Ironing shorts?!

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Dec issue of RW finally arrived today. Have only started flicking through, but saw a guide to quelling pre-race nerves, illustrated with a "to do" list.

Clearly somebody at Runner's World thinks ironing their shorts is an essential part of pre-race preparation.

Am I the only person who thinks that ironing kit is a complete waste of time?!

Obviously I'm a complete slut (in the old-fashioned sense, of course)...

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[They are running (pun intended) out of sensible things to say, see!]

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Iron running kit? ha, ha, ha...

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LOL In fact, I know someone who irons his shorts for the weekly five-a-side football.

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what about socks?

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I once lodged in the house of a man who ironed his underpants. Very very strange.

Gavo

Ironing shorts or socks is pointless.



I do iron my laces though. Obviously not when they're in the shoes.

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not something that we'd find you doing CMK!

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I iron my race number. I want it crease free and easy to read, 'cause when I finish first...

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errrrr..... i iron shorts, socks, undies, sportsbra (not sure how wise it is to confess to this)

Broadsword Calling Danny Boy

I have enough trouble keeping the creases out of my shirts and trousers.

What a bleeding ridiculous waste of time.

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Iron, ironing - nope, sorry what IS this?

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you ARE joking, aren't you, Erratic?

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how can i put this?

no

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I only iron the bits people see, ie work shirts, you only do the front and collar if you wear a jacket.

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Anyone who irons running kit should seek psychiatric help!!!

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Er...HOW can you iron a bra?

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i like it

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Sorry , though this was a thread of short stories about ironing , thought Rob Spedding had been in

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oops crossed with lizzyb - just flatten it out & pass the iron over it

nrg-b

Iron Shorts - is that some sort of handicap device for Uber-Runners?

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Ah, perhaps THAT's what the list was referring to, NRG!

So which of the RW guys wears iron shorts then?!

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But do you have to iron iron shorts??

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let me have a pair to put in the wash & i'll let you know! guess i'm in a minority then

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... of one?!

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Perhaps you should change your name from 'Erratic' to 'Eccentric'?!?!


















PS. Why do you call yourself 'Erratic'?!

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Erratic (and any out there too embarrassed to admit it), I have one question.

Why?

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brace yourself - i enjoy ironing. i know - can't explain it, just one of them things! yep - should've kept stum. surely other people do weirder things than that?

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No. That's the weirdest thing anyone does. ;-)

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i iron shorts

nrg-b

In our house, Mrs NRG-B irons _every-bl**ding-thing_!! Not only the normal stuff but all my running kit, jim-jams, socks, the lot!
I've asked her to get involved with running so that she can have the RW nickname: Comfort Vaporess.

Now that I wear the shorts, Mrs NRG-B wears the trousers.