That is IT Patriarchy!

Go look at this:

http://www.skirtsports.com/products/toughgirl-skirt.cfm

WTF? I maybe sort of get wearing a running skirt - if you absolutely can't find shorts that don't ride up and won't wear straight spandex in public - but that is RIDICULOUS. They make plenty of loose-fitting running pants; there is no possible reason for this miniskirt over pants atrocity (in hot pink no less) except to slap women in the face with the fact that even if they can run a marathon, they're still just girls and in no way does their culture take them seriously as people, let alone as athletes. (See also some douchebag on Salon whining about how Oprah ruined the marathon because if a middle-aged black woman can run one it's no longer cool and he's no longer a special special snowflake because he runs competitively.)

I'm not particularly down with the sweatshops, but I think Nike's new t-shirt "Female Athlete = Athlete. Period" is awesome.

Miles: 2ish. Leah and I both felt super craptastic.

Only on Townlake: Guy running with a headlamp. Also big giant group of fast runners, just because you are a big giant group of fast runners does not mean that you can run 4 abreast and take up the entire trail, particularly if you have plenty of room to move over to your side. Get some manners!