Is it socially acceptable for me to run in tights alone if my shirt/jacket hangs low enough to cover my man parts?

THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF TIGHTS IS TO SHOW YOUR DICK. you probably have lady parts.

really.... wrote:

serious answer: I've never understood this issue with needing to wear shorts over tights. If you arrange your junk in a central location instead of an obvious outline of genitalia off to one side, and hold your package together with running briefs underneath, then it's just a non-offensive bulge. Men have them, no matter what they wear. It's only gross or offensive if you're a guy staring at another man's package and it makes you either insecure or horny.

As a coach and a runner this is normally what I wear in cold weather. At most major outdoor track meets if it's chilly you'll see tights and tight shorts for men/boys for sprints and other events, too. I don't think you need to have your jacket dip down to cover anything, either. If you wear black or dark tights should be fine.

Here is what I do NOT consider OK: At New Balance Nationals and several other major meets I've seen athletes wearing basically Underarmor type undergarment tights for competition. I do not get why these meets even allow such nor how coaches allow it. It looks very unprofessional. Nike and all major manufacturers make racing tights (Nike's Filament model in example) which are appropriate. The type of tights used for wearing under ball shorts are thinner and not appropriate and there IS a difference in use and construction between running tights and undergarment sports tights.

The following pic is how I typically dress in cold weather for running:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BOtR8LQAdVs/?taken-by=mikewalker5243

Ender of thread wrote:

really.... wrote:

serious answer: I've never understood this issue with needing to wear shorts over tights. If you arrange your junk in a central location instead of an obvious outline of genitalia off to one side, and hold your package together with running briefs underneath, then it's just a non-offensive bulge. Men have them, no matter what they wear. It's only gross or offensive when you can see an actual outline of the parts.

I always wore running shorts underneath the tights. That is the correct and only way.

/thread.

You wear loose shorts under tights?

You wear loose shorts under tights?

^Yeah, I didn't get that, either. Makes no sense at all.

People on this debate, look at what college track and XC runners are wearing when it's cold, and that will be tights. To me, that's the end of the discussion. If you're in good shape you should not be embarrassed to wear gear like this, frankly, I'll stop by the grocery store or smoothie place wearing such and see no issue and the other day was at a BBQ restaurant out in the country and there were two road cyclists in full lycra cycling gear having dinner there—they'd apparently been on a long ride and stopped for dinner, so no, their lycra didn't look that silly.

Wearing dark colors helps if you're worried about modesty. In contrast, anyone who saw Georgia Tech's track uniforms last year at Florida Relays knows what a disaster very light colors combined with rain can make.

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I will not run with someone who puts shorts over their tights. Made a guy lose the shorts a couple weeks ago actually. It isnt a terrible thing but it shows you've never been an actual competitive runner in your life. Show up to a D1 practice with shorts over your tights once and see how it goes.

Any chick who is looking for dudes with shorts over their tights is likely a heffer looking for other heffers.

Yep. Show up to a winter run with any reasonably fast runners in any city with a decent running scene, and you will see absolutely zero runners with shorts over tights. Show up to any high school JV practice, and you will see tons of shorts over tights.

Shorts over tights is for insecure high school runners. That's just how it is. Sorry if you don't like it.

for the average jogger, no

for a high performing athlete, yes

Just wow.... wrote:

Just wondering, as that's how I like to roll. No one's said anything but you never know what they're thinking.

WTF are you talking about?

This is the LetsRun.com forum.

I don't give a sh*t what stupid humans think is socially acceptable on their stupid planet.

I still think its funny when I see any guy wearing these yoga pants either with or without shorts over them. Have a little self respect. If you can't handle the cold weather then put a pair of these on.

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sEd0PcQVMQw/ViEcwG5v3MI/AAAAAAAAPjM/hWt_lXMDbHg/s400/7603502934_d10899bda4.jpg

A Florida Coach wrote:

You wear loose shorts under tights?

^Yeah, I didn't get that, either. Makes no sense at all.

No, it does make some sense. This is what you would do if you were wearing the tights as warmups. Pull of the tights and you are ready to race.

Anyway, the bulge is visible in other clothing too like the jeans that everyone wears or used to wear, not counting the falling off your ass styles. If you have thicker winter tight pants, like wind-front Swix ski pants, there is less visible bulge than standard running shorts.

Just wear shorts under your tights, and if someone gets uppity, you can prove them stupid in public.

Update yoga class:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BO0UeUjheRb/?taken-by=favorhamilton

Suzy teaches the Naked Bipolar Yogaâ„¢ class at 11:30 pm on Saturday night.

Pics?

Personally I did do the tights with nothing else. I was in my senior year... college, going to the campus rec. I was wearing tights and a Levi’s Sherpa denim jacket.

My shoes were black pumas. My hair was lookin’ fine.

I felt like a call girl with my rumptious round bum curving out of my running tights. My Sherpa lined-denim jacket made my upper half look classy, but my bottom half was lewd.

underclassmen we’re taking pics of me from behind. But that’s alright because I already made a presence that I was a dedicated/crazy runner.

It helps that my legs were somewhat muscular. But my bum sticking out did make me feel like I was wearing an inappropriate mix of top half and bottom half.

You could just smack my bum because it was so obvious is was round and firm.

At that time, I only went to the gym to do hamstring curls, and legs stuff too.

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