Oh cursed numbness.

Yet another milestone this week. Week five and I ran/walked five miles today! Boy did I feel my laziness from the week before with only training the one day. I was so short of breath so quickly I thought I was going to have to walk 4 minutes and jog 2. Fortunately we have a new runner on our team, Christian. He's running the full marathon but his current pace is run/walk for a 1.5 minutes so he was willing to run/walk my two minutes which he considered a push for him. And during the times that I wanted to walk more than two, he pushed me. I tell you...it truly makes a difference to have someone push you on those runs. The only negative is that I'm not such a morning person and I'm so used to running by myself and Christian liked to talk and talk and talk and talk! I don't know how he was able to talk so much and keep up his pace! But it really was great to have company along the way. And it really made the five miles go faster!

I saw my podiatrist and he thinks that my shoes are not wide enough for me and he also adjusted my orthotics. When I ran on Saturday, my knees definitely felt better but my toes still got numb. And remember that Nike + adapter I was sooo excited about...it's a piece of $%^*! At least the one I have. I ran five miles and my adapter said I ran 2.5! 2.5 was week 2 what the heck! So I'm taking it back and hoping that I just got a bad one. So I went back to Roadrunner sport where I bought both my running shoes and adapter and of course they don't have any shoes in my width in stock, nor does the running shoe I have come in wider width. Instead I'm going to have to change brands which are not nearly as attractive as the ones I currently have, but I am willing to sacrifice vanity for better comfort (I think I must be getting older and maybe wiser). The store manager also mentioned that when most people complain about numbness it's because of the the rubbing on the top of the foot not necessarily the width (huh?!?) but she's a marathoner and she manages a running store and I'm willing to try anything so she told me about skip lacing (I think this goes back to Heidi's original theory that my shoes are tied too tight). So I will try this tonight when I get home and hope that works. I also exchanged my adapter so hopefully this one will calculate the mileage closely. Please click here to donate