Some of these are funny. Some are redundant, so skim. Blatantly plagiarized from [url=http://badbenkc.blogspot.com/2007/09/proper-t-shirt-etiquette.html]Bad Ben's Ramblings[/url].
1. A shirt cannot be worn unless the wearer has participated in the event. There is an exception, though: "significant others" and volunteers are exempt.
2. Any race tee, less than a marathon distance, shouldn’t be worn to an ultramarathon event. This goes double for the wearing of sprint-tri shirts to Ironman and Half-Ironman events. It simply doesn’t represent a high enough "cool factor " and sends a red flag regarding your rookiness. It's like taking a knife to a gunfight. It's probably best just to wear a generic name-brand athletic shirt, and go hide in a corner until race time.
3. When you are returning to a race in which you have previously finished, wear the shirt from the first year you completed the race. Don’t short-change yourself by wearing the shirt from the year before. It doesn’t adequately display the feat of accomplishment or the consummate veteran status that you are due.
4. Never wear a race event shirt for the (same) race you are about to do. Only rookies do this. It displays a total lack of integrity and might put the bad-heebee-jeebee-mojo on you for the race. Wearing a T-shirt of the race, while currently running said race, is discouraged. It’s like being at work and constantly announcing "I’m at work". Besides, you won't have a clean post-race shirt unless you like to wear sweaty, pitted-out clothes on a regular basis. If you do, then go back to the swamp, Gomer.
5. Never wear a shirt from a run that you did not finish. To wear a race shirt is to say "I finished it". Exceptions: see guideline #1.
6. A DNF’er may wear a race shirt if the letters DNF are boldly written on the shirt in question (using a fat Sharpie or a Marks-A-Lot).
7. During a race, the wearing of shirt from a previously completed year is acceptable. Wear the oldest T-shirt you have from that race (see guideline #3). This is probably a good practice because you now have no excuse to drop out since you’ve done it before.
8. If possible, runners should buy significant others T-shirts which can be worn without regard to running the race. (see guide #1). Keep in mind, they support your "running Jones" more than you think. They also have ways of punishing you that you can't even imagine. Or maybe you can.
9. Volunteers have full T-shirt rights and all privileges pertaining thereto. So there. Remember, you can always volunteer for a race and get a shirt. I encourage this as your civil duty to be a member of the running community. Races don't happen without volunteers, folks.
10. No souvenir shirts: therefore, friends or anyone else not associated with the race may not wear a race shirt. If your mom thinks that your Boston shirt is lovely, tell her to QUALIFY for Boston herself and send in her application early for next year, so she can earn her own shirt. A downside to this: she still has plenty of time to write you out of her will between her training runs for the big race. Note that your mom CAN wear your finisher's shirt under one of these 4 conditions- 1) you still live with your mother; 2) she funded your trip to the race; 3) she recently bailed you out of the slammer; or 4) All of the above. There is an exception to this guideline: (refer to # 1...If you are a "non-traditional family," and your mom actually is your Significant Other).
11. Always wear the race shirt of your last race at the current race’s pre-race briefing. The more recent the race, the better. This is a good conversation starter. However, avoid the tendency to explain how that it was a training run for this, and this is just a training run for the next, etc. It just sounds like your rationalizing mediocre performances. Sometimes it’s best to live in the here and now.
12. Your t-shirt should be kept clean, but dried blood stains are okay, especially if it is a trail race or a particularly tough event. If you're an ultrarunner, you can even leave in mud and grass stains, (and porcupine quills). Not washing-out the skunk scent is pushing the macho thing a bit too far, though.
13. Never wear a T-shirt that vastly out-classes the event you're running. It’s like taking a gun to a knife fight. Or like unleashing an atomic bomb among aboriginal natives. You get the idea.
14. Never wear a blatantly prestigious T-shirt downtown or at the mall among non-running ilk. People will just think you have a big head, which you do. You'll also get stupid questions, like, "how long was that marathon?" If it's a shirt to a 50 or 100-miler, they'll think it's a shirt for a cycling event or just think you're totally nuts, which of course, you probably are.
15. Never, ever, borrow a race finisher's shirt from another runner to wear to an event that you didn't run. If you do, remember that in Dante's Inferno, he wrote about a special Hell for characters such as you, right between Tax Collectors and Lawyers.
16. The Bad Ben Guideline: All children or grandchildren of mine can wear hand-me-down race finisher's shirts for races that I've run in. When they are asked, "did you run in that 100-mile trail race?" They can proudly respond, "no, but my daddy (or grandad) did." If your progeny has put-up with you being an ultrarunner, they have said rights too. If you have completed an Ironman, your kids also have the same rights. They've put up with a lot of crap (or outright neglect) over the years, and deserve to wear them.
Those are great! I think
Those are great! I think back to all the races Ive done and laugh at everyone of those cause we all know those people haha
The only 'exception' I take
The only 'exception' I take are with his exceptions: It's not OK for significant others, or volunteers, to receive or wear the same shirt as a finisher. Their shirts should have 'volunteer' written on them, and the significant other can wash my finisher shirt, not wear it. (I keed, I keed.)
TriSooner wrote: 2. Any race
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2. Any race tee, less than a marathon distance, shouldn’t be worn to an ultramarathon event. This goes double for the wearing of sprint-tri shirts to Ironman and Half-Ironman events. It simply doesn’t represent a high enough "cool factor " and sends a red flag regarding your rookiness. It's like taking a knife to a gunfight. It's probably best just to wear a generic name-brand athletic shirt, and go hide in a corner until race time.
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I cite an amendment to this rule. If I saw a pro wearing the T from a small sprint race I'd give'm mad props for having love for the lil races. IE: Macca wearing a 5k T, or Armstrong wearing some small sprint T.
"Michael Scott's Dunder
"Michael Scott's Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun Run Race for the Cure" What is the criteria for the wearing of this race shirt??
Quincyceltic wrote:"Michael
[quote=Quincyceltic]"Michael Scott's Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun Run Race for the Cure" What is the criteria for the wearing of this race shirt??
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That would trump all exceptions and statues. If you know were to buy this shirt please send a link. I would buy it in a heart beat.
For those of you who don't get the reference either (1) skip your Thursday evening pool workout and watch The Office or (2) buy old seasons to watch on the trainer because you are missing one of the BEST shows on television right now.
the shirt of all shirts can
the shirt of all shirts can be found on the nbc store page--along with all things Office...
There should be an exception
There should be an exception made for a pregnant wife/significant other. My wife wore more than one of my race shirts when she was in the later months of her pregnitude, and she had no part in any of the races (she likes to sleep in). Is this okay, or am I in trouble?
shouldn't there be an
shouldn't there be an exemption for super models borrowing shirts b/c they didn't bring a change of clothes ;-)
diva_mom wrote:shouldn't
[quote=diva_mom]shouldn't there be an exemption for super models borrowing shirts b/c they didn't bring a change of clothes ;-)
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Are you referring to the supermodels that will be volunteering at the man tri. If so, I think they're covered under rule #9.
WillRace4Food
[quote=WillRace4Food][quote=Quincyceltic]"Michael Scott's Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun Run Race for the Cure" What is the criteria for the wearing of this race shirt??
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That would trump all exceptions and statues. If you know were to buy this shirt please send a link. I would buy it in a heart beat.
For those of you who don't get the reference either (1) skip your Thursday evening pool workout and watch The Office or (2) buy old seasons to watch on the trainer because you are missing one of the BEST shows on television right now.[/quote]
I have this shirt. I got it at Kohls.
And no, I didn't complete the run, but I did watch the episode.
5. Never wear a shirt from a
5. Never wear a shirt from a run that you did not finish. To wear a race shirt is to say "I finished it". Exceptions: see guideline #1.
is it o.k. if i wear a shirt from a race I flatted out of on long runs as motivation? it sucked so much to not finish, so i try to keep that memory with me...
diva_mom wrote:shouldn't
[quote=diva_mom]shouldn't there be an exemption for super models borrowing shirts b/c they didn't bring a change of clothes ;-)
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this is the kind of clear thinking we need more of! :)
WillRace4Food
[quote=WillRace4Food][quote=Quincyceltic]"Michael Scott's Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun Run Race for the Cure" What is the criteria for the wearing of this race shirt??
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That would trump all exceptions and statues. If you know were to buy this shirt please send a link. I would buy it in a heart beat.
For those of you who don't get the reference either (1) skip your Thursday evening pool workout and watch The Office or (2) buy old seasons to watch on the trainer because you are missing one of the BEST shows on television right now.[/quote]
I loved the part where Pam had to point out to Michael that a 5K is not 5000 miles. man, what a great episode that was.
Best part was when Michael
Best part was when Michael Carb loaded with Fettucine Alfredo 5 mins before the race
diva_mom wrote:shouldn't
[quote=diva_mom]shouldn't there be an exemption for super models borrowing shirts b/c they didn't bring a change of clothes ;-)
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No, the supermodel will have to go shirtless. The way God intended him/her to be.
xc800runner wrote:diva_mom
[quote=xc800runner][quote=diva_mom]shouldn't there be an exemption for super models borrowing shirts b/c they didn't bring a change of clothes ;-)
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No, the supermodel will have to go shirtless. The way God intended him/her to be. [/quote]
'Nuff said!! ;-)
addendum: race tshirts, once
addendum:
race tshirts, once too old and tattered that they may not be wearable any longer, shall not be retired to become cleaning rags, even if it is to polish a 1955 Mercedes Benz Gullwing 300SL. A race tshirt shall be disposed of properly by either burning it or burying it.
One should not engage in unsportsmanlike acts while wearing a race tshirt in public. this includes: robbing small businesses at gunpoint (unless a long protracted footrace with the Police ensues that is broadcast on television and the anchor comments on how good the perp is at evading the cops over a long distance)
The race tshirt should preferrably not be at the bottom of the hamper, beneath ordinary clothes, but always rest on top of the dirty laundry pile. The same applies to the stack of tshirts stored in a drawer.
Race tshirts should be resold.
I like #14...Forget about
I like #14...Forget about the Mall... hell I go to the local club fun runs and wear some shirt from a 24 hour run or ride. You catch people reading it then they just look at you with THAT look. They never, ever ask about it...
Oops! My bad...I didn't realize there is something wrong with taking a gun to a knife fight...It worked for Indiana Jones!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DzcOCyHDqc&feature=related
deepbluex
[quote=deepbluex]addendum:
One should not engage in unsportsmanlike acts while wearing a race tshirt in public. this includes: robbing small businesses at gunpoint (unless a long protracted footrace with the Police ensues that is broadcast on television and the anchor comments on how good the perp is at evading the cops over a long distance)
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Hahahahahaha
P.S. Anton, one might argue that you have a lot in common with Indiana Jones ; )
jhudalla wrote:I cite an
[quote=jhudalla]I cite an amendment to this rule. If I saw a pro wearing the T from a small sprint race I'd give'm mad props for having love for the lil races.
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Here's a photo I found of me wearing a T-shirt from the Suncoast Sprint Triathlon to an ITU Pan-Am Cup. Sorry it's from the back....it was the only shot I could find. I'm the one with "GREENE" written on his butt. I have "love for the lil races" because they're the only ones I can win (I got last place a few hours after this was taken...that was exceptionally bad....even for me!)
[IMG]http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t276/mgreene11/nevistransition.jpg[/IMG]
Quincyceltic wrote:Best part
[quote=Quincyceltic]Best part was when Michael Carb loaded with Fettucine Alfredo 5 mins before the race[/quote]
Isn't that the criteria for wearing the shirt? :)
I save the most colorful
I save the most colorful best designed tshirts(after a few wearings of course) to made into a race tshirt quilt.
I had this cool "race shirt"
I had this cool "race shirt" experience in 2005 at IMC.
I had packed a Taipei Marathon finisher's shirt in my dry clothes bag and wore it to the massage tent. I was waiting line for my turn when I heard this excited voice jabbering at me. I turned around to see a fellow survivor with his family. He pointed at my chest and the shirt, then to himself. He managed to explain with sign language that he had done that same marathon and had the same shirt of course. He was from Taiwan and didn't speak English. I don't speak Mandarin, but we had become brothers in the flesh because of a shared race t-shirt.
I think of him every time I pull out that t-shirt.
PoC