Run laps

(Originally published by Ewong at writing.com. Republished with the original author's permission.)

Since everyone seems to be rotating around with everything except the pull up bars, the teacher tells you to run laps while everyone else is exercising. She instructs you to do one mile, which is 4 laps around the track outside. Since she has to make sure everyone is safe inside the gym while also watching you, she tells you that for each lap, you must come back to the gym, where she will time you so that you won't run off. You exit the gym and run over to the track.

Already you feel your shorts start to descend. You pick them up and hold them to your waist as you run. With your arms immobile, you can't run very fast, and when you return to the gym, the teach suspects you were only walking, not running. She urges you to do whatever it takes to make your time faster. You make your way back out to the track, and your sweat makes your shorts fall even faster. Replaying your teacher's instructions, you wonder if you should just take them off since they are the biggest hindrance, and your shirt will cover you just fine.