Yet another 'recovery' week

Back to the gym in a more regular manner again.

On Monday I got new shoes! This should have been really exciting but....first the saleswoman was kind of a bitch and completely unhelpful. It was like I was taking up her time even though no one else was in the store. This-is-your-job-moron! She seemed annoyed I didn't want to buy the pink shoes because they are pink. I don't like pink. So I got some blue/white but still kinda ugly shoes.

On Tuesday's scheduled run I wanted to take them off within 15mins. Pain. Ouch. They had a lot of stability in them. Too much stability. The shoes were overcorrecting and I was running basically on the outer edge of my foot. This also somehow absolutely killed my arches. Even the next day they hurt. I did finish my 35min run that day, plus 10mins on the wave and 15mins on the elliptical, finally an hour of strength training.

Wednesday I returned to the gym in my old runners and did some cardio. I skipped the strength training because I overdid it the day before on the inner thigh machine thing. oops.

Thursday I returned to the Running Room to find a very likeable and knowledgable saleswoman who helped me return the sucky shoes and find better ones. They are also much prettier :) Don't you think?

Friday I tested out these new shoes on the treadmill. I found that the left foot was absolutely perfect but the right foot was overcorrecting a bit. After the horrendous test on the Tuesday this was great and I was happy enough. I expect my foot to adjust to the shoe in time. It doesn't bother me too much, just at the beginning. I finished the cardio hour with the wave machine and the elliptical. I'm starting to really not enjoy the elliptical. It makes my toes numb.

Finally today I did some cardio at the gym. I had to cut my gym session short to go to porketta bingo with my parents lol. Don't worry I just had the bread! So today at the Y I ran into Evan Caldbick on the treadmills. After his run we walked around the track and talked. When the snow clears we are going to try to meet up and do some runs together outside. He is training for a full marathon for september or october. So that should be fun - except he has those long legs and therefore will run so much faster. I'll have to try to keep up!

Tomorrow is the weekend long run. 8kms - man 'recovery' week is starting to not feel like much recovery. 'Building' week next week. Bring it.