3P

Held stuff in place ya know?

I don't wear them by themselves. Read my second post.

Clarify, please wrote:

BTW I'm not a distance runner so the bulge issue is very real for me. Thanks again.

What, exact does this mean?

He means that with his head up his a55, there is a big bulge in back of his compression shorts that even regular shorts over tights won't cover up.

Clarify, please wrote:

BTW I'm not a distance runner so the bulge issue is very real for me. Thanks again.

What, exact does this mean?

It's well known that the lengths of your running event and your schlong are inversely proportional.