Thursday, January 6, 2011

New Shoes


"The Davis Place Boys"

Do you remember when you were a kid and you and your friends got new sneakers? Remember when you raced to see if they made you faster? And you were sure they did! Well,  The Davis Place crew (which consisted of me, Jason, my brother, and our other buddy Rob) had those races every fall and spring when our parents bought us our new kicks. And low and behold, we were always faster with the new shoes than we were with the old ones just the day before ( at least by our ever so accurate timing). Were we really faster? Did it just feel that way?

The Davis Place crew and those "races"  were running through my mind as I laced up the new Brooks I had received as a Christmas gift from my amazing wife. Knowing I would be getting back in training shape for my spring marathon  I began to reminisce about the Davis Places races. Would my new shoes have the same effect? Probably not... But as I went for my first run in those shoes I did feel something. Maybe it was the cushion of the Brooks or maybe it was the excitement of the goal ahead, but whatever it was it gave me that same thrill I had as a kid when I was "faster" because of my new sneaks.

So the training season begins in earnest on January, 10th, but I feel my new shoes and training plan will surely make me faster for my 26.2 miles on May 1st.

Good luck to all my fellow runners who are or will be training for spring races.

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