Had my lowest weekly mileage in months this week-- and it felt good! Still ran almost every day, but mostly little short ones. Today, my "long" run was all of 8 miles, and I wasn't planning on going that far but I took a couple detours around some road construction.

As far as shorts go, I'm usually in baggy boys athletic shorts. Hey, they work for me-- the rise is high enough that I can bend over to retie a shoe without showing more skin than I'm comfortable with, and the pockets are functional for carrying what I need. And they're cheap.