It's Over (Lasted longer than Britney's, though)
Category: Cycling/Running/Fitness...
Posted Tuesday, January 27, 2004 at 08:39 AM [GMT-6]

Some relationships just aren't meant to last, I guess, no matter how hard one works to keep them alive. And so I sadly announce the end of an important chapter in my life.

Things started out so well. Of course, any relationship is going to have those minor irritations, but you figure that you can work through them; after all, nobody's perfect. What you don't count on is the way the irritation keeps growing, until it becomes a pain, and you finally just can't take it anymore. The early thrill...the ease with which you move together in that great eternal dance, joined at the soul...proves temporary and reality sets in.

Sadly, I must assume most of the blame. It's my fault for taking an ill-advised fling rather than staying true to what I knew was right. I succumbed to lust, my eyes taken in by the flash. I'm wiser, if sadder, for the pain.

It was a good run, but, ultimately, we're both better off with someone else.

So, today, I'll pack it in...box things up...and send my new running shoes back to Road Runner Sports. I never should have strayed from my staid-but-comfortable NB 1122s, which are a much better fit for my low-arched feet.

This chapter closes, but another opens, and while my soul still aches for what might have been, my soles are rejoicing!