I love my new shoes!
To be honest I was a little skeptical about the shoes. I was wondering if was an Emporer’s New Clothes thing where if you said there was no difference, then you weren’t meant to be a runner.
After running in them I can honestly say they were alot better than the old shoes. The tops of my feet didn’t hurt and they were so much more comfortable than the others. You don’t realize just how aweful your old shoes are until you put on new ones. These were heaven.
Anyway, I ran 2.0 miles today at 1.5% grade, 6 mph. I felt pretty good too. I cruised past the 1.5 mile mark without realizing it. I pushed the grade up to 2% but dropped it back down after 2 minutes when I decided to go to 2 miles.
There was an article in Men’s Health this month about exercising for the sake of exercise. The guy was basically saying what was the point of doing it if it doesn’t do anything (like running on a treadmill for a hour and never getting anywhere). He came to the conclusion that it was indeed mindlessly stupid, but he was going to continue running and lifting anyway because it made him feel good. Fair enough.
