viveros

yesterday evening i went to the park - or, really more like a botanical garden - near my house... it's called viveros de coyoacán and it's about a 10 minute walk from home. i have been thinking that i should get back into the habit of running since, frankly, i have quite a bit of time on my hands. i had been there once before to go for a walk, and had taken in that there were a number of runners, both men and women. so late yesterday afternoon i suited up in my running shorts and sleeveless shirt and set out to wrap up my weekend with a little sweat.

it could have been my imagination, but i seemed to get an inordinate number of stares. i started to pay attention to what other women joggers were wearing... some were wearing tank tops with pants, others were wearing shorts with long-sleeved shirts. i did appear to be the only woman showing so much skin. so maybe it's an either-or sort of situation... arms or legs but never both! i also took note of the fact that not many of the "runners" were sweating... they were all going so slow that there didn't appear to be too much physical exertion going on. so i have decided that it was more likely my very red (thanks to the gehard genes) sweaty face that was attracting all the attention.

and i have to point out that there was a tall, lanky man running in JEANS and a STRAW HAT who seemed to be getting less notice than me.