Key moments you know you're not Running-in-the-US anymore:
- You're just as wet after your run as when you started.
- Buses honk at you to see if you need their services.
- You must say 'hello' or 'good afternoon' to every person you come in contact with. But they can ignore you.
- Fat girls don't move out of your way, and they try to shoot lasers at your face from their eyes. Sometimes it's scary; you know they could do you damage...
- On your run, you pass a guy on crutches because his lower right leg has been amputated. Slightly embarrassing, mostly awful. :-(
- Comments made by men:
- "Where you runnin' to?"
- "Can I run with you?" Only if you're a woman or gay. Or both.
- "Hello dah-ling! Hello?"
- "Take your time!" I'm confused
- "Want some watermelons, sweetie?" Seriously?
- Adolescent boys on their bikes stare at you quizzically as you pass, while simultaneously not moving.
- On your run back, you pass all the same locals again.
- Cars and motorcycles graze dangerously close to you, even though they have the entire Utah-suburban-sized road to drive, and you're halfway in the gutter.
- When you're finished and stretching, you notice in the mirror that a few bugs have drowned in the sweat on your chest.
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