Please stop the insanity wrote:
They are more comfortable and appropriate.
I certainly don't think tights are inappropriate, but I never wear them unless I'm riding a bike or using them as a base layer in bitterly cold weather. (Racing would be a third exception, but it would have to be "frostbite cold" before I'd wear anything other than shorts in a race.) To each his own, but I find all the "almost tights" track pants to be much more comfortable and just as functional as tights.
Ran in tights one year during our mild winter. I switched to soccer style pants and like them better. I can wear them to places directly after a run and not freak everyone out. On some runs I'll stash them, run in shorts for a period and put back on the pants before returning home.
As far as half tights, a soccer pants version is scrunching the ankle cuff up behind the knee.
Especially for running faster, tights keep your muscles warmer which reduces the risk of pulling muscles. The compression also helps the muscles to recover -- hence compression socks
White tights year round! Nothing under them but lipstick.
Tights are clearly the best legwear for running in cooler weather. I remember trying to "look like a man" running in sweats as the days got colder. What an idiot I was. I am glad this not last long. I bought some nice running tights and never looked back.
I would like to wear some of the nicer new form fitting track pants but I do not have any and they are expensive. Saw a recent review and they cost $138.
I have many pairs of tights, many of which I received free or they were
brogan1 wrote:
What I never understood was why men will wear half-tights in warm weather. Why not just short shorts?
If you're a sprinter, half tights are what everyone wears, If you wear running shorts around sprinters, they'll think your a scrawny distance runner. Of course, if you are a scrawny distance runner...
Becoming more common for 800 guys these days.
Because when you are going out for a 25 miler at sub 6 min pace they are not streamlined enough...
My dude wrote:
realMIman wrote:It gets cold here and to avoid bulk, pants over tighta is best.
Two pairs if pants would be hard to run with.
You need to invest in some quality tights and ditch the pants brother
Nah son. Last year it got down to -15 or so without the wind chill. It be COLD up HERRRR.
I already got some nice tights but they are only good for 10-20 degrees. For 5-10 degrees I think I put on my looser tights over the tight tights. And when it gets down to -5 degrees I use tights and pants.
txRUNNERgirl wrote:
fastandlight wrote:you can't workout properly in warm up pants. They're too heavy and can trip you up. I do sometimes wear track pants but only for easy days. Always tights for fast workouts.
Same reason women wear tights. Surprise, it's not for men to stare at our butts.
How about mini-skirts or tight jeans?
coldupherrrr wrote:
My dude wrote:You need to invest in some quality tights and ditch the pants brother
Nah son. Last year it got down to -15 or so without the wind chill. It be COLD up HERRRR.
I already got some nice tights but they are only good for 10-20 degrees. For 5-10 degrees I think I put on my looser tights over the tight tights. And when it gets down to -5 degrees I use tights and pants.
Look into gore and cwx tights if you are having that kind of trouble. I've run in as low as -30 up here with one pair of these tights and briefs over my junk and been solid.
Dial it up wrote:
they look better than short shorts.
It is, scientifically speaking, impossible for anything to look better than short shorts.
Doclove wrote:
txRUNNERgirl wrote:Same reason women wear tights. Surprise, it's not for men to stare at our butts.
How about mini-skirts or tight jeans?
If you can't separate fashion from sex, then I can't help you understand.
txRUNNERgirl wrote:
Doclove wrote:How about mini-skirts or tight jeans?
If you can't separate fashion from sex, then I can't help you understand.
99% of fashion is driven by sex.
You got a problem with men wearing tights?