in a funk

I have so much anger and despair about the whole thing in New Orleans right now, it's hard to focus on much of anything else. As this is a running blog, I'll make a valiant attempt to stay on point.

I've been working on quickening my pull, and I'm not really sure if it's working. I'm definitely going to get myself some Stretch Cords, as Shawn suggested on the Pose forums, but we're hella broke right now, so I'm trying to wait until I get some more cash in my paypal account because I sold some stuff on ebay.

Actually, that's a blog-worthy situation. In the run-up to my switching to minimal shoes and then starting to learn Pose, I accumulated a pair of Nike Tailwinds, Nike Zoom Elites, Nike Frees, Nike Zoom Milers, two pairs of Nike Streak Vapor 4s, and, finally, a pair of Puma H-Streets. The only shoes I really wore enough to beat up were one pair of the Streak Vapors, and now the H-Streets. So I started selling all the maximal stuff on eBay, and it's been partially funding my Pose education. The Tailwinds I gave away, but the Frees and Milers both sold on eBay. No one wanted the Elites, and I haven't parted with the last pair of Streak Vapors, which are essentially new. I'm waiting on payment for a pair of Chaco sandals, which I Ioved back in the bad, old, orthotic days, but which now have too much heel and too much arch. As soon as that comes in, I'll have enough in my Paypal account for the Stretch Cords.

J runs another XC races this weekend, and I do not.... I'm gonna have to do drills for a long time this weekend to try and work out some of the frustration I'm feeling. Here we are in the richest country in the world, and look what's happening.