On Sunday I finally did what I probably should have done weeks ago: I bought a new pair of running shoes. When you start reading about running and especially running long distance one of the things that comes up over and over and over again is shoes. Apparently they are one of the most important thing to avoid inquiry and achieve goals. I'm thinking the 'running shoe industry' is probably employing several full time people that spend all day just spamming the internet with information about how important new shoes are. But just in case they are right, I thought it was time to get a new pair. So I went to this store on Dominion Rd. where they measure you feet and analyze your running to make sure you get the right type of shoe. I have to admit I was a bit nervous about this cause I thought they were gonna make me run like 30 minutes on a treadmill to assess my running style and I was worried that I would be totally out of breath after 10 minutes and it would all be kind of embarrassing. But turns out, as so often, I was just totally over-thinking the whole thing. All I had to do was run about 2 minutes at about 7.5km/h and that was it. I was quite happy with myself that I wasn't the least bit out of breath after that (a few months ago that would have been different). After that I was told that I have slightly inwards bending ankles and was shown a number of shoes that are best for that type of runner. I tried a few on and eventually choose a pair from Adidas just cause they felt the best. The whole procedure took maybe 20 minutes. Given that I love new shoes (probably explains why I have about 70 pairs) I was extra motivated for my first run in my new shoes yesterday and finished with a new personal best (-:
Hm, what else is new? Oh, on Saturday I want to this running seminar that was organised by the Adidas Running Clinic and the Auckland Marathon. It was specifically for people who entered the Auckland Marathon and was for free so I thought I'll check it out. I was kind of hoping to maybe meet some like-minded people. And by like-minded I mean people who look like they could never in a million years run a half marathon. Unfortunately that was not the case. Everyone looked very fit and I kind of felt like everyone was starring at me thinking I must be completely crazy (that might have been just in my head though). Anyway, it was an interesting session and I learnt some more about the actual event and how to best train for it. And I'm telling myself that there are other people out there like me they just have better things to do on a Saturday morning (-:
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