Just do it

Next step:

Buy a good pair of running shoes. I went to Metro Sport today to see what they could recommend. I walked in with my very used Asics and the two fit sales persons looked at me. I think they could tell I was fresh meat. They knew just by looking at me, I was a newbie. Maybe it was my lingo, or my uneasiness to enter the store.

I'm always hesitant to enter this shop. In the past when I've gone in, I'm only surrounded by super-fit individuals. Whether it be staff or customers, male or female, the people there are ridiculously beautiful. Most of them have perfect tans, ultra calves, and figures of superheroes. It sucks, I feel like the pale uncoordinated kid who gets picked last for kick-ball.

Anyway, the sales associates saw me coming a mile away. The blond girl was the first to greet me. She asked if she could help. I hesitated, not knowing if her question was genuine or plagued with commission. After an awkward pause I gave in, coming to terms with myself. What did I know about running? I told her my new goal to run a marathon. Being the perfect saleswoman she asked my shoe size and wanted me to walk in front of her barefoot. I thought this was an awkward request. But she only wanted to check the arch in my foot. After this prerequisite initiation, she went to the back.

Meanwhile, her co-working started up a casual conversation. The buzz-cut associate asked which run I wanted to run. I told him the CIM and I hadn't the slightest idea what I was doing. He could feel my pain, literally, and more. He was recovering from a bicycle accident. He had slight amnesia and couldn't remember the total account. But from what he was told, his foot pedal broke causing him to skid trait into asphalt. A few days ago he was wearing a neck brace. He mentioned how liberating it was to move his neck.

The blond came back with three pairs of shoes. I tried each set and found these!

And the left shoe has this cool foot pod for training purposes. You are able to purchase this food pod system which measures distance and pace while running by preditermined stride length. I haven't decided if I want to shell over another sixty dollars, but we'll see how 'hard core' I become with all this.


Freakin' sweet!