well, I haven't made many resolutions for the new year.
Yes- finally make goal weight- MY GOD when will that happen? I take two steps forward and three back! I've considered changing my goal so many times and then Kyle calming said . . . "do you expect the finish line to change in a marathon?" . . . arghhhhhhhh I hate common sense.
New goals for 2010 . . .
A combined swimming/running total of 1000 miles . . . is it extreme? maybe.
doable? perhaps?
is my my goal? HELL YES
wish me luck and stay tuned!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Barbie, meet Fred
I've been a bad blogger. My new friend facebook takes all my free internet time. I apologize to all four of my readers and hope that I can return to this format a bit more often.
That said, this is what is on my mind.
I have hideous feet.
Not only are they not a pleasure to look at (whose feet are) but they cause pain and difficulty to get around on. I joked recently (on facebook) that if Barbie married Fred and had children, the
y would have my feet. Look at poor Barbies tootsies. She has a front and a back and no arch that touches the ground- I have the SAME foot- altho
ugh mine aren't plastic. Next, let's look at Fred. He is happy because he doesn't have to go shopping to try to find shoes to stuff those fat little sausages into . . . arghhh....
Well, the problem isn't so much with daily wear shoes. You sit and get off your feet often enough that pain isn't an issue. The problem has developed as I'm training for this 1/2 marathon in February. As my mileage increases, so does my pain. Almost 2 weeks ago I went to a local merchant who, after careful consideration, decided my best bet was the Asics cumulus 8 Wide. It of course, needed to be special ordered. So- I left the store fully expecting my special order to arrive in about 10 days. On the expected day I strode into the store to find out the shoe hadn't even been ordered yet "so sorry" . . . ARGHHHHH. A couple of phone calls later I located a store with the shoe in stock and to top it off, I had a 10% coupon for that day!
Today was my first day in this shoe "perfect for my foot" (according to the dude who never ordered the damn thing). My run today was 9 miles. At the 6 mile marker I had to sit, remove my shoe, massage my toes and convince myself to finish. I did, but man I was hurting. I returned the shoe- worried they wouldn't take it back. Not only did they take it back, but a lovely young man spent a ton of time helping me find a solution to my problem. And the verdict? A mans shoe, wider throughout and that sort of prehistoric fit I needed.
I'm not entirely sure that this is the solution- I'll know more after my next run.
If so- I'm going to need a bedazzler though so I can make these butch things a bit more feminine!
By the way, Sportsbasement ROCKS!
That said, this is what is on my mind.
I have hideous feet.
Not only are they not a pleasure to look at (whose feet are) but they cause pain and difficulty to get around on. I joked recently (on facebook) that if Barbie married Fred and had children, the
y would have my feet. Look at poor Barbies tootsies. She has a front and a back and no arch that touches the ground- I have the SAME foot- altho
ugh mine aren't plastic. Next, let's look at Fred. He is happy because he doesn't have to go shopping to try to find shoes to stuff those fat little sausages into . . . arghhh....Well, the problem isn't so much with daily wear shoes. You sit and get off your feet often enough that pain isn't an issue. The problem has developed as I'm training for this 1/2 marathon in February. As my mileage increases, so does my pain. Almost 2 weeks ago I went to a local merchant who, after careful consideration, decided my best bet was the Asics cumulus 8 Wide. It of course, needed to be special ordered. So- I left the store fully expecting my special order to arrive in about 10 days. On the expected day I strode into the store to find out the shoe hadn't even been ordered yet "so sorry" . . . ARGHHHHH. A couple of phone calls later I located a store with the shoe in stock and to top it off, I had a 10% coupon for that day!
Today was my first day in this shoe "perfect for my foot" (according to the dude who never ordered the damn thing). My run today was 9 miles. At the 6 mile marker I had to sit, remove my shoe, massage my toes and convince myself to finish. I did, but man I was hurting. I returned the shoe- worried they wouldn't take it back. Not only did they take it back, but a lovely young man spent a ton of time helping me find a solution to my problem. And the verdict? A mans shoe, wider throughout and that sort of prehistoric fit I needed.
I'm not entirely sure that this is the solution- I'll know more after my next run.
If so- I'm going to need a bedazzler though so I can make these butch things a bit more feminine!
By the way, Sportsbasement ROCKS!
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