Tag: Mizuno

  • Friends who are active and famous, and hot tubs that get snowed on

    First off, I want to say thank you for all the kind words and support last week. Having a heavy heart and no outlet is at times, lonely. But, things are not all bad. In the good-news department, I have some exciting things to report: Good friend news #1 My friend Michael, an actor, has landed…

  • Friends who are active and famous, and hot tubs that get snowed on

    First off, I want to say thank you for all the kind words and support last week. Having a heavy heart and no outlet is at times, lonely. But, things are not all bad. In the good-news department, I have some exciting things to report: Good friend news #1 My friend Michael, an actor, has landed…

  • One week away …

    A week from now I will be picking up my race packet and settling into my hotel room for the evening before getting up before the crack of dawn to run 26.2 miles. And believe it or not, I’m not nervous at all. That’s not to say that won’t change. But as of right now,…

  • One week away …

    A week from now I will be picking up my race packet and settling into my hotel room for the evening before getting up before the crack of dawn to run 26.2 miles. And believe it or not, I’m not nervous at all. That’s not to say that won’t change. But as of right now,…

  • You know it’s a great day when you get free shoes …

    Ok, I know I have written about my favorite running store, TrySports, only about half a million times on here. Every time I go in there they find some way to amaze me. I have written before about how great they are at fitting people for shoes. They really listen to what you have to…

  • Bring it on, November

    Today is the 13th, which means November is almost over. I’ve got 2 more long Saturday runs before tapering starts before my marathon (tapering is running lesser distances to give my muscles a chance to recover before The Big Day.) Tomorrow I run 15 miles, next Saturday 20 miles (gulp!), then 12 miles the following…

  • Try it my way, and you will never look at shoes the same again

    Before I even knew he was the one I would meet, he was watching me as I walked through the door and made my way across uncrowded but busy room. He studied me silently, knowing it would be necessary to note the details of my every movement. Did he know how much he would impress me later by noticing me…

  • Try it my way, and you will never look at shoes the same again

    Before I even knew he was the one I would meet, he was watching me as I walked through the door and made my way across uncrowded but busy room. He studied me silently, knowing it would be necessary to note the details of my every movement. Did he know how much he would impress me later by noticing me…

  • More things I know or think I know about running

    I had to take a breather from yesterday’s post. I mean, you want to spend your day reading about running or actually have time to go out and do it? So here I am today with more “Things a person that doesn’t know much officially has learned about running”:  Water I used to think the rule was:…