Since I know absolutely nothing about running, but I do know I have feet that over-pronate (they fall inward at the ankles), I needed help in choosing a running shoe. My experience last week in my old (not actually sure how old...that old) cross trainers convinced me that buying new shoes was a must. Besides that, I'm a girl. You understand.
So at the advice of people smarter than me, I visited the Fleet Feet store in Brentwood, TN. I read about them online after hearing that they would actually spend time studying my feet to suggest just the right shoe...even if I didn't choose to buy them there. It was true.Eric, my helpful experienced runner-guy not only measured my feet in about three different ways, he then asked me to walk around the store barefooted. He watched my feet. (Fortunately, I have maintained a never-say-die pedicure from over two weeks ago!) He saw my ankles collapse. He noticed how hard I hit with my heels and that I lift my big toe when I walk. He dashed in the back and brought back two different pairs of shoes, as well as two different inserts that needed to go with them. My feet need solid support around the heel and ankles, and my arch needs a helping hand as well.
After trying various combinations and walking around, he asked me to either get on the treadmill there in the store, or go out and run in the shoes for a couple of blocks and see what I thought! I chose the treadmill. I was able to maintain a jog for more than a minute (I am truly a beginner, remember) while he, again, watched my feet. I made my selections, added some non-cotton socks (cotton absorbs sweat which leads to blisters) for me (and I tossed in a pair for Rachel, my new "coach") and headed home with no more excuses.
Ok, except for one...Eric did suggest that I wear the inserts in my work shoes, and then in the running shoes, for a day or two before I actually tried to run (ahem, jog) in them on my own. So, here I sit on my back porch in my new shoes. Saucony. Until Thursday.
It's really, really hard to suck in your ankles. Oh, I have so much work to do!
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My first shoes were Saucony. I ran a sily 15 mile run in them right before I traded them in for some crappy New Balances. I see good things on the horizon...
Aren't you glad you had that "never say die" pedi?
sily? no. silky.
Big difference between silly and silky! Wearing my inserts in my steel-toed shoes today at work. That should do something!
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