I'm 5'4" and these pants are about 4" too long for me. Unless you're taller than me, the pants legs will drag on the ground and get dirty, wet, and ragged. The waistband material is very thin and the cord is bulky, so you can easily feel it. It's annoying and uncomfortable. I don't think there's any point to putting the draw cord on the inside; it makes it a pain in the butt to tie or adjust. I found these sweatpants to be highly impractical and not worth the money, so I returned them.