new kicks

It's time to retire my Brooks Cascadia 6s. I've logged 83.75 hours and 790 km on them and the ride has become too firm for me. They've always been a little firm but they seemed to 'soften up' as they warmed up on each run. Not so much anymore.

Time to start breaking in the new Cascadia 7s.

I will miss the subtly of the 6s. The 7s are going to take some getting use. A good muddy spring run should do the trick.

The outsoles and uppers of the 6s held up really well. They even have a decent amount of tread left. I hope the 7s perform as well.

a daily dose of fun

"When I was your age..."

I might give the impression that nothing fun ever happened ‘when I was your age’? I start out like it's story time but all to often I end with a trip down a memory lane that sounds positively horrific and all too outrageous to be true. Often it’s not true, not entirely anyway, but that’s not the point. It’s my chance to visit a much simpler time when even the seemingly mundane daily walk to school (carrying your hand carved desk 10 miles uphill both ways in a blizzard...you get the picture) was an adventure. Just add a couple scoops of horrific to ramp up the fun factor.

I'm getting tired of taking that trip down memory lane, which has been happening way too often lately. I find I’m spending far too much time reminiscing about what I've done rather than looking forward to what I've yet to do. I don't miss the past but I've been missing the the type of fun I had in the past. I don't mean the kind of fun that comes with having few responsibilities, no appreciation of one's own mortality, and a general lack of common sense. I enjoyed my 20's but once was enough. I'm referring to the kind of fun that comes with having the time and energy to be spontaneous and live in the moment on a near daily basis. I miss hanging out with friends, enjoying a run or a bike ride, or even taking a vacation without feeling guilty, or at least distracted, by all the non-fun things that I'm not doing. I miss playing.

Thanks to Scrubnut for unknowingly reminding me what's important. It's time to push back from the computer and go for a run. Cue theme music...