I think I have talked about goofy tan lines before. If you’re out in the sun a lot, you end up with them, even if you are diligent with your sunscreen.
While everyone’s tan line woes are different, there are some generalities that can be made within a sport. Swimmers are pretty lucky from the waist down, but women get the strap-marks that may or may not line up with the shoulders and neckline of that new dress for that wedding they’re attending. Cyclists get the perfect shorts-line that makes it look like their legs were masked off and painted. And of course runners, we get great sock lines and watch straps.
Now personally, I tend to wear fitted shorts, so my shorts-line resembled that of a cyclist. And while the line was above most of the skirts I wear to work, it was definitely below where the shorts I would wear on a weekend stopped. It was conspicuous. And goofy-looking.
Just when I thought I had the market cornered on goofy-looking, I just had to take it one step further. About a month ago, I bought new running shorts that are longer than my usual pair. I didn’t think much of it. Well, they quickly became my favourite pair for long runs, which is where most of my tan lines come from. This morning while in the shower after a 25K run, I noticed it: the double tan line. I shook my head as I realized my legs look like two core samples drilled from the same rock.
The good news is, they also look a bit like a slab of Neapolitan ice cream, and I love ice cream.
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Ice cream…mmmm……the things we runners think of…lol
Ina pinch you can always use self tanner lotion to even out, that is what I used to do. The new ones don’t turn that aweful orangey color. 😉
Yumm now I am craving ice cream, thanks a lot 😉
I have reconciled myself to looking weird in halter/strapless dresses. And oddly enough, I have not developed a watch line even though I wear it on most of my runs. Weird…