I still haven't decided which I hate worse - the stirrups that either bothered my feet or slipped up over my heel, or the modern tights/pants without stirrups that won't stay down to cover the skin just above my socks.
The stirrups gave me heel blisters; now all the skin around my ankles is dry and cracked all winter long. On those days when they've just salted the roads, somehow all the fun of running pales....
Heel blisters?! Do you still get blisters when you wear them outside of your socks?
My SportHills (sans stirrup) are about the best thing going. So much so that I can't imagine what I did before they came out. Oh, wait, I know, I had those rain pants that went swish swish (or swoosh swoosh if they were Nike) every stinking step. Or we had sweat pants that chaffed the crap out of your legs and we two big icecycles when your sweat froze. Tights were ok, but not all that wind resistant and always invited abuse from those less secure with their sexuality than us, but I figured if Earl Jones and Mark Smith could wear them, then so could I!! I even saw Coach Parks run in tights once-that was scary, but you had to admire his gumption!!
Always keep the spare key under the welcome matt Scott!
DIII, oh no...Coach P in tights! The man has bandy legs! Ha-ha, he gets big credit for wearing those things.
I recall wearing cotton long johns, cheap cotton pants and besides that, I draw a blank. Whatever we wore, the crotch area wore or rotted out too soon.
Here's irony for you about getting locked out. I leave a spare key in a shed behind my place. Yesterday I had to use it for an unimportant reason. Normally, I return it immediately. This time I left it on my stairwell and decided to return it after running this morn. So, I get 200m into the run and it dawns on me I forgot my regular key.
Now, I'm out 2 keys and my extra-extra key is locked in my car in plain sight. This is when I call for help. I've got locked car key stories too. But Sporthills had nothing to do w/those so maybe on another thread...