Guys With Good Bodies Don't Wear Shirts When They Run

Do you gel your hair before you go for a run?

I was locking up my bike on Kalakaua St. right outside of Duke's Waikiki when I looked up and seen this guy about to begin his run. I could tell because he wasn't sweating, and wasn't huffing and puffing. What struck me about this guy was that he had gel in his hair, and I must say it was quite a cool hairdo. Regardless of his cool hairdo, I thought to myself about this idea of gelling your hair before you go for a run, and specifically this guy that I saw.

Let's think about his location: he's in Waikiki--there are a lot of good looking females in Waikiki so he does in fact have a reason to gel his hair. A woman could wave him down in the course of her running because of his gelled hair and be like, "I don't stop in the middle of my run too often...well, I've never done this before, but you just have amazing hair, and I'm pretty turned on that you'd take the time to gel your hair before you went running. Wanna grab some drinks later? Here's my number."

Let's think about what he was wearing: he was wearing black mesh shorts and a white mesh shirt--both Nike-looking pieces--good choice, right? But guys with good bodies don't wear shirts when they run, so to compensate for his lack of a good physique, he gelled his hair. He wasn't fat, I'm just sure that he wasn't rocking a six pack. But a gelled hairdo can sometimes throw off a woman's interests and trick her into thinking that you do take care of your body if you don't.

Let's think about the time: I seen him at approximately 7:20 AM this morning. Obviously, it wasn't 4 AM in the morning, so there wasn't a marathon--I didn't see others running in huge packs or anything that would indicate that he was running in a marathon. He and I both knew that there was not going to be any photo ops. He looked like a tourist so I know he didn't work a graveyard valet shift. That means he woke up with a purpose: to look sharp while running just in case anything awesome would happen. He took one step out of the bathroom without gelling his hair, took a step back into the bathroom, stared himself in the mirror, and made magic with his gel product and fingers.

Let's think about his possible downfall: gel and sweat--not a great combination. I hope he saw that woman within a five minute span of me seeing him (unless he's a quick sweater) because if he was running and the gel mixed with his perspiration and then slipped away from his attempt to wipe it off his forehead and made its way to his eyes, and then the woman saw him, he'd be the closest thing to the Miami Heat crying in the locker room after their loss to the Chicago Bulls (my beloved team) last Sunday, and he'd be screwed.

If you are a person who gels their hair before they run, that's cool, keep doing it, there are some positives that come with a gelled hairdo while running. Just keep in mind that if I see you, I might chuckle simply because I've put too much damn thought into this, and if you're a true, natural sweater, wear a headband just in case you miss that drip of gelled sweat.

Flushing the toilet,

Loa