Cross Train Shopping

Running. Wednesday I woke up and went out to run. From the first step I was moving better than usual with no slow build up. It was cool out (low 50s) and I wore a long sleeve shirt and shorts. Moving was the way to stay warm. I went on my 4-mile jaunt and came home with a splendid sub 33-minute time that was the best of the year on that route.
Therapy. After work I went for my 7th visit to my physical therapist - Tracey - a former Olympic swimmer who nows relishes the opportunity to smirk and bend the crap out of my arms and shoulders in an effort to loosen up the horrid things. Just let me remind everyone that the merits of upper body strength training are not to be overooked. If I had paid better attention I'd not be in such distortion. Tracey is doing a fine job of getting my skinny weak upper body sculpted into a strong lean running machine. It just takes a little pain to get there.
Shopping. Key to the day was that I left work early for PT and planned to go down to the Track Shack for the annual red dot sale where most shoes are 50% off and all the winter gear is at giveaway prices. I got in touch with my feminine side and had a blast doing my shopping. Being friends with the store manager didn't hurt either. We'd been consulting each other for a few weeks about what I could buy and how much he had in stock. Shoes was at the top of my list. Like Pamalamadingdong I am an avid Saucony Hurricane fan. First Jerry brought out two pairs in my size. One was the old model in blue and one in the newer style with orange trim. I tried them on and went Ahhhhhhh! (2 for the price of 1) Then we spoke about my penchant for cross shoeing in different brands and he introduced me to an Asics shoe, the Gel Kayano XI. Let me just say that it was like putting your hand in a bowl of hot parrafin (Never done that, huh? Try it. You'll love it). So the Kayano is a perfect fit and a noticeably lighter shoe. I was sold. Of course the Kayano was not available at 50% off but he did give it to me for 20% off the $135 price tag (Yow). So I took the shoes, picked up a few race shirts (sleeveless) so Rachel would not gag at the next warm Florida race and headed out the door. Tomorrow I'm going to be bouncing along in my new shoes. Which one will be a spur of the moment thing; kinda like the shopping trip. Look Honey; at how much money I saved!!