It’s October in the hinterlands which means the days are getting shorter and have developed a definite crispness. As the leaves wither and change color, I have to switch from my usual running gear of tank tops and mellifluous shorts to garments with a bit more substance.
My preference would be to wear some running tights. They would offer some compression which helps with things like shin splints while also keeping me from getting cold when I run through the shadowy bits of my route (also, I think my legs look pretty fucking hot in them). Alas, the Steelheart isn’t made for that kind of thing. It’s not only plainly visible (which, all by itself, isn’t really enough to cause me not to wear them), but it gets pushed awkwardly to one side and I can’t imagine that would be comfortable on mile four. Truth is, I don’t really have a good solution at this point. All my runnings shorts have built-in pouches that suspend whatever device I’m wearing enough so that the testicles don’t take the brunt of swinging metal with every stride. But none of my longer pants have anything like this so I’m left to improvise.
Yesterday, I put on a light pair of long running pants and a gently supportive jock before I took off. The combination was pretty comfortable even though the jock isn’t the kind with straps each leg goes through. It has a single strap that goes up my butt crack. More of a thong jock, I guess. While I’m a big fan of things going up my butt crack in general, I wasn’t sure how running like that would fare. Turns out, just fine.
At about two miles in, I noticed that I was presenting a bit more of a show than is typical. In the shorts I normally wear, I don’t think whatever device I’m wearing is all that noticeable, but the combination of butt crack jock and light pants were different. So, I did what any normal person would do and held my phone out in front of me and took a video:
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The gently supportive jock was doing nothing whatsoever to keep the heavy Steelheart from bouncing around (though it wasn’t pulling on my balls, so it was doing what I needed it to do). I didn’t notice any of my fellow joggers taking sideways glances at the bouncy junk, but if you’re approaching someone on a jogging path you can sneak your look from a ways off and be pretty discreet about it.
So, you tell me. If you saw the above bounding towards you on a path, what would you assume? Guy with his cock locked up? Or guy with a big old dick? Or maybe just a freeballer? Personally, my first thought would be a combination of the latter two. The part of me that kinks on small penis humiliation finds this unsettling but the lizard part of me likes it. In either event, it is what it is. I’m going to keep running outside for as long as the weather permits (don’t like running outside when it’s icy out so that’ll be my hard stop) so I guess, unless I find different gear, that I’ll keep on making a show of it.
FYI, if you ever upload video like that above to Tumblr, they will delete it straight away. Funny old Tumblr.
Hi Thumper,
If i saw a guy on a jogging trail showing like that I would think that guy has one huge tool and continue with my jogging.
Yeah, me too. And then I’d think about that guy for three days.
You may not have noticed other joggers noticing you – or more specifically, your junk – but I’m sure a few probably did. If I passed you while you were running and noticed the junk, I’d look, and not be sneaky about it either. But I wouldn’t assume “big dick” – sorry, I know what those look like when running, and that ain’t it. “Freeballer” would be my first guess, and I’d likely not give it a second thought. “Locked” probably wouldn’t enter my mind unless the steel was evident, and in this video it’s not.
And I’m totally snort-chuckling about “I did what any normal person would do and held my phone out in front of me and took a video.” 😉
I run a lot, in places highly visible and discreet. Would likely never notice the flopping junk. But WOULD be highly curious about someone running with their cell phone video-ing themselves!
I wasn’t too obvious about it. Picked my location carefully.