So its becoming real now…
Went into Cardiff early on this morning to see if I could get some running shoes to give me the push to do the *first* run.. Got into Cardiff around 9:00, and already there was a fair amount of traffic going into Cardiff, and I managed to find a space in the new fangled car park in Cardiff itself.
Walked over to the bus station and found Run and Become ( http://www.runandbecome.com/cardiff.html ) just across the road. I realised that when I worked in Cardiff I must have walked past it many times, but always thought it was something like a “Nardos” shop selling second hand stuff for some kind of charity or another…
Luckily at 9:00 there was only one other person in the shop, so within 5 minutes I was rolling up my jeans and a very pleasant lady was getting a collection of shoes for me. First off you put on a pair (the comfiest shoes I have ever worn) – and then you have to do a little jog outside. The trouble is the little jog location is outside in the main street where people are waiting for their buses!!! So a jog back and forth, with40 people cheering doesn’t really let you run as normal, but anyway a couple of runs later and we were back in the shop with many shoes to check. After trying each there was an obvious choice and 10 mins later they were in the bag and I was on the way home..
So I have a pair of Saucony shoes which should be good for 500 miles!!!!!…
I also nipped into Debenhams to day to take back something for a relative – it was past its 28 days return, it still had the security tag on, and when I took it to the counter it also had already “been returned” according to their system.. Well, she looked at me as if I was a thieving …. but fair play they gave the £6 back on a card – thanks….