Worst Running Attire You've Ever Seen?

knee length shorts are pretty bad

another one is dressing like its winter when its above 50 degrees. I have a friend from florida who insists that anything below 70 is cold. she wears tights around 60. I'm not convinced she's not some sort of reptile.

Edward Teach wrote:

knee length shorts are pretty bad

another one is dressing like its winter when its above 50 degrees. I have a friend from florida who insists that anything below 70 is cold. she wears tights around 60. I'm not convinced she's not some sort of reptile.

The past couple of weeks the weather in NY has been so inconsistent and I keep seeing people running in full winter gear when I have yet to pull out the tights. 50 degree weather means long sleeve, shorts, gloves(I have Raynaud's so I wear gloves if it dips below 65) .

Not sure if this counts as attire but runners wearing a fuel belt in a 5k.

Primo Numero Uno wrote:

On a trail I frequent there's a guy out running most afternoons. He's always wearing jean and a long sleeved button shirt.

To make it more ridiculous he is always carrying Dumbbells, I'd guess 2 or 3lbs, in each hand with his arms held rigidly down at his sides. He's not booking it but he's moving at a clip thats respectable. Watching him run is painful to me and I always wonder where he got the idea to be running like he is.

Fairview Park? CA?

Here is a pic of me getting ready to run on the beach -

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QGeP6yWJwIk/TCjw142g-pI/AAAAAAAAArM/BMVnaxNBWSw/s1600/ManThong.jpg

I'm that guy who wears shorts over my winter tights. I'm a skinny 53-year-old and if you saw me in tights without shorts you would understand why I wear them. Besides, shorts over tights is now considered cool. Just look at the NBA!

What's wrong with this?Warmth of tights plus some wang coverage.

Juice Springsteen wrote:

Shorts over spandex or tights.

iknowhim wrote:

Primo Numero Uno wrote:

On a trail I frequent there's a guy out running most afternoons. He's always wearing jean and a long sleeved button shirt.

To make it more ridiculous he is always carrying Dumbbells, I'd guess 2 or 3lbs, in each hand with his arms held rigidly down at his sides. He's not booking it but he's moving at a clip thats respectable. Watching him run is painful to me and I always wonder where he got the idea to be running like he is.

Fairview Park? CA?

Haha yes.

Once I saw an indian woman jogging along a bike path in Merced in a sari. I definitely did a double-take because it seemed so incongruent.

What's wrong with this?

Haha, ouch I've done this last winter, I want to wear long spandex but I want the freedom of shorts.

Whats the alternative?

shorts wearer wrote:

What's wrong with this?

Warmth of tights plus some wang coverage.

Juice Springsteen wrote:

Shorts over spandex or tights.

Yeah, I don't get it either.

In the winter, instead of getting (the usually expensive) windproof boxers, this is a good alternative. It's a great layering system, and most runners have both in their closet.

I don't think it looks weird either, and I'm seeing this more and more in advertisement pics as well.

"Shorts over spandex or tights." Are you serious? I for one don't like looking at some guys willy sticking out. If you meant this comment for females only then I agree

Maybe she was training for Badwater. It obvious by the many comments on this that most of you are not runners at all.

I would say the running skort automatically decreases a girl's attractiveness rating by three points.

There's this one dude who's from greenpeace or something and he goes to all races dressed as a tree.

Also people with 2-3 garmins at the same time

Ha ha, these are great stories indeed.

I actually saw a bloke today on my morning run with an insanely bright, multi-coloured onsie type lycra thing that Mr Motivator made famous back in the 90's.... wtf was he thinking and when did he think this was good idea?

Link as follows but sunglasses at the ready!

http://www.edenfestival.co.uk/MAIN/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mr-motivator.jpg

Jake800m wrote:

What's wrong with this?

Haha, ouch I've done this last winter, I want to wear long spandex but I want the freedom of shorts.

Whats the alternative?

What "freedom" do shorts provide? The tights provide all the warmth and coverage you need. The shorts are irrelevant and make you look like a Class-B basketball player.

Saw a middle aged guy yesterday running in front of me at a local trail wearing a plaid long sleeved button down shirt, khaki pants and brown ankle high leather work boots. I live in SoCal so it was at least 80 deg..maybe on his lunch break? was keeping a decent pace for running in

boots.

This.

http://i.imgur.com/lcnIwZG.jpg