Shoes, shoes and more shoes....

Cross training today.  12 mile ride outside at Stony Creek today.  It was hot; 77 degrees and humid.  Lots of bugs too.  This was my first time doing the bike before work.  I had to wait for them to open the park at 5:45am to get in but it sure beats using the exercise bike inside.

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Just a reminder that my contest for the 26.2 emblems will be over on July 23 so if you have not signed up yet, please click HERE and sign up.  These things are sweet looking on your car!  Thanks again to Elektroplate for sponsoring these awesome giveaways!

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Yesterday, I ordered my wife her first pair of real running shoes!  When I say real, I mean because she got some shoes without just getting what was on sale(even though these were)  It's funny because she liked the Saucony Ride 3's and I wear the Ride 2's(but will need 3's or 4's soon)  She still just walks most of the time but does a little running here and there between the walking.  She needed them badly!  Her feet were starting to bleed at the back of her heal due to worn out shoes.  Jeez!  I've been telling her for weeks to get a new pair of shoes.

Here's what she got:

Even I like them(if they weren't pink)
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I also have a couple things that are coming up that are exciting for me to share on the blog including a review of a pair of headphones courtesy of Auria and perhaps a giveaway(will post a review in the next week or so).

I will also be doing a review of a pair of shoes courtesy of Onlineshoes.com( I will post the review in mid August sometime after I've had a chance to really test them out)  I won't mention the brand or style just yet but so far I love the look and feel of them!

I also won a new pair of minimal shoes over at Barefoot Angie Bee's blog last week.  You can check her out HERE.  She's also doing an iFitness belt giveaway now so this is the time to check her blog out.  If you want to know anything about barefoot running, she is the person to ask!  I, on the other hand, am not the person to ask!  Haha!

The shoes I won are the Somnia Nada's which are a barefoot type shoe.  I can't wait to get my hands on these to try them out.  I've been interested in trying out minimalist/barefoot type shoes for some time.  Here's what they look like:

You can also check out their website HERE.  I'll likely do an in depth review(from a novice in the barefoot running category) after I get them and try them for a few weeks.  I'm looking forward to trying these with a very slow build up on them.

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One final thing.  I've added a counter on my blog for my next marathon, the Detroit Marathon.  I still have not committed to the full marathon yet(and don't have to until the end of September) but this is one more push to remind me to commit to the full instead of the half.  Only 90 days to go!!! Holy cow!!  One thing I can say is that it is much easier to train in Winter than Summer.  It's just too damn hot out!

Question of the day:  Got any new shoes lately?  What did you get?




Have a great day and.....Keep Running!!!!!