StametsJun 3, 2025

[ColmsComics] Marathon

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Show threadPhobosAnomalyJun 3, 2025

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?

Show threadEmpricorn
I mean… Where the hell else are they going to wear it, branded or not? I’m nowhere near that level, but Iabsolutely have favorite running gear that I prefer to wear, no matter the distance of the race.
Jun 3, 2025 at 1:57pmWeb
Show threadPhobosAnomalyJun 3, 2025

I suppose everyone has their own preferences. If people reaaaally want to wear their Death Run 69420miler UltraPersistence shirt then go wild I guess, ain’t nothing stopping you, just feels a bit tone deaf to me.

As for wearing running shirts, I guess it depends. I have a few plain Brooks or New Balance shirts that I just enjoy wearing on warm days, or even a Disneyland Paris wicking shirt that’s just quite comfortable.

That said, I personally purposefully don’t wear any of my “achievement” finisher shirts, I just hang them up above my gym mats in my garage - perhaps as a source of inspiration.

Having a “favourite” running gear is awesome though. I’ve got a couple of shirts and pairs of shirts myself and it’s awesome having a set of gear that just works when you’re out on tarmac.

Show threadskisnowJun 4, 2025

just feels a bit tone deaf to me.

You’re coming across as massively insecure here, like it’s a bunch of strangers’ responsibility to make you feel good about yourself by pretending to be beginners.