Tuesday, August 21, 2012

184 Days Left

<----  See those babies.  Those are my new running shoes.  (Yes, I know that they are not yellow....more on that in a minute.)  Funny thing about these new shoes.  They are pretty much the same shoes that I had, only purple.  Seems as though my old shoes may have just died of old age.  It happens.  Now I have the new and improved model.  They are a size bigger than my old shoes.  Apparently three children have made my big feet even bigger. (Thanks guys!)  I took them out for a test drive this afternoon.  They felt good on my feet - like I was landing on a cloud.  That is, until my toes started to fall asleep about 1 1/2 miles in.  The running store lady said that I should put 300-500 miles on these shoes before I buy new ones.  She also suggested some new shoes just before the race.  Guess I'm going to have to see how long it takes to break this pair in so I know how far in advance I need to buy the new ones.

So, you may have noticed that these shoes are not the butter yellow shoes of my Belle dreams.  They are more Tangled purple.  I am not sure what to do about this situation.  I will now have to consider a new costume.  I'll get back to you on that.

Anyway, back to the shoes.  I felt fast while I was running.  I upped my running interval to 2 minutes 15 seconds.  It felt good.  I got back and looked at my time and realized that my shoes lied.  I was slow.  I'm a little disappointed in that because the run felt so good.  But, it's done and I will do it again on Thursday.

Today's Stats:
2 minute 15 seconds running intervals, 1 minute walking interval
2.58 miles in 32.33 minutes (12.5 minute mile)

1 comment:

  1. I had a pair of shoes that made my toes tingle. Not a great feeling. Fiddle with your lacing and see if that helps at all. If they still keep falling asleep after a few runs, go back to the running store. Good job upping your interval :)

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