Fashion Police

Today I picked up my running shoes for the desert with the full length gaiters stiched on to prevent the sand getting in. So before Morocco next week I need to go a few runs to break the shoes in. The looks I got from my wife, kids and anyone else passing me in the street was comical - or was that my look. Fortunately there will be no fashion police in the desert and the benefits out weight the looks. Sadly I will need to wear them in the local area until I leave for MdS in April. Testing equipment is essential and I'll get plenty of chance next week. But tonight my two water bottles started leaking so better I found it out before it became a worse problem in 40-50 degrees. I'll also get to test my diet of freeze dried food - hope I like it? A short 10k run tonight was my first since Saturday and there was no reoccurrence of the abductor problem. So the rest and the stretching has worked, so far. I'll build the mileage up till Tuesday and then have a rest before Morocco.