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| Running Jacket reccomendations (Read 299 times) |
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posted: 4/24/2008 at 8:37 PM
modified: 4/24/2008 at 8:38 PM |
So I don't know how one loses a running jacket... but I lost my running jacket somehow!
Its my original one from the first few months I started running, so it is a sad day for me... 
On the plus side, I get to buy a new running jacket!
Does anyone have a favourite brand.
Also, is functionality a big thing, or should it be more about feel and style?
My criteria:
1) No "penguin" jackets with the long back covering the butt.
2) I want wind resistance but also a light jacket that fits closely and isn't baggy.
3) I am a man of little to no colour and prefer a nice boring black 
Any suggestions, brands, or just sharing what brand you wear would be great.
Thanks! |
Fortitudine Vincimus (by Endurance We Conquer)
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| view log Ball Tongue |
posted: 4/24/2008 at 8:52 PM |
I think all the usual suspect companies make technical running jackets that meet your criteria.
I have a Nike jacket I bought in 1997 that's light weight, has a draw string around the waist so you can tighten it up, and it folds into itself leaving a soft, zipped bag with an elastic belt.
I think I paid $50 for it.
Try your local running specialty store. |
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posted: 4/24/2008 at 9:05 PM |
What he said ^ and go to your local running store for good tech jackets. Mine cost about $40 on sale. However, I also have a less "technical" one I bought at Wal-Mart (Champion brand) which has done very well for me and it only cost $10. They had such incredible colors as gray, dark blue and black.
Ok you can all start pelting me and hurling insults but I swear it was in moment of weakness.  |
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2008 goals:
1) run a fall marathon (Indy)
2) stay injury free
3) PR 5K, 10K, HM & M
4) get my kids to start running with me
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| view log Blaine Moore |
posted: 4/25/2008 at 1:22 AM |
| I'd reconsider the black and get something bright and obnoxious. You are more likely to be seen by traffic that way. |
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posted: 4/25/2008 at 1:27 AM |
| Quote from Run To Win on 4/25/2008 at 1:22 AM: I'd reconsider the black and get something bright and obnoxious. You are more likely to be seen by traffic that way.
what he said.
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posted: 4/25/2008 at 12:05 PM |
An older woman at my local Y saw me going out to run in a bright yellow jacket. She THANKED me for wearing it, because she said runners don't seem to realize how hard it is for cars to see them.
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posted: 4/25/2008 at 1:13 PM
modified: 4/25/2008 at 1:15 PM |
| Quote from Teresadfp on 4/25/2008 at 12:05 PM: An older woman at my local Y saw me going out to run in a bright yellow jacket. She THANKED me for wearing it, because she said runners don't seem to realize how hard it is for cars to see them.
Not that long ago I bought a bright yellow vest and I felt kind of silly when I first put it on (especially when my kids giggled at me). After a few runs wearing the vest, twice in the rain, I realized how just by wearing it I felt a little safer since it would be difficult to not see that bright shade of yellow!
Other than that my favorite dry weather running jacket is actually a light fleece one by Nike. It has thumb holes, I love thumb holes. It has a small zipper pocket in the back where I sometimes keep my van key. |
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Southeastern PA Group
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