See Man in Red Dress Run
Jul. 18th, 2006 02:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bonniegrrlSo yesterday evening around 7pm as I was on the treadmill at the company gym in the Presidio -- burning off stress and a double mocha -- I noticed about 25 to 30 guys running by outside in what looked to be a marathon. The thing is, they were all wearing red dresses!
At first I was thinking I finally experienced Runner's High until the girl on the other treadmill beside me took off her headphones and said, "What the hell is THAT?"
We watched as man after manly man dressed to the nines in red ballgowns, prom dresses, bridesmaid dresses and perky cheerleading outfits ran by in varying degrees of fatigue. Some had red beehive wigs and some looked like great aunts at family reunions that you're warned not to make eye contact with...
Of course, living in the Castro for so long, if I see a man in a dress it better be a high-end drag queen wearing MAC makeup, Jimmy Choo heels and a sparkly Versace dress. Seeing normal jocks in bridesmaid dresses is a little unnerving -- especially when you recognize one of the dresses as your own...
On the other side of me watching the whole spectacle was a really buffed out muscle man, probably one of the security guards on break as opposed to our scrawny gamer kids at LucasArts or ILM. He remained silent until the very end when the last trailer runner wogged by.
"Ya know that guy really shouldn't be wearing a cheerleading skirt," he said rather somberly. "It does nothing for his thighs."
At any rate I'm curious if any of you know what that was all about?
Was it an extension of this weekend's AIDS run, or is there a new sport I don't know about involving red dresses, wigs and jogging in packs?
At first I was thinking I finally experienced Runner's High until the girl on the other treadmill beside me took off her headphones and said, "What the hell is THAT?"
We watched as man after manly man dressed to the nines in red ballgowns, prom dresses, bridesmaid dresses and perky cheerleading outfits ran by in varying degrees of fatigue. Some had red beehive wigs and some looked like great aunts at family reunions that you're warned not to make eye contact with...
Of course, living in the Castro for so long, if I see a man in a dress it better be a high-end drag queen wearing MAC makeup, Jimmy Choo heels and a sparkly Versace dress. Seeing normal jocks in bridesmaid dresses is a little unnerving -- especially when you recognize one of the dresses as your own...
On the other side of me watching the whole spectacle was a really buffed out muscle man, probably one of the security guards on break as opposed to our scrawny gamer kids at LucasArts or ILM. He remained silent until the very end when the last trailer runner wogged by.
"Ya know that guy really shouldn't be wearing a cheerleading skirt," he said rather somberly. "It does nothing for his thighs."
At any rate I'm curious if any of you know what that was all about?
Was it an extension of this weekend's AIDS run, or is there a new sport I don't know about involving red dresses, wigs and jogging in packs?
