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White spandex shorts. The brand was Spettro. (are they still around?) I was just old enough to drive and this new freedom allowed me to go to the sports equipment store and buy things I otherwise couldn’t have with other people.

Being my first and only item of spandex, the white shorts had a lot of use. I wore them under shorts, but the real fun was going for morning (or late night) runs wearing nothing over those spandex shorts. I lived only a few blocks away from a university campus, so I could run around during those morning hours while everyone else was asleep.

Back then it was quite a rush for me to wear spandex out like that, but nothing like having a car drive by. It made me run extra fast and look for a corner to turn. Worst was when a car seemed to follow me for what felt like forever.