Just as Tropical Storm Andrea hits the east coast, my new Runner’s World Magazine arrived in the mail. If I can train my clients tomorrow morning plus get my chores done, perhaps I can curl up during the rainy afternoon and read it from cover-to-cover. This month is a special issue covering the Boston bombings. It may be a hard issue to read… We continue to pray for the victims and families, and as the magazine cover says, the running community is “stronger than ever.”
As I mentioned yesterday, the Cruisers met for a special mid-week run to celebrate National Running Day! Everyone fought rush hour traffic to make it to the trail for our 7 PM run. Well, everyone but me since we live near the trail and my last client came to my home gym! Lucky girl, indeed!
We were thrilled to have one of our founding Cruisers, Terri, join us. She has been plagued with an Achilles injury, and hopefully she is finally on the road to recovery! Terri is my Cruiser partner-in-crime. Oh, the stories we can tell about each other… Fortunately the Cruisers have a rule, “What happens on the trail, stays on the trail.”
The W&OD Trail was busier than usual with many runners celebrating National Running Day. I know of two other groups that held group runs within one mile of where we met. Impressive!
Vamshi decided to try out his new Vibram FiveFingers Bikilas since it was a special running day. I can’t wait to hear what he thinks after he runs a few miles in them. I don’t think my poor runner’s feet with about a million miles on them are good candidates for Vibrams. I don’t think my orthotics would fit in them either! 😉
Here’s a look at the tops of Vamshi’s Vibram FiveFingers Bikilas.
On our way home from the trail, Bill and I stopped at Subway to grab sandwiches for dinner. It had been forever since we ate at Subway and I don’t think a sandwich has ever tasted so good!
Don’t forget to enter my giveaway for a free copy of Born To Run by Christopher McDougall. Giveaway rules can be found in yesterday’s post, ‘Born To Run’ Giveaway.
- Questions:
- What is your answer to the Rafflecopter question?
- Have you ever run in Vibrams?
- Which sandwich shop do you like best? Subway, Quiznos, or Potbelly?
Debbie, I enjoyed my run in the vibrams. My plan to was to slowly increase my running mileage in vibrams and yesterday in my second run I am glad I could run four miles.
I have not read Born To Run.
I don’t have the $$ to experiment on shoes like that when I’m doing ok in the shoes I have. Does that make sense? I know I could me missing out, but I’m going to live with it!
I have not yet read my copy of Born to run!
I like Subway the best because there are healthy options. Potbelly is DELISH. So tasty. I also love Jimmy Johns. Their sub bread is the best. 🙂
I just got my RW today, too. Your blog photo is MUCH better than mine 😉
My sons both talked about Jimmy Johns when they were away at school because they had one in their university town. We don’t have one in our area, so I’ve never eaten their sandwiches.
You may think that my Runner’s World photo is better than yours, but I don’t have a picture of Bill eating a pudding pie on my post! Tell Glenn that I love that picture of him! 🙂
I used to love Subway…but in Upstate NY, there was this great local place called DiBellas. They have the best rolls EVER. No, seriously – their Everything Roll is a piece of art. Edible art. They blow Subway out of the water.
Boy, I could really go for a sandwich right now… 🙂
What a great turnout… cool shoes too! Don’t think I could pull those off!
I don’t have a RW subscription, but I am hoping to pick up a copy of the Boston issue later this week. It is a must read, as difficult as some of it will be.
I think your Cruisers rule of “What happens on the trail, stays on the trail” is an unspoken rule among all runners. Secrets shared on the trail don’t leave it and often do not get brought up outside of running.
I teased the Cruisers and told them that I might have to bend those rules so I’d have some juicy stuff to blog about! 😮
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