Long confined to stadium and gym locker rooms, track shorts are rapidly becoming more emancipated. This year, 2025, they're making their way onto the catwalks, into trendy streets, and into your ...

Those old shorts from high school track practice that have shrunk in the dryer might be bad enough to drive you out of the sport entirely. Sometimes, the best motivation for getting onto the track, ...

Price: $60 The right shorts for: Embracing that bygone era of high school track meets. Buy Men’s Buy Women’s. I normally don’t wear shorts with a ruched waistband, but I can’t help making ...

As a lifelong runner — from elementary-school track to competing as a Division I collegiate runner, logging 50-plus miles per week — I know that I run my fastest in a pair of shorts. And I ...

We logged more than 10 miles in eight pairs of the most popular running shorts and landed on these four options as the best for their comfort, style, utility and performance.

From short to long to those with pockets, these expert-recommended women’s running shorts—from Oiselle, Tracksmith, lululemon, and more—will suit every runner.

I’ve been running in my pair of five-inch Nike shorts since 2013, and that longevity is one of the reasons why they’re one of my most frequently recommended shorts.They’re not as soft as the ...

In Defense of Short Shorts Nick Symmonds’s Brooks teammate Drew Windle would disagree. At 23, almost a decade younger than Symmonds, Windle is a six-time NCAA Division II champion, and rising ...

When women first competed in Olympic track and field events in 1928, they wore loose t-shirts and wide shorts, sometimes cinched with a belt. Those breezy, decidedly non-aerodynamic silhouettes ...