I ran last night! Score. It was fairly cool, but humid and sticky. I did three miles on the Gilruth trail here at work with splits of 11:10, 10:50, and 10:25. Felt pretty good, except I made poor choices in clothing. On top, I was wearing my Half Marathon tech tee from last January. It’s a bit big and a bit heavy. On bottom, I was wearing a new pair of mesh shorts that I bought with hopes of them working as well as my beloved (and getting very, very ratty) red Stanford shorts. These new shorts have an extra layer of material underneath the mesh (I guess to prevent see-through or something) which, as it turns out, rides up like you wouldn’t believe. The shorts are also a little too big and baggy, and don’t stay in one place.
So it was a 3-mile run that included a lot of tugging and rearranging my clothes. Needless to say, I won’t be repeating that outfit. I desperately need to find some running shorts that work for me, and I never have any luck. Requirements: 3-4 inch inseam (not super short), not too baggy, slick material so they don’t stick, and they don’t ride up!
Last night I watched a movie called “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.” It was directed by Tommy Lee Jones (who also stars) and while it was an ok movie, I’m not quite sure what the point was. Tommy Lee Jones is a rancher who wants to fulfill a promise to his illegal immigrant friend, who is accidentally killed by a border patrolman. He kidnaps the border patrolman and forces him to come along as he takes his friend’s corpse to Mexico. I was both sympathetic to his character, because he’s just trying to do right for his friend, but also disturbed, because he’s also a little bit, um, CRAZY. It’s slow-moving at times, with a lot of seemingly empty shots. But as Jose put it, “he’s really trying to convey the feeling of Texas border towns.” And that was true.
Tonight Jose and I are going to the Halloween store to find costumes. I really, really want a set of adult skeleton pajamas. If anyone knows where I can find an adult-sized set, let me know.
Have you tried the oh so popular Nike Tempo Track Shorts? The inseam is 3.5. I used to have trouble too, but no more. My posse has been wearing them for years and now it seems so is everybody else so they must work on all sorts of bodies. I can even use them pregnant because they are nice and low rise and comfortably sit under my big gut if I roll them down once. Sometimes you can find them on sale otherwise OTR has them and with the BARC discount they end up about the same as at Academy. I think I have them in 10-12 different colors.
My absolute favorite shorts are the Hind PE Short. Once again 3.5 inseam, low rise, awesome dry lete material and even less blousey, but they’re really hard to find. I got my first pair by chance at TJ Maxx for $9.99 : ) but since then I’ve broken down and paid lots more on line. Good luck! Finding a perfect pair of shorts makes all the difference in running. It took me years to accomplish that feat. Ha.