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Looking for love: Shirtless runner Ethan goes viral after rainy day jog

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Dec 15, 2015

Attention all ladies: Do you like long jogs in the rain? How about shirtless men? If so, Chicago's WGN television station may have found your match.

As rain fell over the Windy City Sunday, WGN TV reporter Tahman Brady set up along Lake Michigan for a report on the unseasonably warm weather. He spotted Ethan Renoe jogging along the lake in nothing but a pair of shorts.

"Dude, where is your shirt, man?" Brady asked.

"Yeah, it's a great day for a run so, it's too wet to wear a shirt," Renoe responded. "I love running in the rain and I'm also single."

The 28-second long interaction caught the attention of more than one million people in just 12 hours, according to WGN TV.

On Monday morning, Renoe, a Colorado resident, appeared on WGN TV to discuss his experience with anchors Pat Tomasulo and Paul Konrad.

"I came back from that run figuring a few people would get a little giggle out of it or something," he said. "I come back and it already had 24,000 views by the time I got home from my run."

Since the video went viral, Renoe said he had gotten more than 900 Facebook friend requests.

So this just happened. Enjoying the weather, are you, "Ethan"?

Posted by WGN TV on Sunday, December 13, 2015

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