The Stride 5 Running Half Tights
Most running tights add length nobody asked for. We stopped at 5 inches — where muscle support meets full range of motion.
The Stride 5 is a low-rise, body-contoured tight cut to a true 5-inch inseam — from the outside, it gives you similar leg coverage to a 2-inch elite running short. Serious runners go short for performance; now there's a tight that goes there with you. No knee-length compromise, no waistband you have to roll down to get comfortable. Five pockets anchor your phone, your gels, and your keys at your hip — enough carry to leave the hydration vest at home — and the chlorine-proof, four-way-stretch shell doesn't care if your run ends on pavement or in the ocean.
Key Features
- True 5" Inseam: Inseam numbers aren't comparable across tights and shorts — five on a tight covers about as much leg as two on a short. Elite-short leg coverage, with the support of a tight: maximum mobility, zero knee coverage, nothing left to ride up.
- 8.3" Low-Rise Fit: Sits at your hip, not your waist. No rolling the band down to find a comfortable line.
- 5-Pocket Carry System: Two XL hip pockets anchor your phone at your center of gravity instead of letting it swing on your thigh — each takes an oversized phone or a full 500mL HydraPak Speed flask, one per side, with zero bounce. Two gel pockets and a rear zip pocket round out the carry, each lined with lightweight, breathable liner fabric — not doubled-up shell material.
- Vest-Level Storage, Zero Vest: Five pockets at the hip carry as much as a hydration vest — without adding an ounce above the waist. No tradeoff between cargo capacity and an elite length cut.
- Contour Front Space: Pattern-engineered extra room up front — not a flat front — so nothing gets squished and nothing needs adjusting mid-run. Compression everywhere you need it, and nowhere you don't.
- Modesty Panel, Not a Full Liner: A seam-free front panel built with just enough engineered space for comfortable support — not a full brief-style liner sewn through the entire short. Less fabric inside means less heat and less weight; the support is exactly where you need it, and nowhere else.
- High-Quad Hem: Five inches puts the hem high on the quad, where your leg barely tapers — the flattest, most stable place to end a tight. Next-to-skin compression right to the edge: no bulk at the leg opening.
- Amphibious Tech Shell: A 190 GSM recycled tricot built with XLANCE® elastane — chlorine-proof, UV-resistant, and quick-drying enough to run straight from the trail into the surf.
- Heat-Transfer Care Label: Instructions pressed into the fabric itself — no tag flopping out the back of your tights, no stub left to chafe.
Fabric & Materials
- Shell: 78% recycled polyester, 22% Elastane (XLANCE®), 190 GSM. Chlorine-proof, four-way stretch, UV-resistant, Global Recycled Standard certified.
- Liner: 90% polyester / 10% Elastane, 140 GSM — used only where it's needed: the front modesty panel and pocket linings. No full brief-style liner — we cut the excess fabric, not the support.
- Zipper: YKK zip on the rear pocket — keys and cards stay put, guaranteed by the only zipper brand worth naming.
- Drawstring: Internal elasticized semi-round braided cord for a secure, no-slip tie.
- Stitching: A&E Wildcat thread construction for a soft, low-irritation finish at every seam.
Colorways
Basalt Black: A matte, deep black that reads as technical as it performs — on the starting line or three miles deep in the backcountry.
Fit & Sizing
- Fit: Next-to-skin compression.
- Sizing: True to size. Choose your standard waist size for a locked-in, race-ready fit.
- Rise: 8.3" front rise, 11" back rise — sits at the hip, not the belly button.
Locked-in compression fit. Sits naturally low on your hips at an 8.3-inch front rise. Order your true standard waist size.
Branding & Care
- Branding: Subdued logo, heat-transferred on the rear right hip only. You're not our billboard — the cut and the fabric do the talking.
- Care: Machine wash warm. Tumble dry low. Do not bleach. Rinse after use. Care label heat-transferred inside — no tag flopping out the back, no stub left to chafe.
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Built on the clock
Where the Stride 5 earns it
The 8.3-inch rise stays put past mile six.
Most half-tights ride up or need a re-tuck by the second mile — usually because the waistband is fighting to stay put. The Stride 5's rise sits at your hip instead of your waist, so there's no band to roll down and nothing to readjust mid-stride.
Two phone pockets. Zero pendulum swing.
Strap a phone to your thigh and it swings with every stride. We moved the pockets to your hip, at your center of gravity, so a full-size phone or a 500mL flask rides still through a full sprint.
Top speed doesn't shake anything loose.
A sprint at full tilt is the real pocket test. The gel pockets and rear zip sit close to the body and stay closed — nothing bounces open at pace.
One short for the trailhead and the track.
From a 400-meter rep to a 14-mile climb, the same 5-inch inseam and next-to-skin compression go the distance. No separate trail short, no separate track short.
Built to cross over
Trail to tide, without changing
Chlorine-proof was the easy part. Submersion-ready was the goal.
Our shell is built on a 190 GSM recycled tricot reinforced with XLANCE® chlorine-resistant elastane. It doesn't matter if the crossing is knee-deep or chest-deep.
Four-way stretch, fully loaded.
A loaded pack puts real torque through the hips on every climb. The 78/22 poly-elastane blend stretches with the motion instead of restricting it — mile after mile, without bagging out.
One bag for both halves of the day.
Chlorine-proof and quick-drying means the run kit and the swim kit are the same kit. The Stride 5 goes in the duffel once — and handles whatever the day turns into.
Earned, not assumed
Then it just keeps going
The logo you won't notice.
One subdued mark, heat-transferred on the rear right hip. We're not interested in being a billboard — the fabric and the fit do the talking.
Dry by the time you order.
190 GSM recycled tricot sheds water fast — quick enough that a sweat-soaked finish doesn't follow you to the table. No changing clothes, no second bag to carry.
No loose tag, no chafing, no excuses.
Every care label is heat-transferred directly into the fabric — there's nothing stitched in to rub or itch after hours on your feet.
Built for the rest of the day, not just the workout.
An 8.3-inch rise that sits at your hip looks as intentional off the clock as it does on it. The Stride 5 doesn't read as "workout gear" the second the workout ends.
Common questions
What you're actually buying
Running half tights reduce muscle vibration, stabilize movement, and eliminate the thigh chafing that loose shorts can't prevent. The Stride 5 adds a 5-pocket carry system and a chlorine-resistant amphibious shell, so you get the support of a compression tight with the mobility of a true 5-inch inseam.
A true 5-inch running tight gives you similar leg coverage to a 2-inch elite short, because inseam numbers aren't comparable between tights and shorts. A tight lies flat against your leg; a loose short hangs off it, so the same measurement lands in a different place on your thigh. The Stride 5 is cut to one length — a true 5-inch inseam — with elite-short leg coverage and the support of a tight.
Most 5-inch running tights and short tights stop at the inseam. The Stride 5 pairs it with an 8.3-inch low rise that sits at your hip — about two inches lower in the front than the other 5-inch tight on the market, so there's no waistband to roll down. Add a 5-pocket carry system that anchors your phone at your hip instead of your thigh, a zippered rear pocket, and a chlorine-proof shell as ready for the ocean as the track. Same inseam number; a different amount of engineering.
No — the Stride 5 uses a modesty panel at the front only, not a full brief-style liner sewn through the entire short. We cut the excess fabric instead of the support, which means less heat, less weight, and a true 5-inch inseam that isn't padded out by an extra layer.
For most runs, yes. The Stride 5's 5-pocket carry system — two XL hip pockets, two gel pockets, and a rear zip pocket — holds as much gear as a hydration vest, anchored at your hip instead of bouncing on your back or thigh.
Yes — one per side. Each XL hip pocket takes a full 500mL HydraPak Speed flask, and we've run the carry system with both loaded at once: two full flasks, zero bounce.
The Stride 5 is true to size with a next-to-skin compression fit — order your standard waist size.
Yes. The shell is a 190 GSM recycled tricot reinforced with chlorine-resistant XLANCE® elastane, the same fiber family used in competition swimwear, so it holds up to pool chemicals and ocean swims alike.
No. The Stride 5 is engineered to be worn alone, not layered under another short. The seam-free front panel and modesty liner panel are built specifically so the Stride 5 reads as intentional performance apparel on its own — not as an underlayer that needs covering.
Yes. The 5-pocket carry system gives you accessible storage you'd otherwise lose to a hip belt, and the four-way-stretch shell eliminates the thigh chafing that loose hiking shorts cause under a loaded pack. The chlorine-resistant fabric also dries fast after stream crossings, so a wet ford doesn't mean a wet afternoon on the trail.
That's what the 5-inch length is designed around. Ride-up is a function of where a hem ends: longer tights stop near the knee, where the leg narrows fast and fabric has somewhere to climb. The Stride 5 ends at five inches — high on the quad, where circumference barely changes — held there by a next-to-skin compression fit rather than by length. And the 8.3-inch rise sits at your hip instead of your waist, so there's no waistband to roll down either.
Compression shorts are built for muscle support alone — most have no real storage. The Stride 5 is a running half tight: the same next-to-skin compression fit, plus a 5-pocket carry system engineered to anchor gear at your hip instead of your thigh. It's compression-shorts support with hydration-vest-level carry.
The opposite is the goal. A true 5-inch inseam with a four-way-stretch shell and a next-to-skin compression fit is built to eliminate the friction that loose shorts or longer, looser tights can cause. The fabric moves with your stride instead of rubbing against it.