Juneathon Day 1: Shoes
Many things have changed in my life since I joined (and completed) my first Athon in January this year. First of all, our beloved April passed away and I keep being grateful for the idea to name my blog after her. (My own original idea was Wounded Knee as my knee has been playing games with me for the past 2 years but heeey, no pain – no gain!)
Furthermore, I now consider myself a runner. I have been running (and racing) since January and enjoying it every time. Throughout the months I found out it is not for the weight loss or to tick off some imaginary box. No. I run because I like doing it. I like to feel the air in my hair, to smell the river next to me on a summer evening, to feel the fresh water drops on my body when having a shower after the run. In particular, I like the endorphins hitting me each time after about 4-5 km of running :-).
Juneathon jogging challenge: Run every day.
In January, I managed to exercise every day and came to a total mileage of 400+ km out of which 130 km was running. In June, I want to go out there running each of the 30 days. The total of 100 running miles would be great, the other activities are less important.
Juneathon blogging challenge: Make a picture at each run.
Today, on Day 1, I present you my running buddies.
Until recently I only had one or two pairs of running shoes and it was fine. But 2 weeks ago, the shopaholic girl in me couldn’t resist a major discount on the Salomon trail shoes and Asics Nimbus. Both these new pairs are probably the cheapest shoes I’ve ever bought so don’t blame me… As the matter of fact, I took the pair of Nimbus for their Juneathon maiden voyage today and they ran great!
April Runs 
I think I’ll take your lead and buy some new trainers! Good luck for the rest of the month!
They were practically giving them away… I was proud of myself for not buying more. Good luck to you too, with the beer festival around and all.
oh, I am the same with running shoes, I just can not resist them 🙂
Happy to hear I am not the only one out there. with me, it is actually shoes in general. Good luck with Juneathon!
It would have been rude not to have bought those shoes! 😉
Well done on day 1… I’m so excited to be on the Athon again x
Yes, I simply had to rescue them by bringing them home :-). Happy to see you Athoning again!
Sorry to hear April passed away. Janathon and Juneathon are great at turning us into runnners and better runners! Good luck for your goals in Juneathon and after the miles you’ve run this year 2 pairs of new shoes were probably essential!
Thank you so much. I am sure April is all relaxed now at some place with lots of other dogs, sausages and NO running at all 🙂 — a happy dog. Good luck to you too!
Ooooh nooooo shooooos!
Hahahaha