Yesterday was a blast! It was a big day but it was a blast!!!
My sister and I had decided to head up north to Tupelo, Mississippi, to do a little shopping. She is getting back into running and needed a new pair of running shoes. There is an excellent store in Tupelo that will “fit” you for running shoes. They watch you walk. Look at your gait and foot strike. Check the arch of your foot. They discuss your goals, distances you’ll be running…all of that. THEN, based on all of that, they recommend some running shoes that would be appropriate for you. You try on various pairs of shoes. Wear them for a bit. Walk around. Run around….then you can buy a pair if you find you that you think will work. They also have a great return policy. Awesome store!
That was our #1 stop on our shopping trip.
We were wanting to get an “early start.” For us, that’s between 10:30-11:00 am. Tupelo is an hour north of my house, so we would get there around noon.
Before we could head north, I needed to run 10 miles. My sister likes to sleep in so I had plenty of time to get my run done.
Lately it’s been chilly here in Mississippi and I’ve been fiddling around in the mornings waiting for it to warm up a bit. No time for that yesterday. I headed out in the 24* 15mph NW wind and started my run.
It. Was. Cold. Looking back on the run, I probably should have worn running tights instead of shorts. #stillthawingout
I finished my 10. As soon my frozen self stepped into the house, my sister FB msg me to say she was leaving her house to come pick me up. Perfect timing!
I took a few minutes to thaw out and then headed to the shower. I was almost ready when she got to the house. A few more minutes spent beautifying and we hopped in her car and had the most fun ever shopping!
We bought running shoes, new jeans, a fancy cupcake for MFH (My Favorite Husband). We went to Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch…we just had fun. We got home a little after 6:00 pm. I don’t know about her, but I was toast! Hahaha!!!
This brings me to the entire purpose of this blog. I have a story to tell you from the shoe store:
My sister was trying on different shoes. She was being careful about which shoes she would purchase. She was asking the right questions. Everything was going very well.
We had this cute little college girl helping us. She runs on her track team at her school. She said it is a “small college” after I had said that if she is on her college track team she must be pretty fast!
“No.” she said. “I’m not that fast. I only run about a 5 minute mile.”
I just smiled and thought of my mile splits and knew she would be appalled if she ran my splits! Hahaha!!!
We were finally checking out, paying our tab, when this little college girl looks at me and says, “I hope I’m like you and still running when I’m old.”
I want you to know I smiled nicely and said something encouraging to her. I tried super, duper hard not to laugh out loud because that was the funniest thing EVER!!!
OLD MY LEG!
Hahaha!!!
She’s did a great job in helping us with running shoes and I wish her the very best. That was just too funny, though!
