A few weeks back my 19 year old neighbor came wandering over and asked me if I would like to run a half-marathon with her in September. My initial reaction was to laugh. Like??? No way in heck would I LIKE to run it! But would I run it to prove something to myself and keep myself in shape, yes, that I would do. (After all, I did a 10-miler last year, how hard could a few extra miles be?? Right? Yeah..) So after finagling my Brother-in-Law into running it as well (figuring the threat of life-long ridicule if I bailed would keep me motivated..), the training has begun. Well, I should say the training leading up to the training has begun.. I really haven't been putting forth much extra effort thus far. Something that is gonna have to change soon seeing how I am 2 months away from the big day now! So it is now time to get serious. I needed a new pair of sneaks since the ones I had were a year old and have a lot of mileage on them (HA! Never though I would say that!!) I found this pretty pair at half-off.. ($60, down from $125!) They feel great on, however after doing a little research I have discovered they are geared more for the under-pronator, while I am a mild over-pronator. Mike doesn't think it will make a difference, saying all good shoes are about the same, but I am yet to be convinced. I plan on taking them on a short 3 mile test run tomorrow morning (hopefully dodging the rain showers forecasted..) We will see after that! Wish me luck!
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