Chapter 107 A Nice Mistake
- I stepped out of my car and headed to the nature trail. It was a beautiful morning with the sun just beginning to pop over the distant horizon. It was going to be hot on this June day. I wanted to take advantage of the somewhat cool morning and get a good workout in before the heat would make it unbearable. I decided to try a new section of the trail system this morning and was looking forward to the change of scenery.
- As I started down the trail, I dropped my keys into the pocket of my shorts and noticed that I had put them on backwards. It wasn’t uncomfortable but I decided to find a place down the trail that was secluded to stop and change them into the right position. The trail wound through the rural country side which included fields and forest. It was a peaceful and beautiful place for a trail. It was near the city but excluded enough for a chance to experience nature.
- About a half mile into my run, the trail left the field and cut through a forest with some clearings that provided the needed privacy to make a quick stop and change my shorts without being seen. There was a bench beside the trail with a nice view of a creek that flowed beside the trail. After looking up and down the trail, and not seeing anyone, I stopped and started to pull my shorts down. I had just pulled the shorts off, with some difficulty because of my shoes, and was attempting to put them on correctly, when from the brush beside the creek I heard a woman’s voice call out to me. I was caught. There I was with my shorts down, one foot in and struggling with the other foot. I knew I could act embarrassed and make a fool of myself by diving behind a tree, or I could try to play it as cool as possible and continue with the completely normal behavior of pulling up my running shorts. After all, doesn’t everyone stop on a trail and strip down naked and change their clothes every now and then? I turned toward the voice as calm as I could and continued to attempt to put my foot through the whole of my shorts. As I did this, my shoe caught on the edge of my shorts and I began to lose my balance and almost fell.