New Shoes
Well, after the marathon, Brant and I decided to get new shoes. Also, my orthopedist told me it would be a good idea. We went into Luke's Locker, where Brant just got another pair of the same shoes. I showed them my old shoes and they remarked "Wow, you put a lot of miles on these...And your wear pattern is a little funny - have you been having knee problems?"
So now I am in a new shoe, that is supposed to have more stability/motion control so that I will theoretically run better. That plus my physical therapy will hopefully get rid of this knee issue once and for all.
But this time, I actually want to keep track of what kind of miles I'm putting on my shoes - because they say after about 300-500 you should get new ones. So far, I've only done one run in the shoes. The run went pretty well - I think the shoes feel nice and cushiony - and I didn't get any of the heel pain that I was starting to get in my old shoes.
On Monday night, Mindy and I decided it was time to tackle 4 miles. It has been really hard to get back into training - it is so hot and humid, running for any amount of time seems to suck out all our energy. Not to mention sweat. So we had been trying to get our three miles back down to 30 minutes, but haven't really been getting anywhere. We seem to stay right at about 32 minutes or so.
The training schedule that we are going to try this time starts us off with a ten mile run for our first long run, (we don't officially start until September 18) so we decided we needed to start upping our mileage - with the thought that the time will come down as soon as the heat and humidity does. So we set off on our 4 miles. Thankfully - it worked pretty much the way I expected it to - we ran the 4 miles with no real issues. We were both tired and I was a teeny bit light headed at the end - but basically, when we told our bodies we were going to run 4 miles, they listened. So that was nice and encouraging for the future.
I'm glad that we don't officially start until later in September, because hopefully by then the weather will be a little better. I don't know for sure though, since this is my first summer here. I will remain hopeful until proven otherwise. :)
I have also convinced my friend from Tucson, Kathryn, to run the Goofy Challenge with us. So, in preparation, Kathryn will run her first half marathon this October at the Nike race in San Fransisco, which she is doing with her mom and sister. She'll get her first marathon in Disney - the day after her second half. It's good to know that all my friends are crazy. :)
Right now we're getting her geared up (fuel belt, what gels she likes, mp3 player, shoes, etc) and she's doing her training on her own. We're going to try to match paces in training so that we can all run together in the race.
So now I am in a new shoe, that is supposed to have more stability/motion control so that I will theoretically run better. That plus my physical therapy will hopefully get rid of this knee issue once and for all.
But this time, I actually want to keep track of what kind of miles I'm putting on my shoes - because they say after about 300-500 you should get new ones. So far, I've only done one run in the shoes. The run went pretty well - I think the shoes feel nice and cushiony - and I didn't get any of the heel pain that I was starting to get in my old shoes.
On Monday night, Mindy and I decided it was time to tackle 4 miles. It has been really hard to get back into training - it is so hot and humid, running for any amount of time seems to suck out all our energy. Not to mention sweat. So we had been trying to get our three miles back down to 30 minutes, but haven't really been getting anywhere. We seem to stay right at about 32 minutes or so.
The training schedule that we are going to try this time starts us off with a ten mile run for our first long run, (we don't officially start until September 18) so we decided we needed to start upping our mileage - with the thought that the time will come down as soon as the heat and humidity does. So we set off on our 4 miles. Thankfully - it worked pretty much the way I expected it to - we ran the 4 miles with no real issues. We were both tired and I was a teeny bit light headed at the end - but basically, when we told our bodies we were going to run 4 miles, they listened. So that was nice and encouraging for the future.
I'm glad that we don't officially start until later in September, because hopefully by then the weather will be a little better. I don't know for sure though, since this is my first summer here. I will remain hopeful until proven otherwise. :)
I have also convinced my friend from Tucson, Kathryn, to run the Goofy Challenge with us. So, in preparation, Kathryn will run her first half marathon this October at the Nike race in San Fransisco, which she is doing with her mom and sister. She'll get her first marathon in Disney - the day after her second half. It's good to know that all my friends are crazy. :)
Right now we're getting her geared up (fuel belt, what gels she likes, mp3 player, shoes, etc) and she's doing her training on her own. We're going to try to match paces in training so that we can all run together in the race.
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