What do runners wear in your city?

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  • slkehl
    slkehl Posts: 3,801 Member
    Honestly, I feel like my running pants are more revealing than my shorts because they're skin tight. If I had anything to show off, I'd be wearing the pants!

    Anyway, I'll be in the northeast this winter for an internship through my school. I'm from California, and I don't have the money to go out and buy a new running wardrobe, and I can't afford a gym membership. I'm hoping that the light jackets and running pants I have will be enough!
  • brevislux
    brevislux Posts: 1,093 Member
    For some reason people tend to run in shorts and a long T... I don't really get why. Seems far too cold to me.
  • GiGiBeans
    GiGiBeans Posts: 1,062 Member
    They wear ultra sexy layers like me! Sometimes we look so good it's hard to keep focused!
  • HypersonicFitNess
    HypersonicFitNess Posts: 1,219 Member
    I think it depends on what you're comfortable running in. Here it hasn't gotten that cold yet and won't get too cold...usually only in the 30s

    I do NOT like cold, so I will run in pants with a long sleeve thermal shirt and jacket, hat and I rarely wear gloves b/c I heat up

    However, there is plenty of times I've gone out running and gotten overheated b/c I over dressed. I've read it in Runner's World and on a running site...dress like its 20 degrees warmer out as you WILL heat up (I already told my husband that I swore I heated up 20 degrees when I ran)...now I have confirmation.

    I do wear shorts, tank and t-shirt usually for running if it's mid 50s and sunny
    Below that I will wear capris

    Last night I was running in the mist and dark and it was 40ish...I wore pants, long sleeve top, jacket and watch cap; my teeth were literally chattering when I started but I was sweating when I finished.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    Black. In the dark. While they run in the street. So they can sue me if I hit them.
  • iorahkwano
    iorahkwano Posts: 709 Member
    I live on an indian reserve so we're more of a small town. 7000 people.

    I usually see guys in big t-shirts with basketball shorts, or fleece sweatpants.

    The women wear spandex or lycra looking black pants with a tank top (Or a thin windbreaker). Sometimes baggy, but short shorts.
  • Dub_D
    Dub_D Posts: 1,760 Member
    They do it simply for the dirty looks from women like yourself.
  • LadyZephyr
    LadyZephyr Posts: 286 Member
    I live on the coast in north east England, and its freezing here half the time. People tend to wear anything from shorts and shirts to sweatpants and layers. It's all personal preference and what you feel comfortable in. The rare times I run, I tend to wear leggings, a vest top and a jumper if its cold that I can wrap around my waist if I get too hot.
  • _SpeshK_
    _SpeshK_ Posts: 496 Member
    Although I NEVER run in shorts (even in the 104 degree weather we get in the summer) I can see why some people would LAYER with shorts under their longer clothes. I get REALLY hot when I run, and I feel like I'm suffocating even when it's freezing. Of course, if you're on a long run, layering may not work seeing as how you'd have to ditch your clothes in some random spot, lol. So I could see why they'd just go ahead and wear shorts while they warm into it.
  • SeaRunner26
    SeaRunner26 Posts: 5,143 Member
    I'm in the Pacific Northwest, near Seattle specifically. The weather around here is generally pretty mild, but we do occaisionally dip into the low thirties and sometimes the twenties and below. Runners here wear whatever they feel like. Some will be bundled up in lots of techie gear, other just in gym shorts and a T-shirt. It's a diverese culture out this way. Plus, I always love it when I see the unexpected person running in jeans. What are they thinking?
  • MSRunner23
    MSRunner23 Posts: 107
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