CAN YOU FEEL IT!
That song from the Jackson Victory Tour has been going through my head all day after spending the morning doing some "prep" work with @thefitlounge - we went Bikram Yoga today to get our stretch on and then over to Feet First to pick up our race packets. At Feet First, it was game on. Everything was 25% off for the racers, so the new outfit I got off the clearance rack was an additional 25% off. GO ME! Then, one of the salesman (and EVERYONE in that store knows what da heck they are talking about cause they do it) looks at my feet and says "Are you planning to run in those." Ummm. Well. Yeah. He kinda sucks in his teeth and says "Lets fit you and compare." Ummm. Okay.
He puts me on this machine...like the one Dr.Sch.olls has except a little/lot more sophisticated and surprise, surprise (NOT) I am a pronating platapus that puts all of her weight on her heels. And the kicker...I should be running in a 10wide - NOT the 9 regular that I'm currently running in. The salesman says to me, "So, do your feet hurt after a run? Are you getting blisters?" Yes, and I show him the bottom of my feet and he give the lady that was helping @thefitlounge the side eye and she hustles to the back and brings out two pairs of shoes. I look at the price and am like ummm, yeah, but DAMN PLAYA! Seriously. She says try them on and go outside and run in them. Before I got outside, I was complaining that they must be too big because they slip on my heel. He motions for me to sit - I comply - and he ties them in such a way that gives more stability around my ankle (a loop tie or something). HOT DAMN! I was in love.
I went out for a little jog and there was a HUGE difference. HUGE. Can I say HUGE one more time? HUGE! I bought em, ya know. 25% off an all.
An hour later, @thefitlounge and I left the store with a race packet, outfit, shoes and some "energy gel" - I have a serious problem with someone saying that "this one is the one you will most likely be able to tolerate." Wow. I decided to go with the XS Energy Shot that I'm picking up later today from my liquid crack supplier. I just can't live without that stuff...and I can "tolerate it" pretty damn well. We were a C-note+ poorer, but we are ready!
Clydes 10K here we come!Can You Feel It? Can You Feel it.
CAN YOU FEEL IT!
