Obsessed Runner Blog
June 24, 2009 - The weather is never a reason to skip a run.
Yo Run Gang,
Most of us are mired in our lifestyles with responsibilities of family, jobs, bills, and piles of unfinished work and projects that can stop us in our tracks as we jump out of bed for the daily run. It is as if the enemy had thwarted out attack on this new day. We may awake to run plans that get sidetracked within minutes. The truth is, getting out the door is never easy, and at times, just getting started requires a super human feat. You have blown through that barrier plenty of times, the trick is to keep up the momentum and know thy enemy!
That said, the weather is never a reason to skip a run. As you know, I love extremes, especially when it comes to the weather we run in. Life in the middle of the road will get you run down! When its 10 below or over 90, a simple run becomes extreme and requires planning and thought. It also comes with a bit of danger, but you may have noticed, all the cool stuff is dangerous so no need to avoid it, just take it seriously.
Enjoy every healthy day,
Randy Step, an obsessed runner planning on a high noon run on a day I could have ran in the cool of the morning!
May 7, 2008 - Your body is out on that crumbling edge, just about ready to break off.
For those of you in marathon training mode, when you get to that last long run be it 20 or whatever, remember, your body is out on that crumbling edge, just about ready to break off. Your chances of getting sick or injured are at an all time high. Avoid sick people and act a little wimpy when it comes to moving a heavy object, doing a big day of lawn work or whatever. Yes, it sucks but you worked hard to get here, be a wimp. That said, I just ran my 20 for Bayshore, Im sick as a dog, and I pulled a quad muscle getting screens down from my attic some coach.
Get out and run some trails! Check out this video from the Running Fit trail marathon weekend, it will help motivate you! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb6F_alzHZU
Get out and run!
Randy Step
July 15, 2009 - Are you looking for some words of wisdom?
If you are looking for the Obsessed Runners words of wisdom, I apologize. He is still picking burrs out of his socks and laying on the calamine lotion from last weekends Dances With Dirt: Devils Lake in Baraboo Wisconsin. In the mean time I took the liberty of hacking into his laptop to bring you some real information from the other side of the Running Fit fence. Thats right were not just races, trails, mud, long runs, triathlons, beer relays, and aid stations. We still have to sell some shoes too. So the Head Goats partner formerly known as the Shoe Doctor (only our long time customers know that one) has some important news that will help everyone and get our economy back in the lead pack.
Read on:
Asics, Brooks, New Balance, Nike, Mizuno, Saucony, Puma, Adidas, and the rest of our vendors would call their legal department if we advertised the low prices we put on their products at our Ann Arbor Annual Art Fair Sale. We cant blame them, but this only happens once a year and when else could you find a $125.00 trainer for $49.99. We have over 500 pair of running shoes starting at $29.99. And if that isnt enough to get you to downtown Ann Arbor we also have our entire spring /summer apparel at 20% off and the winter apparel at 50% off! But wait theres more our entire regular stock of shoes are also marked 10 to 40 % off. It is a store wide sale starting Wednesday, but yep people come Tuesday and what are we going to do say no? We also hear there is some great art mixed in with all this retail.
Note: Running Fit West Bloomfield has moved! Come check out the new digs at 6623 Orchard Lake Road, on the SE corner of Maple and Orchard Lake, next to Plum Market.
Run Shop Run,
The Shoe Doctor