Being unfaithful to shoes.

I dragged myself out of bed at 6am this morning to start my reading and research for my seminar papers, but after getting through an article and a half, I walked back into the bedroom and fell asleep. Whoops. My "two-days-for-one-paper" plan is not working out. At all. Failure.

I woke up an hour later, did more reading, and then went on a painful five mile run. My legs felt fatigued and a little sore, not to mention my upper-body is punishing me for putting it in the hands of Trainer Dan. Once I saw that I was running negative splits, I put in the extra effort (and maybe one ten-second "I do love running, I do! I do!" break) to finish strong. Here are my splits:

• Mile 1: 9:47
• Mile 2: 9:41
• Mile 3: 9:34
• Mile 4: 9:12
• Mile 5: 8:54
• Total: 47:13

Not bad, not bad.

I worked at the running store today, fitting some shoes, putting labels on socks, hanging up wicking shirts, and trying on shoes that I want to buy when it was slow. I took advantage of the sale price and discounts to get myself a pair of the Asics 2130's because 1) they've been recommended to me as an alternative to the Brooks Adrenaline GTS 8's and I've wanted to try them 2) it's almost my birthday, and I wanted to buy cute shoes! [My fashionable friend Ashley is probably dying of heart attack reading that last statement.] I probably won't try them out much before the Half, but in the event that they don't work, I'll just wear them as my "work shoes".


Nevertheless, I feel like I'm cheating on my Brooks, which is Number 1 on the list of "Stuff Asian Girls Like" that Roommate Tina and I have been trading back and forth on Facebook. Also on the list of "Stuff Asian Girls Like":

• XL Beer shirts (Apparently, Tina won one at a raffle too!)
• KitchenAid Mixers
• The "boot-shaped" Chicken McNugget
• Spooning (with each other)
• Crazy Joaquin Phoenix
• Baking disasters
• Being creepy

[Note: "Asian Girls" here refers to the title our high school government teacher gave us in fifth period, not necessarily to Asian girls in general.]

In other news, the store was nice enough to give me a racing singlet and shorts so I can be part of the team. I'm not sure if the employees always wear the uniform during races. I guess I'll find out soon since almost everyone is running either the Half or the Full Marathon on April 11th! When I received my fancy singlet, I was told not to disgrace the uniform, which means I'll have to cover up the logo if I'm having a bad race. (They said if I did something hardcore, like drag my bleeding body across the finish line, that would be okay.)

So here I am, modeling my fancy singlet and barely-there shorts (Hello, inner thigh!), as well as my cruel mistress Asics 2130's:

[The framed document behind me is a disciplinary note to my dad who got caught dressing up in a non-PC costume and burning a friend in effigy during his college years. Love you, Dad, you make me proud!]

Also, here's a conversation I had with Dan, who is now in Cleveland visiting his ethnic family, about Le Creuset cookware:

Me: omg, i love the enamel so much

Dan: inorite

Me: it's like creamy and shiny and soft all at the same time, and it's a goddamn piece of cookware

Dan: we are dreamers mica, DREAMERS. And your cooking skillz go up 10 points just for using it.