October 9, 2008 12:27 by
Rachel
On Sunday I went and bought my first pair of “official” running shoes. In my town we have a shoe store that specializes in running and walking shoes so I thought I would start there. It was a lot of fun because they had me walk on this mat and it showed me where the main pressure points on my feet were and what type of arches I have. Then the girl helping me had me walk around in order for her to determine my pronation. After we finished with all that good stuff she brought out about 6 different pairs of shoes to try on and I right away fell in love with a pair of Saucony’s. The shoes just felt like they were made for my feet.
Once I got them home I couldn’t wait to take them out on a test drive. I laced up and headed out. I must say my feet felt great. Since I am started out the running process slowly I was walking two minutes running one minute for 30 minutes. I must say I was proud of myself because I made it the whole 30 minutes. It isn’t that walking is that hard or that I am out of shape, but running is a lot harder on your body even if you are used to exercising.
Anyway, the next day I could feel some muscles in my legs that were sore because they don’t get used often biking. Other then that I felt good. I have decided I will just run 3 times a week every other day. I know running can be hard on my body so I don’t want to get crazy with it just yet. Tonight was my third night walking/running and I actually enjoyed my time running even though I still think I prefer biking.
Overall, I don’t think I will become an uber runner who focuses only on running. I do enjoy it but there are so many other activities I still want to be able to focus my attention on too. So, I will continue running until I am able to run a few miles without stopping but I think that will be the max for me. My goal is to be able to do a 5k. I have no set timeline but I just know sometime in the future if I was able to enter a 5k and finish no matter what my time was I would feel like a million dollars. From a girl who used to hate running it is amazing to me I have actually found a little place in my heart for this sport.
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