Item
They Never Saw the Sun
Title (Dublin Core)
They Never Saw the Sun
Description (Dublin Core)
For every birthday and Christmas, I get new running shoes. I tell my mom and husband to buy them when they’re on sale, save them, and wrap them up for me. I run A LOT. When quarantine started in March, I took one run outside. Two days later, the CDC confirmed everyone’s worst fears - the virus was airborne. Although running is a low risk activity, where I run, the trails are very narrow. Unfortunately, the people who walk/bike/run there are apparently pretty narrow minded and refuse to wear masks. Could I run outside and not catch COVID? Probably. But with both my husband and I working from home, my +65 mom living with, and a perfectly fine treadmill, that risk just didn’t seem worth it. Man, I miss those trails. But I am lucky to have my treadmill. In July, I pulled out a new pair of running shoes. I honestly didn’t think about how long they’d been tied to the treadmill, I just laced them and put them on like I had done so many times before. One virtual marathon, three virtual 10Ks, and 600+ for fun miles (all on a treadmill) later, it was time to retire my trusty running shoes. On December 31, I announced their retirement with a snarky picture on my Instagram. But what a bizarre pair of shoes to retire. Perfectly clean on the outside, completely destroyed on the inside. The poor things never left the house, they never saw the sun. As a trail runner, my running shoes are always filthy by the time I’m ready to retire them. How strange to retire a pair of shoes that look brand new. How tired they are inside. A symbol of the bizarre year that was 2020.
Date (Dublin Core)
December 31, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Kathryn Jue
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Kathryn Jue
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST580
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
photograph
screenshot
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Health & Wellness
English
Sports
English
Home & Family Life
English
Emotion
English
Events
English
Recreation & Leisure
English
Clothing & Accessories
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Christmas
quarantine
trail
marathon
Instagram
fitness
outdoor
runner
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
running
shoes
treadmill
virtual race
Collection (Dublin Core)
Lost Seasons
Over 60
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
1/25/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
01/26/2021
08/02/2022
09/15/2024
Date Created (Dublin Core)
12/31/2020
This item was submitted on January 25, 2021 by Kathryn Jue using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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