100% cotton t-shirts do not wick moisture away from the body when sweating. I can’t think of anything worse than a soggy t-shirt hanging on my body in the middle of spin class.

Getting into dri-fit materials is a lot more expensive. Some races now offer shirts like this, most don’t. Some races are making lots of money and could easily afford the extra cost, but a lot of races are just non-profit fundraisers and are trying to keep the costs down so they can minimize the overhead and maximize the amount raised.

100% cotton shirts are not worthless. Lots of people wear them for casual uses, and they make a good coverup if your workout clothes are not exactly something you want to walk down the street or go grocery shopping in.

My second “beef” with my race day tees are that most of the time, the shirts don’t fit. I always ask for medium, but, usually, I swim in it. Logos are not cute, pretty and honestly, if I wear one, I feel “frumped out”.

I am assuming that you only enter races that have size medium as the smallest? Otherwise, I don’t understand why you just get a small?

Unless a race specifies men’s and women’s sizes, the sizes are always unisex, and yes, a unisex medium is huge. Even a unisex small in some brands (Nike, adidas) is huge on me, and I am 5’6!

I think all races should offer a youth large as an option for adults, but it seems like most events are run by men who have little concern for these things.

Lots of good stuff in this blog post, but try to cut the race directors a little slack sometimes

I know of a couple of races in Colorado that at least give out technical tees, or have in the past – Boulder Backroads Marathon/Half Marathon, and the Platte River Half Marathon. Much better than cotton!