Buy new shoes, but keep the old...

...one is silver and the other...is good for taking out the trash or running errands when you're feeling frumpy, haven't recently bathed and don't expect to see anyone you know.

I welcomed a new addition to the family yesterday - well, two actually, but I'm already playing favorites with "Righty."

I should have bought new shoes four months ago, but I wasn't aware of the "300-500 miles" rule. Even if I had been, 500 miles is an inconceivable concept to me. In my mind, I couldn't reach that distance in a lifetime.

I've got a brief 5-day window to break these puppies in, and all the interns have turned down my request to walk around in my shoes for me. The Tuesday night run will have to suffice, though I'm still a bit nervous about the shins. They still hurt, but I've made it a point to massage them (the interns turned down this request, too) and wearing shoes with decent support.

I have thought about suing Target for making cheap flip-flops...or maybe I'll sue the city for using such hard bricks in the sidewalk. Aren't there squishy bricks out there somewhere? Maybe rubber bricks that can just bounce you down the street. Heck, why don't we have any of those moving walkways you see in airports?

And no, I don't see the irony in asking for a motorized walkway to help prepare me for exercise.

On a side note: Thought I was getting ill, but I realized yesterday that my constant state of nausea is tied directly to my intense nervousness about the B2B. Is it weird to run with a barf bag?