One of my verrrry minor bugbears is people who show up to 3k or 5k fun runs wearing gear promoting events well above the event’s level.
Like “okay dude, that’s a nice Antarctica Marathon t-shirt but it’s not going to make you look cooler in the Buttfucknowheresville Gala 5k”, or “settle down Mrs London Marathon windbreaker over your Kona Ironman tech tee, you’re going up against someone with a cotton T-shirt from Asda and thick shorts that are going to build up enough charge to power a small African country”.
Big respect to the effort they put in to earn the gear, but who are they honestly trying to impress?
I mean… Where the hell else are they going to wear running gear, branded or not? I’m nowhere near that level, but I absolutely have favorite running gear that I prefer to wear, no matter the distance of the race.
I’m not the caliber of athlete you’re talking about having only done local runs, but I can’t say I pay attention to what other people are wearing enough to read the words on their shirts. I’m more focused on elbowing in to get a free banana before they’re all gone or making sure my bib isn’t pinned on upside down.
However, if this is a common enough thing, how is there no an industry of making over-the-top fake race shirts to parody those folks you’re talking about?
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One of my verrrry minor bugbears is people who show up to 3k or 5k fun runs wearing gear promoting events well above the event’s level.
Like “okay dude, that’s a nice Antarctica Marathon t-shirt but it’s not going to make you look cooler in the Buttfucknowheresville Gala 5k”, or “settle down Mrs London Marathon windbreaker over your Kona Ironman tech tee, you’re going up against someone with a cotton T-shirt from Asda and thick shorts that are going to build up enough charge to power a small African country”.
Big respect to the effort they put in to earn the gear, but who are they honestly trying to impress?
I mean… Where the hell else are they going to wear running gear, branded or not? I’m nowhere near that level, but I absolutely have favorite running gear that I prefer to wear, no matter the distance of the race.
I’m not the caliber of athlete you’re talking about having only done local runs, but I can’t say I pay attention to what other people are wearing enough to read the words on their shirts. I’m more focused on elbowing in to get a free banana before they’re all gone or making sure my bib isn’t pinned on upside down.
However, if this is a common enough thing, how is there no an industry of making over-the-top fake race shirts to parody those folks you’re talking about?
I’m thinking things like:
That’d be fun, I’ve seen titanic swimming team shirts before
Bravo, sounds like a solid idea honestly. Def made me giggle, lol.