New Year, New Me?

Since the year flipped over, I haven't been to PT.  I need to be really hurt now that I haven't met my deductible!  Life without the PT safety net is scary.  I guess it takes a while to get over the mindset that you are somehow broken or fragile.  Running over Christmas was hard.  The cold weather and dirt roads of home made for achy calves and weird twinges of pain.  I was convinced I had ripped my tendon in half.

I have two new friends on my runs now - stability shoes and a GPS watch.  I can hardly give up running now!  I finally went to Fleet Feet and got fitted for shoes.  While I would not have thought I was having problems with my neutral shoes, the expert insisted they were all wrong and put me in a stability shoe.  Despite being a supinater, I am now running in Nike Structures.  They came in pink, so how could I refuse?  I also have fancy Superfeet inserts for them.  What surprised me more than needing stability shoes and inserts was that I had to buy a size 11.  11!  I wear a 10.  Always have.  But I will admit, my toes have all kinds of room to roam.  My pedicure thanks me.

The GPS running watch is dream.  I finally caught up with the times I guess.  Sure, I bought technology that is so last year, but it was on sale like it was so last year.  I am now the proud owner of a Garmin 305 Forerunner.  It has a lot of functions, and I admit that I don't like the fact that it doesn't default to a clock when turned off.  Otherwise, I am more than pleased with it.  I wish I'd bought one sooner.

Despite all these new toys, I am still not running like I'd hoped.  I have finally conceded it will take longer than I ever thought and it might never be the same.  I picked up spinning and went back to swimming.  Triathlon here I come I guess.