Sporthills...

They make em without stirrups and with zippers at the ankles.

Yeah i found that out after I bought them and I'm too cheap to buy another pair...

you've seen scissors, no? Cut off the stirrups

Dude, just cut the stirrups off-many do it and it works just fine. Then sow them together and flog the dudes that are giving you shit.

i've been lookin for the nike track pants (not warmups) with the lil nike symbol just above the knee for quite some time now. has anyone seen them for sale??? i think that they are an older model. any help would kickass! rock

I've been wearing Sporthill pants for 15 years WITH stirrups and nobody gives me shit. True enough, they don't make'em w/stirrups any longer and lots of runners cut them off. Sounds like your left w/a decision...please others or yourself.

Most meets I've been to I've seen other runners wearing Sporthills (stirrups included). I can't imagine anyone making fun of them. Not only are they lightweight, but they definitely do the trick and helping you warm up properly. Most of the guys on my team wore them and we were all hot studs.

wear your socks over the stirrups so nobody sees them.

I happen to be an expert of sporthills...

First off they are the finest pants ever made, by a man who went to the finest High School ever created (Oakton, shameles plug).

2nd, people can't tell the difference between the relaxed tight fit of sport hills and the really tight fit of spandex. Its really quite a shame.

3rd, both of my pairs have stirrups, because they ones with stirrups were on sale, and I'm cheap.

4th, I constantly get shit about having tight pants with stirrups, especially when I wear them to class because I don't always change out of my running clothes. A girl once told me that only girls wear pants with stirrups. I ran away, because its against my beliefs to engage in converstation with girls.

5th and finally I wear them anyway, and you should too, because they are the best damn pants ever created.

Ah yes, I posted that before practice today where I dared to wear them again...and the comments came again. 'nice pants, fag...'

'what are those?!'

Whatever, they're so damn comfortable...I'm wearing the stirrups with pride.

Don't put the stirrups under your feet, NOT COOL.

Put the stirrup behind your leg above achiiles tendon. This means you are cool and a good runner.

aren't those stirrup pants for old ladies going for a walk? i haven't seen anyone wear a pair of those since i was... little.

I say if sprinters can wear speed suits, distance runners can get away with sporthills. However if you can't fill em out that well you may want to store those socks up front chief.

HAHAHAHA, yeh, back in the early 80's my dad had a pair of the sporthill's with the stirrups, and they had a red line going down the length of the leg too, really a cool thing. Well, anywase, i'm 19 now and wearing those same pants. They are awsome, and yeh, i get made fun of by the other kids on my team. But I'll have to say, i'd rather wear them than have to hear "swoosh swoosh swoosh" every step of a long run and be all hot and soggy from regular wind pants.

interpol wrote:

i'm 19 now and wearing those same pants. They are awsome, and yeh, i get made fun of by the other kids on my team.

Is this a high school or college team? Because i can see dumb high school kids making fun of that, but in college it's like standard. If your college teammates make fun of you for it, they are the true essence of "sucks".

poor guy, you get shit for sweat pants with stirrups? try getting some self esteem! why care about what your average dilrod has to say about you or your threads if their intention is only meant to tear you down. the fact is that THAT person is insecure. think about it. or don't, you choose. if you have real balls you will locate a pair of RON HILLs and "sport" them with pride....check the archives

Gotta go with the Dina on that one. The stirrups always bothered my ultrasensative feet-but then again so does a few grains of sand. Stirrups down looks like the 60 year old women try to "jazzercize" and you don't want that.

Scott H, i'll have to give you a MAC to MAC dispensation for wearing the stirrups. The cold in Ypsi can do strange things to a man's judgement!!

I guess all my college teammates were sucks, then. If you dared to where stirrups, or God forbid, tights, you were the laughingstock of the day, and probably for several days afterward. Good times.

DIII Coach wrote:

The stirrups always bothered my ultrasensative feet-but then again so does a few grains of sand. Stirrups down looks like the 60 year old women try to "jazzercize" and you don't want that.

Scott H, i'll have to give you a MAC to MAC dispensation for wearing the stirrups. The cold in Ypsi can do strange things to a man's judgement!!

DIII, man, I remember looking at men's gymnastics pants while at EMU back in the day and wondering how warm they'd be. A dozen years later and one town to the west of Ypsi I bought my first pair of Sporthills/gymnastics pants. That was about 15 years ago and, lucky for me, have about 5 pair w/stirrups now.

Jim Hill's pants do look remarkably like the Ron Hill pants produced in the 80's. Odd the similiar last names. I've seen many wear the stirrups as the Dina described...behind the ankles. Think my ex-wife wore them that way. Must confess I'm surprised more people don't wear them, stirrups or not. They work, look nice, are a good price, come in different colors and styles.

Speaking of the cold and affecting judgement...left w/some Sporthills on this morn for a run and after 200m realized I'd locked myself out. Turned around, borrowed a phone, called a friend, completed the run and friend showed up about 10 minutes later w/key. I love my Sporthills and pick up on the trailing glances when I wear them after running while doing grocery shopping. Those 60 year old jazzercise girls got nothing on me!