Supershoes Part II

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Raven

Just got back from my Pedorthist, with my new altered running shoes. This is my second pair, and I am happy to have a different color of running shoe to wear! So yay Supershoes Part II! I just need a blue sharpie to blend that added middle wedge into the rest of the shoe. I plan on taking a good walk in these tomorrow, to make sure they land correctly before I use them on my long run on Saturday

Supershoes II in blue!

Supershoes I is showing signs of extreme wear. I scuff the crap out of the bottom big toe area of the sole when I run. Maybe I need to work on picking my foot up more?

Supershoes I is starting to blow out

Larry, my Pedorthist at CHT said to let Supershoe I go down to white, and then he will add some harder rubber to that area. The rate I am going, that will not take too much time at all!!

Thoughts on early morning running..

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Raven

This morning I embarked on my first REALLY early morning run. I’ve done early, but this was REALLY early! I was out the door at 5:30am. I expected it to be a little difficult to get up and it was challenging, but as long as I kept moving toward my goal of getting out that door, I was okay.

Last night I was still pretty beat from my hot noon run. I still managed to put out my running clothes and gear, my work clothes, and even got my food all ready to grab for the workday. I know how I am in the mornings – coffee jolts my brain enough to function and get things done. However, coffee before a run for me is no good. It would put my bladder into overdrive and running while doing the peepee dance is not the prefered method!

I jogged my way into the upscale area by the golf course and around all the winding roads. I am constantly reminded of one thing, if the run seems easier than normal, you might just be going downhill. It was true for the first half of my run. The last half I was going uphill – even the slightest of incline was noticable.

No matter. Once it was done, it was done. I felt really good and more awake than I expected. I got back just in time to shower, change, feed the animals and head on out to work.

Now at 12:00 I feel like I have put in a greatly productive day. Awesome! the icing on the cake is that I can look at the temperature outside and not have to dread the heat!