After I finished the 10K race a couple of weeks ago, my dad (from his deer blind no less) and I talked about the race. He and my mom loved to watch me compete as an athlete when I was younger. In college, they only missed one game. They didn't attend that particular game because it was in Gainesville, Florida (Go Gators!) in the middle of the week. All of this, I must point out, occurred while my father was on dialysis awaiting a kidney transplant. Pretty impressive.
The upcoming race has the competitive spirit riled up in all of us again. By the end of our conversation, my dad, or poppa as I call him, offered to purchase another set of shoes to prepare for the race. My pseudo-coach and boss, Steve, informed me I should have two pairs of shoes. One pair to complete my shorter runs and the other to wear for my long runs. The idea is to use the ones with the less mileage on race day. Thanks to my folks, the fancy pair of Mizuno shoes arrived yesterday, along with a new pair of running pants, Jackie Knicker Capris.
After my run this morning I'm able to report the pants are great. As for the shoes, my plans are to break them in tomorrow.
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