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Meep Meep
Meep Meep
2:43pm
2:43pm, 3 Mar 2025
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I spend about half my time in Scotland and half in England. I reckon I see more topless blokes at parkrun in Scotland. And people keep shouting "taps aff!" when they go by.
RunaroundSue
RunaroundSue
3:16pm
3:16pm, 3 Mar 2025
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I took my running shirt off after about 2.5 km on the last two Saturdays. I was wearing a running bra to do my (not) parkrun in Lanzarote.
I imagine if I had been at home I would have been wearing a jacket and possibly hat and gloves
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
3:28pm
3:28pm, 3 Mar 2025
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I have taken my shirt off precisely twice on runs. Both times because I was getting a bit of chafing on the nips and also overheating. I reserve it for very quiet routes - it's like a hairy lava lamp :-)
larkim
larkim
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My only top-removal runs have been when testing / proving to myself that static from my t-shirt was getting in the way of chest strap heart rate data. And I did it discretely, on a night run on very quiet roads!!
OO61
OO61
4:07pm
4:07pm, 3 Mar 2025
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The only parkrun I did topless was Brisbane where temperatures were mid 20s by 8am (parkrun start time) and folks were already melting before we'd even started.
Son of a Pronator Man
Son of a Pronator Man
5:22pm
5:22pm, 3 Mar 2025
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It’s not very inclusive is it ? And in practical terms the difference between running in a vest and bare chested would be next to nothing.
Bazoaxe
Bazoaxe
6:39pm
6:39pm, 3 Mar 2025
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I think I have only seen one topless runner ever. And that was a work colleague on a lunchtime run.
IdrisTheDragon
IdrisTheDragon
7:25pm
7:25pm, 3 Mar 2025
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When it’s warmer I run with just a crop top on - tbh I can’t get too concerned about people running topless.

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Maintained by Hendo
A discussion of all things parkrun.

Here's a wiki giving brief reviews of parkruns up and down the land:

fetcheveryone.com/article-view.php?id=545

parkruns with restart permission: google.com

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