Sunblock?

So I went for my long run today which was 9 miles. Like my run last week, I ran down to the lakefront and ran along the running/biking trail down through Lincoln Park and back to Ravenswood. It was really warm this morning, but it was a really pretty day. There were tons of people running, biking, and rollerblading, many of whom were training for the Chicago Marathon. The AIDS Foundation of Chicago was out in full force training for Chicago, and they sang lots of cool cadences while they were running.

A scary thought entered my mind as I was running. I ran by this woman whose arms were the shady of cherries, either from sunburn or blood pumping. I suspect some combination of the two. My first though was, "Wow, that woman sure is red", then it occurred to me that I had no sunblock on, and there was a good chance I looked the same as she did. I looked down at my arms, and sure enough, they looked pretty red and angry. Fortunately when I got home, they returned to a relatively normal color, with only the hint of a farmer's tan.

Other than that, my run was uneventful. I maintained an ok pace, even managing to pass the 90 lb. trixie* running in front of me in her Forever 21 club top which was masquerading as a running shirt. She's not fooling anyone.

*Trixie-Social climbing, marriage-minded, money-hungry young ladies that seem to flock to the upwardly-mobile neighborhood of Lincoln Park. While the term originated in Chicago in the 1990's, the population clearly exists everywhere.