Dear James, Daniel and Emily
I've been thinking more about shoes. And finally cracked a plateau over the weekend.
My leg was bothering me a lot last week. I even took Friday off from running to give myself another days rest. While I had decided to just re-up on my Reebok Realflex I was not totally sold on that move. So last week when I was talking to a work colleague about shoes I decided to listen to her advice about going to the Colorado Running Company and getting a true gait analysis. What kind of feet do I have? Turns out I have high arches, with virtually no rotation at all (go figure, as unlimber as I am it turns out that my ankles barely flex at all.)
What that means is that while I could continue with the Reeboks or pretty much any other minimalist shoe, it would be better for me to get something with neutral cushioning. So I tried on 5 different pairs of shoes. Narrowed it down to one pair when I said, what the heck why not try the Hoka's? I figured that since they were good enough for my friend who runs every day and does the Manitou Incline virtually every day they might work for me. Wow, is all I could say, they were very different, and after a short run around the block I was sold. So, after some discussion with Kim I will be picking up a pair this week. And just about right on time too.
Because this run hurt! My feet, my lower leg, my hamstring, they were all hurting by the end. And while I passed 5 miles it was by no means my best run. Clearly my body is ready for new shoes.
But I rebounded from that run to take a decent walk on Sunday, and then resumed my training on Monday. And that, combined with considerably more discipline on the eating front over the weekend were enough to get me down into 1derlad on Monday morning! Which is a real plateau, I had been below 200 on Friday for 3 weeks, but I don't really count that until I make it through a weekend. Because I do much better during the week, and tend to slip on the weekends. So if I can crack the mark after the weekend then I should be below that number more or less for good.
That goes to show what hard work, some discipline and adhering to the Skinny Rules can really do. And I can say that I have really internalized a lot of those rules at this point. They are really just second nature. It really is just a matter or mental and physical training to get the body and mind to adapt.
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