Dan gets his new shoes!

Completed Week 3 Day 2 today - during the running times, I closed my eyes a few steps and focused on the sounds - the birds, my feet, my breathing, etc.   Just like in the article a friend, Steph told me about on mediation running - Transcendental Steps - which is all about running without your iPod and connecting running and meditation.  I tell you what - when I quit focusing on how badly my knees hurt and started to focus on other stuff, I didn't notice my knees as much.

So, I told Dan that if it weren't for my knees, my running would feel effortless, but I put so much energy into trying to run so my knees don't hurt that I lose the energy needed to actually run. Does that make sense?

I'm going to go see about getting some arch insoles tomorrow - see if that helps. I was walking around last night on the outsides of my feet and it helped - seemed to take the pressure off the sore points in my knees. So maybe I just need more arch support.

Anyway - the title of today - Dan gets his new shoes...after we ran we headed to The Fitted Foot to pick up Dan's new Brooks Ghost.  He's been running in an old pair of Pumas and waiting on his back-ordered shoes.  Hopefully Saturday will be good weather and we can do Week 3 Day 3 and he get to try out his new shoes.


Week 3 Day 2
Brisk five-minute warm up walk, then do two repetitions of the following: Jog 90 seconds, Walk 90 seconds, Jog 3 minutes, Walk 3 minutes.  Five-minute cool down walk.


~ b