What My Shoes Saw

As I start gearing up to retire my current pair of running shoes I thought I would take a look at what they have seen in the last year.

• My shoes saw 4 races:  2- 5ks, 1-100k relay, and my 2nd 13.1 all with faster times than the year before. Guess who they saw standing next to me at each and every one...Denise -whoo ray for my motivator!
• My shoes pounded the pavement in Washington, Montana, and Idaho.
• My shoes ran 150 plus miles from April-June during the Ultra Marathon with my partner in workout crime Vicki.
• My shoes also saw Vicki at 5:00 a.m. 3 days a week (we only cheated a couple of times)for our trips to the gym for the entire year. They groaned,complained, and went anyway thanks to her inspiring words!
• While my shoes didn't see a lot of pounds lost they did see inches lost and thus far those inches have stayed lost. Smaller pant and shirt sizes :)
• My shoes saw the pride in my face when I looked back on all that I accomplished in the last year as a "runner" and they served me well.

On a side note..I hit the gym hard today!