Running Club and Race Day Kit: Vests, Tees and Layers

What a running club, a charity team or a race crew needs: a vest or tee that wicks, a layer for the start line, and a name on the front that people can read.

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Four runners in blue running tops and jackets on a waterside road at sunrise

Runners are the easiest people to kit out and the fussiest about it. There is no strip to match and no league to satisfy, but the top has to wick, the seams must not rub over ten miles, and the club name has to be readable by someone standing on a kerb.

The top: vest or tee

A club vest is the traditional choice and the coolest to race in. A technical T-shirt suits training nights, parkrun and anyone who would rather keep their shoulders covered. Our running range draws on TriDri, Spiro and AWDis Just Cool, brands whose whole business is lightweight wicking fabric, with women's cuts alongside the unisex ones so nobody is handed a box-shaped vest and told it will do.

Shorts and a layer

The Spiro Micro-lite running short is the sort of thing a club standardises on: light and plain enough to go with any top. For the start line and the wait afterwards, a lightweight jacket such as the Spiro Zero Gravity keeps the wind off.

Printing a name people can read

  • Go big on the front. Supporters shout what they can read. A club name across the chest gets more encouragement than a small badge.
  • Use one colour of print that contrasts with the fabric. White on navy and navy on white are legible from across a road.
  • Send a proper file. Our guide to getting a logo print-ready explains what to ask your designer for.

A logo is £3.95 a garment and a name is 80p a letter, printed in our own workshop in Lowestoft with no minimum order. The product page says whether the garment in front of you can be personalised and shows the price before you add it.

Charity teams and one-off events

A team of six running for a hospice needs six tops, not sixty. With no minimum and the 10% that comes off any basket over £100, a small team pays the same per garment as a big club.

A local example

We are official sponsors of the Lowestoft 10K, and the official 2026 race clothing is on its own page: T-shirts, running vests and shorts. It is also a fair picture of what a club shop looks like if your running club wants one.

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