The new/old new shoes

The new/old shoes look way better on him than they do on me.

The dreamsicles are now just a dream

I am so sad. I had to take back my cute little orange shoes. Wednesday's run allowed me 2.5-3 pain free miles, but even after re-lacing, I was hurting less than a mile in this morning.

The good news is that I returned the new ones to the store today and he found a pair of my old style in the stockroom. I got a refund and a 450 mile reprieve. I'll probably start looking for a new favorite shoe in October or so because I don't want to be in the depths of marathon training and trying to figure out shoes.

The bad news is that now I have two identical pair of red and grey (officially passion and ice, I think) shoes. I have to work to keep them separate because if I cut the grass in my running shoes, I may never forgive myself.

New Shoes!

I am now the proud owner of a new pair of running shoes. As a bonus, my style has been updated, the colors changed, and now my feet appear to be adorned in creamsicles. I am sure that will be helpful with my blood sugar issues.

The first run in the new kicks felt good, but for the first time ever, my right arch was twingey - it felt like it was being overstretched. I am going to try one more run tomorrow in them and tighten the laces better in the middle for greater support there, but if it still feels funny I may have to return them and get another style.

I love Pearl Izumis - they have been my shoe of choice for 2 years now. They are more supportive than many others that I have tried, yet they're not heavy. I feared I was still pronating more than they could correct, but the cute little college boy said my old shoes showed a very normal wear pattern. Here's to ne next 450 miles!

Training for training

I have more than six months to train for the Disney Marathon in January, so why can I not stop thinking about it? I got a really great marathon training schedule from Jamie last week, and I am so ready to start it now.

Over the last several weeks, I have been experimenting with my blood sugar and I am pretty sure I have found the solution to my slowness and leaden-leggedness of the last couple of years. I think that the adrenaline of potentially running well again coupled with the excitement of a destination marathon gets me jittery with anticipation all over again.

So where does that leave me right now? I have been doing less than 15 miles a week for a couple months as I have been trying to figure out my screwed up physiology. The first thing I want to do is to build back up to 20-25 miles per week. I can do that within a couple weeks, assuming I can figure out how to convince myself to add back my weekend long run. Second, I need to shed about 15 lbs that I have been holding on to since before Ethan was born. I am a better runner when I am a lighter runner, but there is no way I want to train for a marathon while trying to lose weight. Finally, I need to get some new running shoes. I have been happy with my Pearl Izumis, so I'll probably be searching online. I am planning to train to get ready to start my training. Obsessive.