So I want to get a tattoo for the first time, but I'm not sure what I want so give me some awesome ideas.
When I did some searching, I found a whole lot of people just get 26.2 in different fashions:
http://www.runnersworld.com/fun/42-awesome-running-inspired-tattoos
Do any of you have tattoos? Do you regret it?
I have a couple of tattoos, but no running tats.
I realize tattoos are big these days but personally I don't understand why anyone would want to put something PERMANENT on their body like that. Even memorial tattoos or kids' names. I just don't get it.
I am giving you permission to NOT get a tattoo. Just because it's ubiquitous today doesn't mean you need to be a lemming and get one also.
What if you get a running tattoo and soon after something happens to you so that you can't run ever again or for some reason the thought of running causes you emotional pain for some reason?
Very hard to undo a tattoo. I wouldn't do it.
I have a few tattoos and I've also wanted to get something running related but I've never found or been able to think of anything that seemed cool.
PS I like how flagpole "gave you permission" to not get one. If you want one get it. If you don't want one don't get one. The whole you'll never get a job thing is a lie. Some companies may frown upon them but if they're coverable it doesn't matter. I work a "real" job with tattoos showing every day. That being said mine can be covered if I need them to be and I plan to keep it that way. If you don't want to that's your deal.
General Rule of thumb for most people with "a few" tattoos is not to get it until at least 6 months after you have an idea to make sure you like it.
You must be from an older generation, eh?
tattoo enthusiast wrote:
You must be from an older generation, eh?
You might think so. I'm old enough to know that things come and go. Used to be that only outlaws and military people had tattoos. Got USMC on your arm, then ok. Anything else, and you're an outlaw. Not true anymore as everyone and their brother has one or more. Maybe tattoos will be big forever, but who knows. SOME people liked the idea of tattoos because it showed they were a rebel...well, that's out the window now. So extreme piercings and ear gauges were the thing, and then scaring, and now that's not enough so people put stuff under their skin to make it look lie they have horns or whatever.
People today are afraid to get married because of the commitment, and they don't buy houses because they want to be able to move at the drop of a hat if they want, but they will put ink under their skin that is there forever?
Yes.
asked and answered wrote:
Yes.
Thank you for your valuable contribution. I found your response the most helpful so far.
All tattoos are lame and anyone who has one is a loser
Alright, I'll give you an actual response. IF NOT DONE WELL, a running tattoo is equivalent to a 26.2 bumper sticker. It'll just make you look like a douche.
Instead, you should get something that isn't obviously running-related. For example, get a tattoo of something on your daily route. For example, maybe you run past a rusted out tattoo every day. Get that. Maybe you run through an aspen grove. Get an aspen leaf. I don't know. Just don't get a stupid foot with wings.
first serious response wrote:
For example, maybe you run past a rusted out tattoo every day. Get that.
serious question. How do you oxidize a tattoo?
alchemist wrote:
first serious response wrote:For example, maybe you run past a rusted out tattoo every day. Get that.
serious question. How do you oxidize a tattoo?
Ha! My fault. I meant "rusted out canoe."
All of these made me cringe so badly, they're like "hobby jogger" bumper stickers for your body... hackneyed and terrible.
For any person considering a tattoo, if your symbolism is lame (it probably is unless you're a poet laureate), don't externalize it permanently on your body. It's like advertising that you have no intellectual depth. A mature person does not need to write their mantras on their body.
If you are going for the visual appeal and have a design that you feel adds to your appearance, get a tattoo. Not my style, but it is some people's.
Don't be a wimp. Get all 43 tattoos on the link, especially #3.
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gotink wrote:
So I want to get a tattoo for the first time, but I'm not sure what I want so give me some awesome ideas.
When I did some searching, I found a whole lot of people just get 26.2 in different fashions:
http://www.runnersworld.com/fun/42-awesome-running-inspired-tattoosDo any of you have tattoos? Do you regret it?
I have 6 tattoos and 2 are running related they are about 10 years old and after a few summer's running with out a shirt on they look like shit.
After a few years they faid and look like shit.
I don't know if I regret it but they don't look good.
Like one of the other OP said you never know
what the future holds. A friend got a big tat on his arm showing a runner chasing the BQ time he ended up having major knee issues and gave up running never makings it there.
The only running tattoo I would ever get is the Olympic rings (after competing in the Olympics, obviously). A guy I used to train with got the Olympic rings after qualifying for the Trials in the marathon and then got injured prior to the Trials race. Either way, it was a stupid thing to do, but it was even worse that he didn't even run in the Trials. Cool guy, though.
All of those running tattoos on the link are terrible.
If you run in college and you really want a tattoo, I can see getting the school logo/mascot on the side of your thigh. Some of my teammates did that and it was okay. Basically, you can only see it when they are wearing split shorts. Now that I am 36, I am glad I didn't do that, but I don't think it would be a major regret.
Never get a band name or lyrics or anything like that. You never know how fast they can turn to suck or sell out, etc.
Now that I have been thinking about it, I can see getting your kid's name on your body of they passed away. Maybe right over your heart or something.
I just don't want a tattoo.
Whoa...I actually clicked through that slideshow and all of those were terrible. I usually hate all RW stories, but this one would be great to share with anybody considering a running tat.
I also agree with getting the rings if you are actually an Olympian, but you could also go with the Webb style Chinese symbol, or maybe the Nick Symmonds Run Gum logo on the bicep.
Bring Back the 880 wrote:
Whoa...I actually clicked through that slideshow and all of those were terrible. I usually hate all RW stories, but this one would be great to share with anybody considering a running tat.
Agree with this.
Bring Back the 880 wrote: you could also go with the Webb style Chinese symbol
No, a Chinese symbol is nearly as bad as barbed wire around the bicep.
Bring Back the 880 wrote: maybe the Nick Symmonds Run Gum logo on the bicep.
Isn't that fake? I thought he just put those on before races.
