Archive for April 18th, 2008

Shafted, utterly shafted. Lara and I are under the Shecky’s goody bag curse, it seems.

We were handed our envelope with chip & bib, given a t-shirt…and that was it! We didn’t get one of those fabulous Whole Foods bags stuffed with stuff that we could spy peeking out of boxes meant for team pickup because they ran out of bags (and apparently all the stuff that was in ‘em, too).

But we were assured that tomorrow we’ll be able to get all those goodies at the race, it just means we have to scavenge and forage for each mini Clif bar/lip balm/key ring I think what is this?/anti-fungal sample and all the other goodness that awaits runners such as you and me. Can’t wait.

On a happy note, the Elixers are in my hot little hands and I’m doing my best not to pet and adore them.

I need more candy. Bye until tomorrow.

I’m officially a shoe whore now. On Monday I’m taking back the Adrenaline 8s and getting a second pair of Mizuno Inspires. And if that’s not enough, I’m expecting the UPS guy this afternoon to bring me some Mizuno Elixirs just in time for tomorrow’s 5K! Lightweight trainers, baby!! One step above a racing flat but perceptibly lighter than a standard training shoe…that should knock off a half a second off for sure!

What else? Oh, I’ve been involved in the Miles Game on the RW Beginner Forum for months and months now, where you enter your mileage for that week along with your team name, then the miles get added up and the teams and runners are ranked for the week.

Well, all this foot/ankle stuff I’ve been dealing with confirmed a suspicion I’ve had for some time now, that the Miles Game is not a healthy thing for me. The reason being, if I need to take a day off here and there, I personally have no problem with it (whatever it takes to keep the ole bod in good form), but when it comes to posting a lower mileage week for the game I end up feeling guilty, embarrassed or wussy…and for what? So I bade farewell to my teammates today.

Beyond that, my love affair with the Beginners Forum is waning in general and I’ve lost interest in participating, preferring instead to spend my reading time at training or racing forums/boards. I feel kind of sad about it, like an Era has passed, but it was excellent while it lasted and now it’s on to more technical interests from here on in.

And that’s all the news that’s fit to print for now. Going in an hour with Lara to pickup our packets for tomorrow’s Clean Air 5K. Goody for Goody Bags! Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs! Wait, I don’t even like Cocoa Puffs…