I can remember as a high school runner wanting to fit in with other athletes. Long shorts were in XC wasn't as much. It was a basketball mentality. So you arrive in collage as a freshmen ready to go with a full array of "cool" shorts. New experience first time from home. First day of practice and you realize from comments from upperclassmen, coaches, etc that you are still not fitting in. Everyone is wearing split shorts..... So you go out and get a split short show up the next day. Wearing a split short with about 3 inches of material from your hip down your leg. That was nothing.......Communal showers in Godwin hall was even more traumatizing.
Each year was the same for every freshmen class. awkward moments the first week of practice!
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I just realize at 32 I no longer way split shorts........
ReplyDeleteI completely forgot about the shorts transition period. "Running shorts" are even longer when you're from Southwest VA. It took me a year to phase out the Umbros freshman year. In high school everyone wore tights underneath their running shorts. Now I've gone full circle and wear long running shorts again.
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