I help out at Below The Knee on the weekends - it's a family business - and usually sell a lot of running shoes. The way I sell running shoes is to look at the old pair of shoes for tread wear, talk to the person about their running style, mileage, heel strike and so forth, and then ask them what they are interested in. You'd be amazed at how many people are running in the wrong shoes.

I also came across a post at TriFuel.com which mentioned Below The Knee. I'm not sure if I was the salesperson or not, but it's a good story. The link is noted below.

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Swam 20 laps this morning, did not run :-(

Also, i looked at the weather for Columbus & damn if it's not 10 days' straight of rain. Guess I'll be running in the morning - running in the afternoon means electrical storms.

This morning's playlist:

Truckin' - Grateful Dead.mp3
Midnight Rambler (Studio Vers.) - The Rolling Stones.mp3
Shattered (Studio Vers.) - The Rolling Stones.mp3
Midnight Rider - Allman Brothers Band.mp3
Janie's Got A Gun - Aerosmith.mp3
Miss You (Studio Vers.) - The Rolling Stones.mp3
Mother's Little Helper - The Rolling Stones.mp3
Memory Motel (Studio Vers.) - The Rolling Stones.mp3
Let It Bleed (Studio Vers.) - The Rolling Stones.mp3
Get Up Stand Up - Bob Marley And The Wailers.mp3
Johnny B. Goode - Peter Tosh.mp3
Every Breath You Take - The Police.mp3
Beast Of Burden (Studio Vers.) - The Rolling Stones.mp3
That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd.mp3
Tumbling Dice (Studio Vers.) - The Rolling Stones.mp3
Jet Airliner - The Steve Miller Band.mp3
Ventures - Pipeline.mp3
Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne.mp3
Another Brick In The Wall (Part II) - Pink Floyd.mp3
Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones.mp3
Malcolm McLaren _ About Her.mp3
Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb.mp3
The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother.mp3
Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones.mp3
Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack.mp3
Beck - Guero - Qu‚ Onda Guero.mp3
Beck - Guero - Scarecrow.mp3
Beck - Guero - Fax Machine Anthem (remix).mp3
Neil Young - Like A Hurricane.mp3
Nirvana - Come as You Are.mp3
Los Straightjackets - Swampfire.mp3
The Grateful Dead - Friend Of The Devil.mp3
Van Halen - You Really Got Me.mp3
Weezer - Beverly Hills .mp3

here's a photo of Lake Heath. You can see part of the 2.5 trail. I usually run this in the afternoon after work. I run it once clockwise, then once counterclockwise, then keep going as long as I feel OK. It's sunny on one end and shady on the other.