Loin-cloth competition...Warrior Dash, Chicago.

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I'd like to see a serious discussion of loin cloths. I know at least two of the guys here have them and I'd like to hear about how they got them/how they were made. Even if I may not want to see them, having been stuck in the Sweaty-Chafey-Fungusy-Skin-Melts-Off-South for too long, I think loin clothes are a reasonable piece of running attire as long as I don't have to see your junk (unintentional flashing can be excused as long as it doesn't happen constantly, I can only burn my eyes out once you know)! I think I would rather see a well-made loin cloth than running tights any day. I suspect the "skirts" the indigenous men in that book-that-shall-not-be-named by that MacD fellow are actually rather modest loin clothes. I am just guessing this since they are triangle shaped.
 
Now wait a minute. I'm all for a diversity of tastes and styles, but I think NOBODY looks good in a loin cloth unless there are buckskin leggings involved. (or females)

Running tights? Do you mean those streamlined and longer alternatives to summer's lycra shorts? I hate baggy anything and find lycra is actually my friend in any season.

Let's see how the rest of the world feels about loin cloth or lycra.
 
I didn't say they looked good, I said they were reasonable attire for men running in hot weather.:p I HATE HATE HATE men (ok women too) in tights, I know I am in the minority, but if there is a tighted man running at me I will turn around and run the other way, or close my eyes, make a face, or pretend like I am looking at birds! If you must wear tights put a kilt over them, is my feeling anyway.:p Or put a loin cloth on over your tights! I think a discussion of buckskin leggings would be interesting too. Come to think of it; those actors in The Last of the Mohicans did not look bad in loin cloth + leggings.
 
I didn't say they looked good, I said they were reasonable attire for men running in hot weather.:p I HATE HATE HATE men (ok women too) in tights, I know I am in the minority, but if there is a tighted man running at me I will turn around and run the other way, or close my eyes, make a face, or pretend like I am looking at birds! If you must wear tights put a kilt over them, is my feeling anyway.:p Or put a loin cloth on over your tights! I think a discussion of buckskin leggings would be interesting too. Come to think of it; those actors in The Last of the Mohicans did not look bad in loin cloth + leggings.
I hate wearing tights, so I don't do it. No matter the temp outside us guys look like it is really really cold out when wearing tights...
 
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Loin Cloth and tights just didn't work, it was an odd combination, but the only option in those cold conditions. The tights are coming off next time. No risk of seeing the junk. These kind of diaper in that area, but you might see more butt than you want too.

Seriously though, just a gimmick or costume. Not that great for performance and I would never wear them in my redneck valley. I'm riding a fine line of not getting beat up as it is.

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There's gotta be some functionality to traditional loin cloths:
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And these guys look pretty sharp!:p

BTW I just Googled "loincloth runners"...hoping for more traditional pictures...and your pics from your event are in the second row in the image search. That's some publicity!
 
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So are rigged costumes...rigged to fall off, that is. ;) I am seriously SO surprised Mike let me make his lioncloth. Of course, he is probaly a secret flasher. Speaking of (thread hijack alert) -after a few too many drinks on New Years Eve, I may, or may not, have flashed pretty much all of downtown Portland -including a hot fireman! :eek: My husband was very proud! :D
 
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Butts are fine.....in private!

I figure guys running in loincloths, kilts, skirts, etc. can be excused for some unintentional butt flash-age because, unlike many American females, they have not been trained since toddlerhood to be "ladylike", which loosely translates to: don't-expose-your-pelvic-region-in-public-while-wearing-a-skirt. I think there is a learning curve there and they should be given a little leeway.

So tell us about how you constructed Mike's loin cloth Jen.
 
BTW I just Googled "loincloth runners"...hoping for more traditional pictures...and your pics from your event are in the second row in the image search. That's some publicity!

You got me worried so I looked. I guess they dropped me off the images, but I noticed Jason and Caveman on there.

More disturbing was the Google search that brought up Forey Jacobson. I was just kidding about getting beaten up, he really was.
 
Weird. You were in the second row yesterday. :p