2.12.2005
lycra
I just got my lycra today for crew racing. It is, to be certain, a humbling experience. I am a person who has not worn shorts in public since the summer of 2001. And before that, not since goodness knows when. I don't like how shorts feel, I don't like how I look while wearing them. I went to Hawaii in 2003, and I swam in the Pacific Ocean in khakis. I went to Brazil and I climbed a waterfall wearing khakis and a T-shirt. The only time I've worn shorts outside was on vacation when I was busy washing all of my trousers and had only one pair of shorts left.
But wow. Lycra. Not since my days on the wrestling team in middle school have I worn lycra. I wish I were confident enough to say that there will be pictures, but goodness help me there will not. Not until I lose a few more pounds and tan a little. But that's unlikely, considering that: a) aside from this, I still don't wear shorts a lot, and b) it's England.
Big races tomorrow, but it's really windy and awful. I'm spending the whole day there, so I'm a bit nonplussed. Oh well. Wish us luck.
But wow. Lycra. Not since my days on the wrestling team in middle school have I worn lycra. I wish I were confident enough to say that there will be pictures, but goodness help me there will not. Not until I lose a few more pounds and tan a little. But that's unlikely, considering that: a) aside from this, I still don't wear shorts a lot, and b) it's England.
Big races tomorrow, but it's really windy and awful. I'm spending the whole day there, so I'm a bit nonplussed. Oh well. Wish us luck.
