I’m up early at 5AM for my 6AM training tomorrow morning.
Farmers and chickens get up at 5AM.
People who make doughnuts get up at 5AM.
People who own breakfast restaurants get up at 5AM.
People who love mornings… get up at 5AM.
According to TGOO, men over age 60 get up to pee at 5AM.
I meet none of the above criteria.
I’m not a morning person.
As I am apt to say, “Mornings are good for only two things… and they both involve a bed.”
Training for a marathon… does not involve a bed.
This should be interesting.
On a positive note, I found a GREAT little running store today.
I need GREAT shoes as I have flat feet, plantar fascia that when aggravated comes with bursitis in my heels, and a left knee that gives me problems. If I’m going to train for 26.2 and then complete 26.2, I don’t need any injuries that shoes could have prevented.
I’ll have enough to worry about.
So I walked in the store, and found a wonderful pair of running shorts with little pockets all over. A place for my key, for my ID, for my cell phone. Life is good. (FYI, I went to FOUR named brand sports stores, and NOT ONE carried running shorts with little pockets.) Oh! And the pockets have Velcro so nothing will jump out!
I got a pair of good socks and then asked the salesman to fit me for my shoe. This is what they’re known for… finding the perfect running shoe for YOUR foot.
So I stepped out of my sandals and said to him, “I have orthotics, wide toe box, flat feet, narrow heel. I pronate. Saucony has worked in the past as have Asics. I wear New Balance right now, but I think they’re not the best for me."
We tried a shoe, and it was too tight in the middle foot.
He said, “Did you bring your orthotics?”
I replied, “No, because I’m coming from work and because… I figured y’all weren’t going to want to pull out all the cotton inserts to put my stinky orthotics in all of them until we found one that fit.”
He gave me a *blink*.
I grinned and said, “But of course you do that all the time because you are a RUNNING store.”
He smiled back and said, “Exactly.”
I apologized and said, “I’m just not used to going to a store where I’m going to be FITTED for the right shoe. I’ll come back tomorrow.”
I don’t think I’ve been FITTED for ANY pairs of shoes since I was… what… 12?
Good Grief.
So tomorrow I go back to my new favorite store and get fitted. It will be interesting to see what kind of boats he puts my feet in…
Looks to me like you Floridians could use a good pair of boats about now (well, at least up Melbourne way).
Posted by: Bob at August 22, 2008 08:52 PMI agree with you on the 5am. Let me know if you find a secret to getting up at 5am to workout. I'd much rather workout in the morning, and often have the best intentions to....but when that alarm goes off...I somehow get tied up in my blanket and can't get out.
Posted by: Sissy at August 22, 2008 09:52 PMPhht. Skip the workout. Go eat a doughnut. I hear they're fresh and hot at 5am.
Posted by: Jerry at August 22, 2008 11:44 PMMr Weenie gets up at 5am for work, he starts at 6am.
He hates mornings, isn't a farmer, doesn't make donuts or own a restuarant, although he does pee at that time too.
Posted by: Quality Weenie at August 23, 2008 08:17 AMMy running shorts just have slash pockets. I tried to take my cell phone with me, but when I run it pulls my pants down, even with the string tied, or the pocket comes out below the leg of the shorts and bangs around.
I hook my keys to a clip with my ipod thingie and clip it to the waist. I leave the phone at home.
Good luck from me... and Jack.
Posted by: K-Nine at August 23, 2008 10:04 AMWow, sounds like a cool store. Yay on the pockets although my humungous cell phone would never fit in a shoe pocket (I'd have to buy a "running phone" just for that - LOL).
I finally found some fabulous shoes for my feet - wide boxy toe, verrry high arches... I think they're Etonics but I have to look again to be sure (can never remember these things). I use running shoes for regular walking because they suit me much better - walking shoes are too hard - running shoes have lots of padding. So, I need to get onto zappos and have them send me a second pair like this one so I have another when this pair gets old. LOL.
Good luck finding the right shoe! That's generally an all day excursion for me.
Posted by: Teresa at August 23, 2008 11:17 AMBou,
I had my kick off meeting for TNT this morning. They had a raffle. Can you believe I won a gift certificate for a free pair of running shoes?! I'm going to go in a day or two for to be fitted for a fabulous pair of sneakers! I can't believe I won something I probably really, really needed. You know, since my current sneakers cause the bottom of my feet to hurt around mile 4.
We have three group training sessions per week: M, R, Saturday. I'll at least get to the M & S training sessions. Thursdays are a bit hairier, but also closer to the house, so I'll have to see.
I brought husband with me this morning so he could understand why I signed up. He's much more supportive now than he was when I first told him.
I still think I'm more than a bit nuts to go from couch to 26.2!
Posted by: wRitErsbLock at August 23, 2008 04:34 PMRadio people also get up early.
A wise radio person once told me, "You never get used to getting up early. You only get used to feeling awful."
Posted by: Roses at August 23, 2008 08:20 PM