By Zach M., September 2007
I have never told anyone about the thing I have for running shorts. There was one person who used to see me often in shorts, and it was back in the time when I was rediscovering short shorts and was buying them shorter and shorter as the years went by. (I started with square cut cotton shorts with a 3 inch inseam and progressed to one inch inseam nylon running shorts with a sizable notch on the sides). That person once expressed surprise at seeing how short my new shorts were becoming, but I would brush off those comments as if I wasn't seeing any difference with the previous shorts I wore.
That person most probably assumed I had a thing for very short shorts, having seen me go outside dressed like that when it was about 55 degrees. I wasn't running back then, so there was no "good" reason to wear skimpy shorts...
In other occasions, I may have been caught playing a bit too much with my shorts. I normally control myself in public, but sometimes I forget and my hands start manipulating my shorts a bit too obsessively. I will start making lots of useless adjustments and even adjust my hard-on a bit too indiscretely. A few times, I caught people looking in the direction of my crotch when I was doing that. Oh well. I don't mind since they're strangers.
There are situations where I deliberately play a little with my shorts in public. Typically, it's just before starting to run, where I look like I'm making sure my shorts are comfortable, and after I've stopped running, and then I have the excuse that my shorts may have moved while running. But it's in the locker room at the gym where I run, right after putting on my shorts, that I allow myself the most play. I don't do it near the other guys though, to avoid getting a reaction. I go hide in a quiet corner and quickly pull up the shorts a bit too high and tickle my growing bulge to accelerate the hard on that will fuel my running. I also lower the waistband of my underwear to let the bulge be just slightly bigger. It doesn't show much because the shorts are so ample, but I get a jolt from being a little bit naughty. Sometimes, I leave the locker room for the gym with my heart already pounding from nervousness...
Aside from that, I'm doing a good job of hiding my quirk because I am so very self-conscious whenever I put on running shorts. I'm very aware that any excessive focus on my shorts may get noticed, because the shortness of my shorts attracts almost everyone's attention, and some people stare for a bit longer than others.