Yeah, I know I just posted yesterday, and maybe I'm becoming addicted to this blogging thing, but today was awesome enough to merit another post. As the title suggests, I'm a little tired today. But I'm getting ahead of myself, that's not why today was awesome.
The temperature rose above freezing, apparantly, because this morning the ice that had been on the ground had all melted, so I had the pleasure of riding to class today, and even better, two hours of prime daylight to get a decent ride in between classes. I even managed to score some gloves from a friend I ran into before class. Yeah, she just gave 'em to me. During my exploration, I happened upon a cool little sporting goods store, The Runners Corner, and deciding that I might need some new shoes this year, went in. The shop has a relaxed, professional feel to it, which was mirrored in the man who greeted me. Up until now I'd always bought running shoes with my brother, who besides being a seasoned runner also has a lot of sporting goods experience under his belt. The result is that while I've always had a good pair of shoes on my feet, I never had to give the process much thought.
Thankfully the guy was wicked friendly and helpful, and turned out to be the owner of the business. Along with various small talk, I also found out that I don't favor one foot over the other, have almost no arch in my right foot, and that one foot is half a size smaller than the other. Not particularly pertinent information to me, but I thought it was cool. I ended up getting a pair of ridiculously comfortable Asics, laces that I'll never have to tie again (YESSSS), and a few long sleeved tees thrown in on the house. I also got to speak to him about the ride and solicit a donation. All in all, I think he's got a customer in me for life, or at least as long as I'm in Harrisonburg. I'll also throw as much business at him as I can, and shamelessly plug in his runner's club website here: http://www.svrunners.org/index.php. Looks pretty cool, I may join them for a few runs this winter.
After that, I commenced to have an extremely vigorous ride through the hills of the town before heading back for a history class. The mini cherry on top of the regular cherry on the sunday of awesome that was today, however, was waiting for me when I got home. I had an email from my group leader letting me know that those of us who had passed the $1000 mark would be contacted by Zanes to get fitted for our bikes this week! Looks like we'll be riding the Specialized Allez Triple this year, and I can't be more psyched. We have the option of upgrading, for a fee of course, but unless it's completely necessary I'll be going with the Allez. For now the more pertinent question is Black/Silver, or White/Red? And with that ending note, I'm off for a run, because there's nothing better for mental fatigue than physical fatigue.
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