After not running for 2 weeks (blame it on the El Nido vacation, the lack of sleep after I got back due to Lily not doing very well, and pure laziness, I admit), I finally hopped back on the treadmill. I was scared, of course. It’s been a while…
But turns out that I did 3 miles, non-stop, at 0.5% incline and a 5.1 speed that I was even able to speed up a bit towards the end, and aside from the usual treadmill boredom, I finished feeling I could go longer (but I didn’t, since I want to get back at it taking it easy, instead of hurting myself). It’s nice to have an ego-boosting run, specially when it’s been so long since my last run! I didn’t want to push it on my first day back, so this felt great!
I also tested it my super-cute brand new Saucony Kinvara shoes (that I bought it at a great deal at Shoebuy Private Events – they don’t always have running stuff, but every other week something athletic shows up, worth checking out, specially since it’s not limited to just shoes!).
I scored them for 45 bucks (they cost between $72-90 at Zappos, so this was an awesome deal!), and figured if I didn’t like them for running, they’d be great travel shoes (so pretty!).
They have a smaller heel to toe drop, encouraging a more midfoot/forefoot strike – I totally need to video myself running to see if it made a difference (my calves are killing me today, so I think it did).
The only problem I had was that they don’t come in wide sizes, and my feet are super super wide, so I have to limit them for shorter runs (don’t laugh, I do plan of having long runs again! But yeah, right now shorter runs = all runs). I could see them getting super tight if I tried to do double digits with them though.
But aside from that, my feet felt great, and no pain today, aside from the sore calves.
Have I mentioned I’m off to a Muay Thai class in a few minutes? This should be interesting…
Oh, and do you think I got red after my run? Yikes! (Compare the color of my neck to the face. Seriously, what is that?)
Cute shoes! That’s great your run went so well. Welcome back to running. 🙂
I wish ALL runs felt like that! (And aren’t the shoes cute? Love that they turned out to be comfortable too!)