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RRRC Tech Shirts - Carytown, Cul-De-Sac, etc. Why are they so small?
Okay, I'm big - 6' 3", 250 & my lovely wife calls me 'Johnny Long-Torso'. This is why I've always worn XXL shirts whether slimmer or huskier. I'd love to be sporting my running shirts about town or on the road, but they ride up & are too darn tight.
If this were the case for all tech shirts I get in runs, that would be one thing. But it appears the only ones I can't use are the ones from RRRC events. The Monument 10K stuff and other shirts I've gotten in runs out of town are just fine. Events distributing cotton shirts do OK as well.
Is there an assumption that because we're runners, we're small? I guess my point is a request to re-examine who your shirt provider is & whether they're capable of producing accurately-sized gear. And if anyone needs some XXL's that wear like XL's, let me know.
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Permalink Reply by Nigel Bavin on -
I aggree on the sizing of the Carytown 10K shirts, i take a large but it only just fit my Son, it was more like a small.Last year they were perfect.
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Permalink Reply by Chase on -
I always find the cotton ones to swim on me, but the few NYRR races that I've done have had the same issue with the tech shirts. Now that I'm prepared for that I just go up a size and tuck them in so I don't look so much like a child in a nightshirt, but otherwise I show some serious midriff.
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Permalink Reply by Karen Gammon on -
my Carytown shirt fit perfectly, just like all the other ones do. I have not noticed any differences at all in sizes, etc.
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Permalink Reply by Griffin on -
The point here is that for a big person who does not have a size to move up to, there is no alternative. Just asking those who make the 'whose shirts should we use?' to consider the big folks, or more universally, consider sizing accuracy.
I'd certainly pay more to get a shirt that fits.
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Permalink Reply by Anne Zielinski Brown on
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The company we used for the Carytown shirts this year did not tell me that the shirts were "fitted". I was extremely upset by this and will not use this company again. I apologize for your shirts and it will not happen again.
Anne Z. Brown
Race DIrector
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Permalink Reply by Griffin on
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That's cool Anne. I appreciate your (& everyone's) response! That certainly explains the tight fit. I guess that speaks to Nigel & Nicole's points as well about variability. I'll hope I can wear next year's shirt (fingers crossed for the Cul de Sac shirt as well).
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Permalink Reply by b white on -
Never had a cul de sac shirt?
Prefer the beer glasses, myself, although have nice set now with the Grand Prix glasses.
Also the watermelon, cookies and pizza.
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Permalink Reply by Nicole on -
I think with most clothing companies it's a crapshoot anymore on sizes. Nothing is regulated between companies and it's silly. Last summer I purchased one of the "In Training" shirts for the HMTT and the XXL (women's) was tight on me. For a size 14 woman to barely squeeze into a XXL shirt it was a little sad to say the least. I feel your pain. I purchase a lot New Balance running attire and wear an L in their shirts... so it makes no sense.
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Permalink Reply by Carlton on -
My Carytown shirt happened to fit great. BUT...when it comes to races, I always just order the same size shirt...the size that "should be" right for me. Nicole is right; the sizing is all over the map. I've had a few be too small, a few just right and many that are too large. If it doesn't fit, I just move on and hope for better luck next time because it isn't fair to others to try and switch your size at packet pickup. I was at the Boston Marathon in 2008 where they let people trade shirt sizes if they didn't like the fit. By the time I made it to the expo to pick up my race packet, they were out of the size that I pre-ordered. I was forced to move up a size for a shirt way-too-large. Only after 3 years of washing/drying is it even close to fitting.
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