I was waiting for a buddy of mine to do a road bike ride when he called and said he would be 20 minutes late. I was already kitted up in my cycling garb and didn't know what to do for the next 20 minutes. I had to return a DVD rental and I am about a mile from the store, so I decided to grab the DVD and run down to drop it off.
On the way down I passed a half dozen high school teenagers (boys and girls) hanging out and clearly bored. When I ran by they were all silent and just gawked at me. I did look pretty stupid running in my padded lycra shorts and team jersey.
On the way back, a girl sitting on a retaining wall with a guy said, "you look disgusting in those shorts." Of course, I was waiting for something to come from these punks, so I was more prepared than normal. I turned and said, "not as disgusting as you would look in these shorts."
I guess the guy must have been her boyfriend because he stood up and started chasing me. I have never had so much fun running about 20 feet in front of a guy while turning around laughing. It didn't hurt that it is a slight uphill grade back to my place and he stopped once and then started again!
It has got to be an all time runner fantasy to be able to outrun a guy trying to "beat you up." Of course, I am a runner and a wimp at heart, so I made sure not to run directly home in case they could see where I live!