What $250 looks like…

 These are the spanky new shoes, and I *heart* them.  We are going to have such a great time together.  I am even toying with signing up for a half marathon in the summer so I’ll have something to work towards.  Plus, I’m sure I’ll get a medal, and who doesn’t like those??

Also in the photo is a new gadget I bought: a Nike+iPod running sensor, but I can’t seem to get it to work.  I will rave about that once I get into the Apple store to replace it.  I’m really disappointed after seeing this review and realizing this was the missing link in my running life.  I am quite sure it is going to kick ass.  Once I get it to work.

My shopping trip to the Runner’s Den was great – actually I came home saying “God bless running stores!” because in a world where my (lack of) running ability tends to get me down (o, how far I have fallen in only 5 months…) I walked in the door, spoke intelligently about my needs, and realized that 5 months was simply taking the winter off, and the sales guy agreed that my shoes were indeed shot after my half in October.  What struck me is that at most running stores, they take that you are a runner at face value, even if you are a bit of a poser at the time (me).  I left with shoes that make me feel like I can fly, and a sexy new attitude as well.

Worth every single penny.

Ode to New Shoes

I actually have no clue how to write an Ode.  I’m not even certain if I could pick one out of line up.  The last time I remember really hearing the word used was on the Smurfs, I think.  But I digress.

On Monday, I ran for 3 miles before going to Boot Camp, and then yesterday I did the same.  The net result is that my ass was thoroughly kicked, but also that I should have asked a ganster to shoot me in the shins, as that would likely hurt less today.

I have been complaining about my shoes, a pair of Sauconys I bought in Vegas last August, for a few weeks.  Whining, in fact, about their discomfort and my fear that I would be injured.  The Husband just scoffed and insisted that they couldn’t *possibly* be dead already.  Well, I’m here to announce to the world that they are.

I thought maybe it was my imagination at work, that maybe they were fine, after all, I got them in August and used them to barely train for and eventually run a half marathon, but really, that wasn’t THAT many miles…so today, I have a date at the Runner’s Den to get me some new ones.  I will try to post a photo once I have them in my hot little hands.

As I have massage therapy tonight and am not allowed to work out, I shall have to settle for sporting them about the house tonight and will break them in tomorrow @ Boot Camp.  I just hope I can keep them clean. 

What is most funny to think about in all this is that if I could go back in time and tell the 1993 me that I would be here in 2009 looking forward to getting new shoes to run in, I would not really be able to get a word in edgewise, so loud would the laughter be, in between the shoving of doughnuts into the laugh hole.  Laugh it up, beotch.  We’re back at it.