So happy May or Happy Health Awareness month, depending on which side of the Jane Fonda fence you're on. Part of the festivities here in the office today was to 'dress the part', so there are many people dressed in sweats and workout attire. A couple of my favorites are Tara (One of our wonderful content managers here at Zappos) and Nick (another Content Team stud-muffin) They're totally decked out with some pimpin 80's workout gear. Very nice, Tara and NIck! The real reason I'm writing though is because I'm sitting here at my desk feeling really weird wearing my running shorts at work. Besides how white my thighs are and how scrawny I look in white, I have a draft 'down there' - Never had THAT happen at work.

I just whistled at Nick, 'Nice Addictions' - Now I feel naked AND dirty.

Attack of the killer Baby Jogger! It reminds me of stories my mother would tell me about throwing me in the car and driving loops around the block because being in the car just made me fall asleep faster. Every time I throw my girls in this sleep contraption called a Baby Jogger, they fall asleep - completely funny. They go from being completely excited and energized about going on a run to falling into a deep sleep within three or four miles...super funny. In any case, it happened again today - Just thought I would let you know.

BTW, I just learned that we'll be carrying Baby Joggers on the site soon!!!! For all you runners out there that want to drain the energy out of your kids in a single bound - you too will now have the chance! WooOooOOoooOoooo-HoooOOoOoooOoooooo! Three cheers for Baby Joggers!

The Coin Count

Nada today

Running Total: 42 cents

Goodness! If I could afford it, I would put on a new pair of running shoes before every run. I just got a new pair of kicks from Zappos this morning and MAN, I LOVE NEW RUNNING SHOES! The smell of new rubber and synthetic meshes; the wondrously wonderfulously bouncy rides on your first few runs; the incredible shimmer of the brightest of all white meshes in the sun - Ahhhhh! Running shoe heaven, I tell ya! SWEET!

I've been running in ASICS for the last 14 years - The ASICS GEL Nimbus has always been my Go-To shoe. I've been running with them since the one model before that, a shoe called the GEL Marko for all you ASICS connoisseurs out there. The only thing that sucks about getting a new pair of running shoes and going for that first run in ‘em is that you won't get the same feeling, or THAT smell again until you buy a new pair 4-months later. You think someone will ever come out with one of those ‘new car smell'-like fresheners for your shoes? Not like those anti-bacterial sprays that smell like the check-in counter at the bowling alley - I mean an honest to goodness ‘new shoe smell'. There wouldn't be a moment in the day when you wouldn't catch me smelling my shoes. Better yet, how about a ‘new shoe bounce' spray - Spray it on and BANG, or should I say BOUNCE! You have a brand spanking new shoe feel...Ohhhhh, shoot dawg! I just thought of something else - Combine the two!!!! Now you have something

The Coin Count

Nada again today Either I'm blind, or people are getting real lazy dropping their coins on the street.

Running Total: 42 cents

Okay, Seriously...If you didn't think I was weird by this point, you'll officially change your mind after this. I LOVE music on my runs, whether it's an iPod cord dangling off my head or a pair of Oakley Thumps, I can't do without it. There's a ton of music I like to listen to. If you're lucky perhaps you'll learn about what kinda of music REALLY gets me going, not that you care

Today I found that Marvin Gaye really IS the man, no doubt about it - I mean anywhere from just jammin' out writing shoe orders to chillin' on the back porch with your buddies - Not to mention getting in THAT mood (cover your ears) - forget about that, we're not gonna go there. So I'm on my run today and Marvin Gaye's and Tammy Terrell's, 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough' comes on and it's crazy - for some odd reason this music is really getting me in the mood - No no no no no no no...not for that, silly...Eww. I mean for running! It starts off slow, but then gets a whole lot faster paced and it just really made me feel like running - So I repeated the song three times and the rest of my run today was completely awesome. Thanks for getting me in the mood, Marvin and Tammy!

The Coin Count

Nada today

Running Total: 42 cents