Sightseeing

Debuting a new feature on the blog today called Sightseeing. It's my version of A Scene Along the Way that I'm fond of and that some of you know about. I hope you like it.

It's been unseasonably warm here in the midwest (shouldn't it be mideast?), which normally is a good thing. You get to go outside without layers upon layers of clothing, you can't see your breath, and you can feel your toes when you finally do go back inside. But I recently saw a downside.

Driving to work one day, I saw a runner on the side of the road. Wow, that sounds like the guy had been run over. No, I saw a guy running along the side of the road, you know , how those snobby bike riders do when they ride along the white line snubbing their noses at the sidewalk. That's all well and good until you have a line of cars backed up trying to get around you because you're too good for the sidewalk. Yeah, there's bumps in the sidewalk - deal with it. You know I've never seen a bike rider along a highway. I mean that's a perfect place for them. HUGE shoulder.

Ok, back to my runner (starting to get the title of the blog now?). So here's this guy running in what appears to be a t-shirt...and socks...and running shoes. This is where you say "Wait, just a t-shirt and shoes?" and I say "well, and socks" and you come back with "no pants?" Well done. Except he did have pants. Well, shorts. But not normal shorts. No no. These were way shorter than shorts. In fact, they may be called "shorters" or even "shortests". So short in fact, that had this guy's shirt not been moving from the running, I'm not sure you'd be able to see them apart from the shirt.

Can someone explain this to me? Does it somehow help the running to have your entire leg showing? Would it be just as beneficial to go jogging in tighty-whities? At least then, I would give you the benefit of the doubt that you have some mental impairment and just forgot to put on your normal shorts. Does it feel freer (that's free-er but still doesn't look right)? Of all the shorts I've ever owned, I can't remember any coming above mid-thigh. Except for maybe the 80's - that doesn't count. I didn't start dressing myself until...well...that's a different subject.

Now, you might be saying to yourself "I bet he wouldn't have a problem with these short shorts on women runners."

And you'd be right.

Ramble On...