slept in a little, as the week was catching up with me. plus its always hard to do a longish run wed evening, then get up and run again thurs morning. plus the fact that 5 miles before dawn still feels wrong. conditions were good, it was about 57 degrees and dark, with a breeze. they say that if you feel warm enough before you start, you're over-dressed or its too hot. well, i definitely felt a little chilly as i set out, in fact it almost felt like the start of fall.
i wore my adidas energy boost shoes, and i honestly feel they ran a little faster than my glides. i really want these to be my race shoes, but they concern me for a few reasons.
- my right heel/arch is still bothering me, and the boosts don't have a lot of the thick foam padding that i suspect would be helpful for the long run.
- my toes are really falling apart, and the boosts are kind of a stretchy material that fits pretty snug (even though i bought a full size over as recommended). they have room in length, but they are snug on top of the toes.
So my plan is to wear these shoes once a week over the next few weeks, with successively longer runs, to make sure that my feet still feel OK while running in them. a 5 miler this week, a 12 next week, and a 20 the week after. if i can complete the 20 with no significant foot issues, then these will be my Berlin shoes. after the 5 miler, my heel/arch didn't feel any worse than when i started. good news so far.
I also have spent a lot of time rolling my heel/arch under my desk while i am working, using the triggerpoint TPFootballer roller. i hope that this will help.
5 weeks and 2 days.
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