It's been slow so here are some random thoughts
I got new shoes finaly! Nothing special about them but there is an interesting story to tell.
The man that helped me was very nice. Overly friendly probably. Said please for EVERYTHING (pleas sign here, please give me your zip code, please try this shoe) He was older than I, (over 50 most likely) thin man. He had a runners build so I'll go out on a limb and say he was a runner (prior to any conversation I had with him). We'll call him Albert (that might have been his name, I'm not sure)
I knew the shoes I wanted. After the last experience I was not prepared to take chances so I wanted to buy what I already knew I was comfortable with. Albert went to get my shoes and helped me try them on. He asked me if I was training for something and how many miles I would need these shoes for. I told him about 300 miles before the race. He said "St. Louis Marathon, huh"
Our conversation continues like this:
Albert: "did you run today?"
Me: "yes"
Albert: "did you run in the park"
(assuming since I was in Clayton he was refering to Forest Park which most people that live in the area refer to as "the" park)
Me: "yep"
Albert: "you ran the whole 6.2 didn't you"
Me: " ....yeees..... " (a little hesitant)
Albert: "Did you run further than that? To the loop or anything?"
Me: "yes, we ran to the park around the park, and back home so we could get 10 in"
Albert: "and then you got coffee at the Bread Company after didn't you"
Apparently Albert recognized me from the morning. He also was running in the park (can't say I remember seeing him) and then walked to Bread Co, where Evan and I went for breakfast/coffee after I got home. Weird!
I got a letter from St. Louis Track Club, who sponsored the "race" we did in Forest Park and read all about it. They have organized "mile runs" on Wednesday nights at 6:30. Different people run different miles. I'm thinking about maybe meeting there sometime. Wednesday's from here on out get progressively longer, peaking at 10 miles (during the week, Yikes!!) so maybe someone there is on a similar training plan and can help us come up with a path. I will have to say that finding a course that fits our needs has proven more complicated than I would like. We try to have a variety but are only familiar with the area around our homes.
We're working on something creative for Saturday. 15 miles. Another "I've never ran that far before" run. Any ideas from anyone?
The man that helped me was very nice. Overly friendly probably. Said please for EVERYTHING (pleas sign here, please give me your zip code, please try this shoe) He was older than I, (over 50 most likely) thin man. He had a runners build so I'll go out on a limb and say he was a runner (prior to any conversation I had with him). We'll call him Albert (that might have been his name, I'm not sure)
I knew the shoes I wanted. After the last experience I was not prepared to take chances so I wanted to buy what I already knew I was comfortable with. Albert went to get my shoes and helped me try them on. He asked me if I was training for something and how many miles I would need these shoes for. I told him about 300 miles before the race. He said "St. Louis Marathon, huh"
Our conversation continues like this:
Albert: "did you run today?"
Me: "yes"
Albert: "did you run in the park"
(assuming since I was in Clayton he was refering to Forest Park which most people that live in the area refer to as "the" park)
Me: "yep"
Albert: "you ran the whole 6.2 didn't you"
Me: " ....yeees..... " (a little hesitant)
Albert: "Did you run further than that? To the loop or anything?"
Me: "yes, we ran to the park around the park, and back home so we could get 10 in"
Albert: "and then you got coffee at the Bread Company after didn't you"
Apparently Albert recognized me from the morning. He also was running in the park (can't say I remember seeing him) and then walked to Bread Co, where Evan and I went for breakfast/coffee after I got home. Weird!
I got a letter from St. Louis Track Club, who sponsored the "race" we did in Forest Park and read all about it. They have organized "mile runs" on Wednesday nights at 6:30. Different people run different miles. I'm thinking about maybe meeting there sometime. Wednesday's from here on out get progressively longer, peaking at 10 miles (during the week, Yikes!!) so maybe someone there is on a similar training plan and can help us come up with a path. I will have to say that finding a course that fits our needs has proven more complicated than I would like. We try to have a variety but are only familiar with the area around our homes.
We're working on something creative for Saturday. 15 miles. Another "I've never ran that far before" run. Any ideas from anyone?
posted by Unknown at 1:25 PM
1 Comments:
Cute story about the man :-) Just commenting to say I enjoy reading the trials and tribulations of your running journeys - it helps keep me motivated to train for my event - yours makes the 5K part of my tri seem like nothing! :-)
Abbie K
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