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posted: 4/25/2007 at 11:30 PM |
Well.
The weather today was perfect for a running skirt today (actually, it's technically a tennis skirt, but it's adorable and it works).
Anyhow.
I got a lot of weird looks, like who does that girl think she is, running in a SKIRT?
I'll tell you who.
Someone who ran EIGHT miles tonight in 1:09:36, someone who has run two marathons and three half marathons.
Now, those people giving me the RUDE looks ... I doubt they even run.  Honestly. Get with the times!! Real women runners wear SKIRTS! |
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posted: 4/25/2007 at 11:39 PM |
Go figure people!! I wore my skirt the other day on the Little Lehigh Trail, and as dh and I are running dh whispers "hey honey look that guy is checking you out" lmao.
Totally agree about the people who give you rude looks. Definetly not runners!
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posted: 4/26/2007 at 12:19 AM |
I get whistles, honks, and blasts on air horns (I about castrated that asshat sitting on his boat in a marina)! I think maybe I'd prefer rude looks. The noise often makes me jump when I'm zen'd out.
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posted: 4/26/2007 at 12:44 AM |
Quote from zoom-zoom on 4/26/2007 at 12:19 AM:I get honks, and blasts on air horns (I about castrated that asshat sitting on his boat in a marina)! I think maybe I'd prefer rude looks. The noise often makes me jump when I'm zen'd out. k
Don't you just want to pull the drivers out and smack them when they do that? I know I sure do!
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posted: 4/26/2007 at 12:46 AM |
| Quote from rockenmamof5 on 4/26/2007 at 12:44 AM: Don't you just want to pull the drivers out and smack them when they do that? I know I sure do!
Yes. Or pepper spray them. That would be fun, too.
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Kirsten
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posted: 4/26/2007 at 3:41 AM |
| I still can't do it. I can't wear my running skirt outside. I ALMOST did today but since it was raining when I ran I totally convinced myself it wasn't the right time. |
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posted: 4/26/2007 at 2:11 PM |
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posted: 4/26/2007 at 2:12 PM |
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posted: 4/26/2007 at 3:51 PM |
That article is great--I also see that RRS now carries almost a dozen different skirts/skorts, as does Title 9 sports! I currently own FIVE different skirts/skorts. Thus far my favorites are my two NB ones (Andare and Bonita). I like their compression short. I don't plan to wear shorts anymore. I like not having the bunched-up fabric of loose shorts chafing my inner-thighs.
The biggest problem many of us have found with the SkirtSports skirts is that their sizing is ALL over the place. I think Cheryl has 2 of the same model in the same size that don't even fit the same. The skirt I have is a size small, as are all of my other skirts, but it fits like an extra-small, so I won't be able to wear it until I lose at least 10#s (which is some incentive, which isn't all bad). The SkirtSports ones are also pretty $$. I'm not convinced the quality is any better than my $40 skirts, either.
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Kirsten
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posted: 4/26/2007 at 5:12 PM |
I have three running skirts ...
one is from runningskirts.com (I think), love it, navy blue and white
one is a Nike tennis skirt, white w a little green, love it
one is a Nike running skirt, gives me wedgies .. don't love it.
Zoomie, I'm going to check out the NB skirts (my birthday is coming up, hint hint to the husby!)
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posted: 4/26/2007 at 5:56 PM |
I really like the NB ones. The liner shorts do kind of ride-up (I think because of my shape I will have this issue with all of the liner shorts), but they don't bother me. I wore my Andare one for a 10 mile race last Fall and had no chafing issues, even though the liner short ends up fitting like a boyshort. I still use bodyglide on my chubby inner thigh area, but I had to do that with regular shorts too. Only, unlike regular shorts, I don't have the fabric chafing issues.
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Kirsten
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• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
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• 1st trail race |
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posted: 4/26/2007 at 7:38 PM |
| I will never wear a running skirt running lol |
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posted: 4/26/2007 at 8:55 PM |
I think ya'll get all the looks because it is unusual for people who arent avid runners to see people running in skirts. I never heard of it until I first got on here back in January. I still havent actually seen anyone running in them. If I did im sure I would look twice.
I told my girlfriend the other day about them and she had never heard of a running skirt. Maybe I should buy her one? But then she'd have to start running, lol. |
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posted: 4/26/2007 at 9:14 PM
modified: 4/26/2007 at 9:14 PM |
I ran my first race ever in a skirt. And I wear one to Physical Therapy - way better than shorts that ride & bunch up!
a fair number of women were wearing em.
Pics you say?
Sure 
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