…to run in a running bra without a shirt 🙂
I have just never felt quite right about running without a tech shirt on for a few reasons:
1. I am 45 years old and I have had two kids.
2. I have not even been in a bikini since my age was a single digit.
3. Because of number 2, there is probably not a sunscreen strong enough to keep this white tummy from burning to a crisp.
4. Â I often run in the same area in which I teach. Â There are some things my students (and their parents) just don’t need to see.
But last week in a slightly secluded stretch the tech shirt came off. Â After a couple of minutes of feeling self conscious, it started to feel liberating. Â And within about 15 minutes I loved it.
The heat and humidity in Ottawa can be nothing short of stifling. Â On today’s late afternoon 10k run (30 degrees with the humidex), the tech shirt came off again. Â This time I didn’t care that I was running along a busy route. Â I was working my butt off, who cared what I looked like??? Â Personally, I don’t think I would do it with a high sun on a cloudless day. Â The sun beating directly on me just makes me hotter. Â But with a late day sun, clouds and/or a great breeze, I am a convert.
After the run – with the shirt on I should add – I headed into the pharmacy to grab my much needed chocolate milk.  I always have an inner laugh when I head into this store.  You have to enter in the “beauty” section.  I walk in in my sweat soaked running gear, ball cap jammed down over my eyes and soaking wet hair sticking out at all angles.  I must look like too much of a project because no one ever approaches me to see if they can help me find a product.  Today though I was greeted by a large sign that said “You are invited to feel beautiful…can we pencil you in?”  I grinned and thought, “Too late, already feeling beautiful.”  A sweaty, heart pumping, 10k run (in a bra without a shirt no less) beats a bunch of beauty products any day 🙂
Oh – and on my shopping list…a fun, bright running bra!