Shoes

Shout out to my homie, Joe:

After my first post, he asks: "Do you have a good pair of shoes?"

In fact, I do! 3 weeks ago I took my first trip down to Super Jock'n'Jill-- a running specialty store down across from Greenlake in Seattle. Mission: to find a good shoe with good support that will be able to maintain that support with the high mileage I need to put in.

Fantastic experience. The guy who helped me (Ky) was great--not overbearing, just very knowledgeable about all the products. I went home with Nikes. (You can see the shoe here:)
http://www.nike.com/index.jhtml#l=nikestore,grid,_pdp,cid-1/gid-123027/pid-123027,_grid,f-10002+12001+26005+17002&re=US&co=US&la=EN

The only Nike I tried on turns out to be the perfect fit. I'm amazed at how great my feet feel in this shoe--and how there is a slightly noticeable difference in how my legs feel having the better support.

If you've never been fitted for a good running shoe (or any sport shoe for that matter), I highly reccomend it! Super Jock'n'Jill will have you test out as many shoes as you need--they even send you out the door, around the corner, and up the hill--to give them a test run. Not to mention they're totally 'schooled' in watching your feet (overpronation vs. underpronation vs. neutral runners). Oh, and the best part--if I don't like the durn things--even after 3 weeks--I can return them and try something new.

While I was in the store, there was a guy in buying a new pair of shoes--he had just come back from running the Chicago Marathon. Yes--that one, where sadly, 1 person died from heat disease. It was interesting to hear him talk about the experience--he finished the run, but I didn't hear his time (not that it's important). More interesting was hearing him talk about the number of runners who seemed under prepared, or those that were determined to run hard, despite the deadly heat.

It's 10 after 5pm. I have to drop of the deposits for work, then squeeze in my 4 miles before picking Cory up from work at 6:15! Then off to a 7pm meeting.

Looking forward to my rest day tomorrow.