I know I wrote about it in my last post, but dang it, still having issues with my new shoes. I am having significant pain in my calves and Achilles at the start of the week running in them and then as the week goes by it gets a little better each run. I hate to give up on a 160 dollar pair of shoes, but I am not sure what else to do. I am also not sure what shoe to try next. I feel like I have tried all of them. My favorites continue to be my Altras, but I just couldn't handle the 0 drop and the pains that they caused. I am such a weirdo when it comes to shoes!!!!! I need something with a big wide toe box, neutral, and a 5-10 mm drop. Sigh. Any suggestions?
Join me as I journey through life as a mommy to a little red headed boy and four red australian shepherds and wife to an awesome hubby who can't say No. My addictions include distance running and training dogs (specifically in dog agility) and my job is in science so expect a dose of a little bit of all of these things. Running with reds is how I keep my sanity:)
Monday, May 30, 2022
Struggle bus
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
3 Runs Then Fun
It was a 3 run week with short runs but I will take it. I am having a heck of a time getting my new Saucony Triumphs broken in. I am really not sure why. They are the same make and model of my old Triumphs, so not sure what gives. I am having horrible heel pain on one foot and back and IT band issues on the other. Makes running not so much fun but the more I run in them the better it gets. I guess I just need to suffer through a little bit longer?
Monday, May 16, 2022
Summer time?
Kansas conveniently forgot spring again this year. We launched straight from winter to summer in one week. Highs in the upper 90s with heat indexes of over 100 dominated the week and I was not heat acclimated at all. I was also not ready to start getting up at 4 am to try and beat some of the heat and the dreaded sun that I so love in the winter. I did set my alarm on numerous days hoping to get up to cool temps and woke up to 80 degrees with humidity almost at 100 percent. That's a big nope. With nothing specific to train for till mid June when I will start preparing for my half marathon in September, I have no reason to subject myself to this mess. Instead I tried heat acclimation by staying outside and doing other things in the heat. I mowed and worked in the yard one night. I groomed dogs and cleaned up our deck for the upcoming summer months on another. I sat outside at baseball practice and then a game and talked with parents.
Monday, May 9, 2022
A return to running
FINALLY! A week with some running! Although I think boating might be a better sport with all of the rain we have had lately. I am kind of getting sick of this constant gloom. Here is how it all played out.
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Recovery Week 2
Again, not much a noteworthy week and no running, so this is a tiny bit late. Sentence-ish per picture shall we?