Top 10 running fashion faux pas

BabyWolf · Postby **BabyWolf** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 11:01 pm

trixiee wrote:we can see the same sorts of faux pas in the cycling world.

if you hold up your shorts and can see through them, so can the cyclist behind you! Butt crack is not sexy, whether you're a plumber or a cyclist. YMMV.

Guilty of the color matching myself...I've bought most of my tech gear to match the running shoes I had at the time, and while getting new shoes in different colors is just a fact of new models I still cannot say I will ever go out in a pair of pair of shorts that don't match my shirt if I happen to know that the shorts that do match aren't *that* dirty...
I've wasted precious time on this.

...and too late I've noticed this thread go blushable :oops:

daddy_runner · Postby **daddy_runner** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 11:09 pm

I'm guilty of the short shorts and shorts over tights (often both at the same time).

I don't understand what's wrong with short shorts. They're running shorts. It's not like I'm going to an orchestra concert.

As for shorts on top of tights: If it's cold enough to have to wear tights, it's cold enough for my junk to completely disappear and retreat into my abdomen. The shorts are just there so nobody sees my distinct lack of bulge.

killerbeetle · Postby **killerbeetle** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 12:30 am

I'm a supporter of shorts over tights. I have horrific memories of my high school principal walking through school in x-country ski tights with his junk showing. He was not a good looking old man. I would have paid him to wear shorts over top. :shock:

ian · Postby **ian** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 11:31 am

Serial matcher here: hat, singlet, shoelaces, and handkerchief usually go together for races.

ratherawkward · Postby **ratherawkward** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 6:02 pm

I am occasionally guilty of the loose-hair thing (see avatar), and I do wear a little makeup for races (photos). If I go for a run at lunch or after work, I'll be in full makeup, but hey, it beats skipping a run. I wear a water belt for long runs, too... it's not a fashion show.

Postby **ultraslacker** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:29 pm

sometimes I forget to wash my makeup off after work and before my group runs... but I hate it because by the end of the run I have raccoon eyes. :P

OLRunner · Postby **OLRunner** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:16 pm

I wear shorts over tights. Wearing only tights would make this old lady look silly.

EmilZatopek · Postby **EmilZatopek** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 10:27 pm

I can't wear tights with shorts over them (just wrong for a guy), I think girls could get away with it. I saw a guy running in a half marathon with an all blue one piece tri suit, and matching blue calf guards, he scored big time on the running fashion faux pas.

AjaxRunner · Postby **AjaxRunner** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 8:19 am

Meh, I just wear what I feel like wearing. Can't be too bothered about what other people think....

Midge · Postby **Midge** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:14 am

AjaxRunner wrote:Meh, I just wear what I feel like wearing. Can't be too bothered about what other people think....

this

not just when running but any other time where I am not required to be smart ( work )

fingerboy · Postby **fingerboy** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 12:28 pm

A good bulge means you're a good runner (for men). Leave the shorts for the summer!

Besides that's more of a pre-run meeting problem. When I'm running I'm not looking at anyone's bodies.

Matching isn't bad. I think most people wear things that complement the rest of their outfit. I guess my real pet peeve is when people were things like Basketball shorts or other gigantically loose clothing. Not so much with the people I run with but you see them in a race or on the streets.

Postby **turd ferguson** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 12:45 pm

My shorts over tights aren't to cover my junk for dignity, they're to keep my junk a bit warmer on cold days. Also to give me pockets to carry key, phone, gels (because my tights don't have pockets but my shorts do).

As long as we're on matchy-matchy - does anyone else thing about matching manufacturers? I think about it sometimes when I'm wearing Nike shoes, deFeet socks, Pearl Izumi tights, Lululemon shorts, REI shirt, Puma shirt, Adidas hat.

QuickChick · Postby **QuickChick** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 12:52 pm

I have never considered it strange to mix brands! I figure as long as stuff "goes" it's all good.

Guys... what about wind pants over the tights for the extra layer of warmth?

Also, I wonder if anyone has considered making men's tights or tight shorts with padding- not to enhance (haha White Goodman!!) but to sort of tone things down a bit? Like lined bras for women that tame the nipp-ons? That could eliminate the need for the shorts over tights look. Hmmm, hello Dragon's Den...

FishPants · Postby **FishPants** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:11 pm

turd ferguson wrote:As long as we're on matchy-matchy - does anyone else thing about matching manufacturers? I think about it sometimes when I'm wearing Nike shoes, deFeet socks, Pearl Izumi tights, Lululemon shorts, REI shirt, Puma shirt, Adidas hat.

I think about it when I am wearing my lulu skirt with my lulu tank and lulu underpants and lulu socks. Sadly, their bras don't work for me.

I top it all off with a Sugoi visor, but lulu has a visor in their "we made too much" section. I am tempted...

runfbrun · Postby **runfbrun** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:23 pm

With my current running gear, I don't think I could step out all in one brand even if I wanted to. My gear is a mish-mash of Saucony(shoes), Nike (most of my tech shirts), Adidas(most shorts), Puma (most socks), Oakley and an assortment of hats.

Darth Tater · Postby **Darth Tater** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 4:35 pm

AjaxRunner wrote:Meh, I just wear what I feel like wearing. Can't be too bothered about what other people think....

Postby **ultraslacker** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:10 pm

I have favourite brands for different items of clothing, so it's usually a mix (though like FP, I'm guilty of wearing ridiculous amounts of lulu! It's so comfortable!).

Joe Dwarf · Postby **Joe Dwarf** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:30 am

QuickChick wrote:
Also, I wonder if anyone has considered making men's tights or tight shorts with padding- not to enhance (haha White Goodman!!) but to sort of tone things down a bit? Like lined bras for women that tame the nipp-ons? That could eliminate the need for the shorts over tights look. Hmmm, hello Dragon's Den...

That's why I always wear boxer briefs underneath - one more layer for dignity and the extra length to avoid VPL!

AjaxRunner · Postby **AjaxRunner** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:04 am

Darth Tater wrote:
AjaxRunner wrote:Meh, I just wear what I feel like wearing. Can't be too bothered about what other people think....

They told me they weren't going to post that on the interwebz...

Jwolf · Postby **Jwolf** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:59 am

I don't usually pay much attention to this stuff but today on Kits beach I saw a woman running in a hot pink shirt, matching hot pink running skirt, and bright neon orange running shoes. She looked a bit silly. And she was using headphones and neither of us waved.

gnu · Postby **gnu** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:07 am

mccully wrote:I'm a dork in all other areas of my life so it seems fitting that I'm a dork in the running world too And I wear a fuel belt. I've also been known to wear a fanny pack. I'm the coolest.

Right on! $\M/$

Postby **turd ferguson** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:07 am

Jwolf wrote:I don't usually pay much attention to this stuff but today on Kits beach I saw a woman running in a hot pink shirt, matching hot pink running skirt, and bright neon orange running shoes. She looked a bit silly. And she was using headphones and neither of us waved.

Clearly her central governor was broken

Jwolf · Postby **Jwolf** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:14 am

turd ferguson wrote:
Jwolf wrote:I don't usually pay much attention to this stuff but today on Kits beach I saw a woman running in a hot pink shirt, matching hot pink running skirt, and bright neon orange running shoes. She looked a bit silly. And she was using headphones and neither of us waved.

Clearly her central governor was broken

I couldn't tell if she had taken any pseudoephedrine.

Run2Be · Postby **Run2Be** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:32 pm

I'm not really fussy with what I wear and don't really care what others wear. Running stuff is expensive and I rather see people out running in whatever they can afford or feel comfortable in then stay at home scared of what the "real runners" will think.

Many people are afraid to try new things because they fear they will not fit in or look silly, I think articles like this, encourage people to believe that. It may be tongue in cheek but judging people on appearance is wrong.

(Off soap box now)

Postby **turd ferguson** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:41 pm

Run2Be wrote:I'm not really fussy with what I wear and don't really care what others wear. Running stuff is expensive and I rather see people out running in whatever they can afford or feel comfortable in then stay at home scared of what the "real runners" will think.

Many people are afraid to try new things because they fear they will not fit in or look silly, I think articles like this, encourage people to believe that. It may be tongue in cheek but judging people on appearance is wrong.

(Off soap box now)

I agreed with you completely back on page 1 and I still agree with you. This can be the sort of thing that keeps people on the couch - fear of being judged.