Padiddle

There's rarely a time when my little family and I don't play some sort of game while riding in the car.  Whether its I Spy, Slug Bug, (or Slug Bug's derivatives PT Bruiser and Cadillac Wack), or Doorknob, we're always looking for some way to pass the time or interact with each other. 

Apparently our idea of quality time involves violence.

Some of you might remember the car game where you kept a lookout for a car with one headlight.  The busted or burned out auto lamp would cause you to immediately slam your hand into the roof of your car before your passengers, just so you could get the padiddle first.  The object was to have the most padiddles by the end of the trip. 

Some versions allowed you to hit your passenger instead.  Chicks didn't like this version.

Wednesday night's run made me think of that car game.

Since I run so late in the evening, My Woman wants me to be safe and not get hit by a car...which would be bad.  To keep me safe she's purchased some items to do just that!  In my closet are brightly colored running shirts.  There is neon green, white, electric blue, and hunter safety orange.  They make me more visible when the headlights from passing cars cast their beams upon my well sculpted 40 year old frame...

... yep...I went there.

One of my favorite items that she has purchased is my running light.  When we were looking at what else I could wear to make myself visible while running in the dark, we looked at the assorted reflective bands, straps, and vests.  All of which looked extremely dumb and uncool.  Which I mean really!  If I am going to get run over, I'd rather look cool than like a crossing guard.  So instead of the reflective gear, we found this super cool flexible plastic light band.

Here's a link to it here.  I have the green one.

http://www.nathansports.com/visibility/led-lights/lightbender

It's pretty cool.  In the description it says to wear it around your arm.  Since I already wear my phone in a band around my arm, I wear my light band around my leg.  I strap it right below my knee with the light facing backwards.  It's waterproof, sweatproof (very important), comfortable, and it gives off a green cloud of light down around my feet.  Kind of like the lowrider owners who mount lights on the frame of their rides.

So as I was running Wednesday night, I thought "I look like a padiddle"!  Just a single light bouncing down the pavement.

So if you see me, feel free to smack your roof and yell, "padiddle"!  Or better yet, hit your passenger!

3.02 miles, 32:22

Later