T-Rex Runner: A Runner’s Holiday Wish List
Forget running gear. Danielle's wishlist includes things that money can't buy...like quickly located satellites.
At this point in my running career, I’ve amassed pretty much all the gear I could possibly need and plenty of running-related trinkets. There are a lot of things that money can’t buy that I’d like for Hanukkah/Christmas/Kwanzaa/other holidays. So without further ado, here is my holiday wish list:
- Better pacing skills: I am the actual worst at sticking to the prescribed pace for a training run on any given day. Intervals are supposed to be done at 8:06 pace? Eh, 7:42 is close enough, right?
- Or, a personal pacer: If I can’t have #1, I will take a personal pacer to run all my training runs with me and make sure I hit the correct paces. Anyone interested?
- Self-restraint when it comes to injury: I’m not the best at making the smart choice not to run when I feel pain. I tend to adopt an “Oh, one more run won’t hurt” attitude, but news flash, self, it always hurts. Sigh.
- Located satellites: Oh for heaven’s sake, Garmin, just find the stupid things already.
- Pockets in all my running shorts and tights: Who are these companies making running bottoms without a pocket for your key, and why am I still buying them without checking first? Ugh.
- A running rain jacket that doesn’t cause the greenhouse effect to happen inside it while I am wearing it: Self-explanatory.
- One good race picture: To qualify as a good race picture, I must not look like I’ve gained 30 pounds during the race AND it must look like I’m actually running. The two never happen together.
- Miles and memories with friends: Priceless, and they make for more appropriate party stories than anything I did in college.
What’s on your wish list this Christmas? Tweet @thetrexrunner and @womensrunning to let us know.