As if Running Isn't Hard Enough Already

Sunday found me going back to the computer lab for more fun and studying. My hopes were high for new material...and I was not disappointed. In fact, this might be one of my finest observational moments to date.

I was walking up the incline to the library and noticed that there was someone jogging on the path parallel to the sidewalk I was on, but up the incline and above me. Being self-conscious of my own running, I didn't stare at the guy or try to make eye contact. But then my eye registered the neon pink and I darted my eyes to see what it was all about.

Ok. I admit that I'm often behind the times and don't understand current trends. i.e. planking. So maybe this is a new "thing" and I just don't know about it. So if YOU know about it, please enlighten me.

This guy was jogging with a stick between his legs.

The stick was white and a third of it--the front third--was neon pink. Other than this stick he was holding between his legs he looked perfectly normal. After I saw the stick it's not like I could look away, right? So now I'm freely and openly staring at the guy and he's jogging forward but looking at me now, the entire time. I stared back, willing myself not to react (was this an experiment? Was I being watched?) and let him run on ahead of me.

I got out my phone to text George about the sighting when ANOTHER dude ran by with a stick between his legs. This guy seemed to be lost, though, looking for his other stick-running buddy. I was half-tempted to help him out and point him in the direction that Stick Man #1 ran, but sometimes the best lessons about losing your stick-running buddies are the hardest to learn. I hope Stick Man #2 found his friend.