Needed: a Sponsor

(Pre-post disclaimer...) I have had such a hard time differentiating the concept of NEED and WANT my entire life. As an adult I have to say, it hasn't gotten easier. However, I do exhibit a vast amount of self control. But I still have that problem...

SO that being said, I NEED a sponsor. I actually have a very real need (a neeeeeed) for new running shoes, but not really the fund-age to buy them. I'm going to have to buy the $100 to $150 variety. So what I'm looking for is a sponsorship.

My running hero is sponsored by Nike. She runs 120 miles a week and can finish the Boston Marathon in 2 hours and 20-ish odd minutes. She is true sponsorship material. She probably goes through a new pair of shoes in a month...and that's being really, really generous with a pair of Nike shoes. Probably changes out shoes two times a month. That's at the very least, 24 pairs of shoes a year. And we aren't talking about the cheap shoes they produce for their outlet store. That has to get a little expensive for a shoe company.

Here is my proposal...Sponsor me. (But at the request of my super Orthotic maker lady, it can't be Nike, sorry...has to be another company. Adidas, Asics, Brooks...) I run at most 15 miles a week (and that is being really generous.) Most likely, it's around 9 miles a week. I run a pretty consistent 6 MPH mile, and I enjoy it the whole time. I run with a smile on my face! As long as the sun isn't shining in my eyes...

ANYHOW, I'm putting in my request to be sponsored. I would be an incredible bargain! I need new running shoes probably every three months at most. That's only four pairs a year. AND I represent a large number of the masses. 'Mothers who run, but can't really afford the shoes that would keep us from having to visiting the Physical Therapist, super Orthotic maker lady, Sport Medicine Doctor, every three months when our bodies start hurting because we don't have quite enough money in the 'new shoes' pickle jar'. And that is really, really, the ONLY thing wrong with us. Just need new shoes. (It would also save the insurance companies a little pocket change every three months, when I truck myself to the doctor only to be told...New Shoes. The cost of health insurance would go down thus saving the even greater masses money. Shoe companies could be the big heros!) We are actually a LARGE demographic, (that really doesn't sound right. As we aren't large, just great in size, which sounds even worse...) and we need a sponsor.

I'm totally willing to be sponsored. PICK ME!!! ME, ME, ME!!! (I'm waving my hand over my head, and gasping, holding my breath and crossing my fingers...) Really just need new running shoes.