How do you keep your shorts from riding up? I’ve only just run in shorts for the first time in my life (at age 28), and I absolutely love it. I feel so free, I don’t care who sees my legs, and it’s nice to not be so covered. I’ve got body-glide for the chafing, so my only current problem is my shorts riding up. Is this something that can be prevented, or do i have to just deal with it if I want to run in shorts? Are my shorts too short? Too tight? I want to keep running in shorts, but I don’t want to feel like I’m really just running in underwear.
Sorry if this is a dumb post. All of my runner friends are super lean and said they don’t have to deal with the riding up.
edit: you’re all so wonderful and I am so grateful for the overwhelmingly positive response and I swear I’ll reply to all of you sometime this weekend. I’ve just had a super stressful week and I don’t have the energy for anything outside of my daily routine right now!
@trotsky Ok so I did look for a place to purchase, but I can’t find it anywhere! The company is local I think, so that’s probably why. They’re called Negative Split and they’re based in Spokane, WA afaik.
@timothysir Thick thighs and inward growing thigh bones person here. The solution is longer fitted shorts or straight out pants. I have loose shorts with built in tights but the shell cramps up at my crotch anyway so it's equally ugly
@timothysir I only have that issue when wearing women’s shorts. In middle school, I got kinda self conscious about my thicc thighs and started wearing boys basketball shorts. I’ve never had a problem with them riding up.
@timothysir Your shorts may be too short or too tight but I really feel like it has to do with how your body is proportioned as well. Everything rides up on me, and I have pretty thin thighs compared to my hips and booty. So, I kind of just lean into it and go with SHORT shorts, to be honest, that way there is less material to ride up and bunch uncomfortably. I like the variety with built in undies like these: https://www.asics.com/us/en-us/w-everysport-short/p/0010258525.0904 .
I think someone else posted about running skirts in here too, maybe that would be something to look into?
@timothysir Shorts always ride up on me, regardless of what size I am or what shorts I wear or what I wear underneath. I find it so annoying and difficult to concentrate when this happens.
I find the best solution to be knee length or mid-thigh leggings/spandex. They let most of your leg breathe but are fitted enough that they stay i place.
