RunningAHEAD - Topic: Wife running her first 5k....

This is why I run

posted: 4/17/2009 at 7:09 PM

After talking her into it, my wife (previously not a runner) has signed up and is trainging for her first 5k Big grin

I'd like to get her something for giving running the "ole college try" and completing the race. I'm not sure she's hooked yet so a running gift so not what I have in mind. Any ideas ladies? I was thinking massage treatment but I've bought those before to find they go unused.

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DirtyGraceFlint

The Crap Whisperer

posted: 4/17/2009 at 7:11 PM

Pedicure!!!!

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 4/17/2009 at 7:21 PM

She doesn't use massages?! That's crazy! I'm already planning to book one for a few days after my next marathon. Man, they are NICE. What about some running items...Body Glide/SportShield (I prefer the latter...costs the same and lasts MUCH longer + works better), running socks, wicking top for warmer weather....

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

Phidippides

posted: 4/17/2009 at 9:05 PM

Not a woman here.......BUT - how about a really fun get away weekend in some nice place as a surprise......place with a spa and where she can relax for a couple of days......

Champions are made when no one is watching

Runnerjohn

Certifiably Insane

posted: 4/17/2009 at 9:19 PM

Flowers and dinner out, her choice of places? Or my wife's favorite..."Honey, all the house chores today are mine!"

On the road since 1978! "To be good is not enough when you dream of being great." I am not obsessed! I'm just INTENSE! "Nothing is foolproof to a talented fool." Why? Because race results stay on Google forever! (Reasonably recent) PR's: 5K - 16:40 10K - 35:04 HM - 1:18:30

Ennay

A Saucy Wench

posted: 4/17/2009 at 9:21 PM

Quote from Runnerjohn on 4/17/2009 at 9:19 PM:

Or my wife's favorite..."Honey, all the house chores today are mine!"

+1000 (but that means actually doing them!)

I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets

"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7

mgerwn

Hold the Mayo

posted: 4/17/2009 at 9:36 PM

+1 on flowers / roses... I'm trying to figure out how to get a dozen for my wife for after my marathon.

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 4/17/2009 at 10:09 PM

Heh, and I'm one of those women who would be kind of ticked if my hubby spent $40 or more on flowers (he only has bought me flowers once in almost 19 years, and only because he'd done something boneheaded). I'd rather have something that lasts longer for the money. Perhaps a flowering plant that can be placed outdoors to enjoy long-term. Smile

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

GKA

posted: 4/18/2009 at 10:49 PM

After the 5k (and after she's cleaned up), go out for celebratory brunch/lunch with bloody mary's (or drink of her choice)

"Remember; no matter where you go, there you are."- B. Banzai

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 4/18/2009 at 11:09 PM

Quote from GKA on 4/18/2009 at 10:49 PM:

After the 5k (and after she's cleaned up), go out for celebratory brunch/lunch with bloody mary's (or drink of her choice)

I like the way you think! Big grin

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

RunFree7

Run like a kid again!

posted: 4/18/2009 at 11:58 PM

Quote from Runnerjohn on 4/17/2009 at 9:19 PM:

Flowers and dinner out, her choice of places? Or my wife's favorite..."Honey, all the house chores today are mine!"

Very nice idea. It is always fun when the spouse gets into the running. They start to understand the obbession (spelling error).

Ennay

A Saucy Wench

posted: 4/19/2009 at 9:13 AM
modified: 4/19/2009 at 9:14 AM

What hobbies does she currently enjoy. Get her something to show that you still support her other hobbies. MTA: and as an aside, wow would this thread be way easier if it was titled "Husband running his first 5K" Evil grin

I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets

"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7

OldFatBaldRunner

This is why I run

posted: 4/20/2009 at 9:38 PM

Quote from DirtyGraceFlint on 4/17/2009 at 7:11 PM:

Pedicure!!!!

sounds like a winner anlong with the dinner & drinks (I'll even drive her home). It's an evening race so we may just have to have a gathering at the house with some of the other nieghborhood first time 5k'rs. Thanks for the suggestions and hope to be reporting that she's running her first 10k or 1/2 marathon sometime this fall.

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