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Hi Eric : I am not in marketing, but "cheap"and "knockoff" have negative connations to me. I am very interested "inexpensive" "high-quality" running gear, and for me, "high-quality" means it looks good and is comfortable, for a long time. You should go for it. Through this site, you've got a lot of admirers (i.e. potential customers). I think you would do real well.

Are you a TJ Maxx gal, too? We could totally do a shopping trip...like, OMG! k

Just be careful with your credit card. TJX breach snares over 200,000 cards in region

BTW, I think RoadRunner sports already has their own (generic) brand of socks, shirts, etc, but they aren't that much cheaper than name-brand stuff. Has anyone ever tried their clothes? Are they descent quality? Is there any reason that they aren't cheaper or are they just trying to make a lot of money?

I've never tried their shorts/shirts/socks but I have a RRS jacket and pants that I bought off the clearance rack a few years ago. They are their "DryRoad" brand. Basically these are my bulletproof layers that I wear for severe cold or precip. I wear the jacket for running maybe 15 times a year (only when it's very cold, or cold and raining/snowing) and then I wear it around as a casual jacket in spring/fall. I wear the pants even less because I only wear them for rain or wet snow. If its just really cold (like this morning) I wear the jacket on top, but go with a standard pair of track pants (Adidas Erickson pants this a.m.) on the bottom. This particular jacket is very high quality. It is as good as gear I've bought from Patagonia, North Face etc. and was much less expensive--especially since I bought it from the clearance bin. I think the jacket was $80 and the pants $50. I've had them maybe 3-4 years and they are good as new. I'm sure they (RRS) are trying to make money - as is the primary goal of any commercial enterprise - but from my experience their stuff is good and priced competitively. I'm pretty particular about shorts and socks, so I would probably not by cheap knockoffs for those. But long and short sleeve shirts would be good if they were decent quality. To be honest, though, I don't have much problem finding running cloths at decent prices. I rarely wind up paying retail for anything and it's not like I buy tons of stuff--I mean it's all synthetic fibers that seem to last forever. I have some short sleeve poly t-shirts from REI that I've had for, literally, 5 or 6 years. I have pants that are 3 & 4 years old, several long and short sleeve base layers that are 4+ years old, the jacket and pants already mentioned, etc., etc. I have running underwear for under track pants or tights in the winter that are 4+ years old. None of this stuff is close to being worn out. The things that I go through pretty fast are shorts and socks. But those are also things that I'm pretty particular about the fit and thickness on so I have to go brand name. Still, if I pay $35 for a pair of shorts (on the off chance I can't get them cheap from my sis or some other source) then so be it. I get my money's worth out of them. I've never had the experience of paying $80 for a shirt. There's no need to do that.

Sounds great.

You could just sell some heat-transfer RA logos and we can all put them on our fave tech stuff we've already got. I'm more than willing to buy some and slap them on my running duds!

Hi Eric : I am not in marketing, but "cheap"and "knockoff" have negative connations to me. I am very interested "inexpensive" "high-quality" running gear, and for me, "high-quality" means it looks good and is comfortable, for a long time. You should go for it. Through this site, you've got a lot of admirers (i.e. potential customers). I think you would do real well.

The cheap knock bit was a bad attempt at poking fun at myself. Botched joke anyone? I talked with my mother the other day, and she said it's very doable. The hardest part I suspect is to finding the exact material. I own a ton of running clothes, and they're made of different kinds of technical material. Once we find the material that I like, everything else should be simple.

I'll buy!! Just make sure that there are plenty of pockets in pants and shorts. And, I'm a tall woman ( 5'9''), please, please, make pants for long legs, or make generic men's that can pass for both.