SneakerStories

Reality Called, It's Looking For You

Posted by christine on Monday, January 05, 2009

The first day back from Christmas holiday is always difficult. Some folks are apparently taking it hard. When I went into the office break room this afternoon, I found the World's Largest Margarita Glass (WLMG) soaking in the sink.

Lest you think that photo has a perspective issue skewing the size, here is the WLMG next to a coffee cup.	Here it is dwarfing a coffee pot.

No one in the office will admit to being the owner of the WLMG. You just know this person has said, "I don't have a drinking problem. I only have one drink with dinner."

All in all, I'm impressed the person still cares enough to wash the glass after a drink of that magnitude.

Wii Must Say Farwell For Now

Posted by christine on Sunday, January 04, 2009

Steve got me a Wii for Christmas which we finally set up yesterday. I feel a rapid fall in my posting count about to occur as I'm consumed by Wiiness.

I already feel closer to my old pals Jim and Leia of We Know Wii.

I'm In It - Redux

Posted by christine on Thursday, January 01, 2009

Lynn just informed me that she's signed us up for the Camp Pendelton Mud Run on Saturday, June 13.

Muddy Buddy!

I'm In It

Posted by christine on Wednesday, December 31, 2008

This just in - I'm doing the Trail of Torment 10K this Sunday.

I'm planning a triple medal January!

Superfeet, Not So Super

Posted by christine on Monday, December 29, 2008

Last week, when the X-ray technician showed me the X-rays of my feet he said, "The right foot has a pretty large bone spur." My reply was, "Nifty, but it's the left foot that hurts."

Since this summer I've had problems with both of my feet. At the end of each race or workout, I'm limpin' and gimpin' on extremely tender tootsies. My plantar facsiae are irritable and those nasty facsaie have my heels aching whenever I run or jump. The X-rays where just to confirm that there aren't any broken or fractured bones. The bones are fine, even with the bone spurs.

When my foot problems first started, I had some Superfeet insoles custom made for my running shoes. Essentially they put your Superfeet insoles into an EasyBake oven to melt them, then the insoles are reformed around your foot. In theory, you should have insoles that precisely support your feet. People rave about Superfeet and I figured with custom fitting, they'd be perfect.

Except not. This weekend at training, I finally figured it out. It's the stupid insole that's the problem. I ripped it out of my shoe and ran with substantially less pain.