Slow Poke

Another run in the rain today.  It was more of a sprinkle and it actually felt good today.  I think it is time to retire my first pair of shoes.  Woo Hoo!  I wore my ascics (my first pair that I have had a little over a year) and had pretty bad shin splits the whole way.  I had been wearing them for walking also and had shin splints then too.  I thought they were from the other orthotics I was wearing.  Now I think it was the shoes (if that is possible).  I guess I will find out when I run on wednesday. 

Last night I looked at my miles from last year,and I logged a little over 700.  I figure that most of those miles were in those shoes.  So, hopefully that has something to do with the shin splints.  

  I signed up for another 2 runs this morning.  The Zion 10k (April) and the Hurricane 1/2 (May), and the Lake 2 Lake is in just 2 weeks.  Fun stuff.

Walking again today with 250 lunges.  I am starting to think I need my custom orthotics back.  I had slight shin splints as I started but they did go away.  My old orthotics are just trashed and I had to retire them, so I bought some of the heatable molding ones.  They are comfy and definately better then nothing.  Although, my knee feels weird.  I wish I was more knowledgable about bodies and stuff.

I will see how I feel after a run tomorrow and go from there.  I have signed up for 4 runs in the next 2 months.  Need to feel good.

Out to the Laverkin stake center and back and hit the Pah Tempe hill on the way home (about mile 4).  Didnt wear my garmin today but felt good and strong.  Had shin splints for a short time and my knee felt ok.  Felt weird the first few steps, but then felt good. 

I made an appointment today to get some custom orthotics.  I compared what is left of my custom ones to the heatable ones and there is enough of a difference that it very well could be what is affecting my knee.  Hopefully that is all it is.

Walking again today with 250 lunges.  It was quite warm and I had to roll my pants up.  I used my old orthotics (what is left of them, anyway) and had no problem with shin splints.  That made me happy. 

Running today.  No garmin, but a good steady pace.  My knee felt weird the first couple steps again, but then went away.  Weird.  I tried using my older orthotics today without the padding part and they actually felt ok.  I was surprised.  I am still going to go to my orthotic appointment today because just cuz they worked for 4 miles doesnt mean they would wrok for 10 or 13 miles. 

Anyway, felt good.

Walked with my mom and daughter today and after about 1/2 mile we noticed that the front tire on the stroller was completely flat. So we walked to a friends house and used a pump.  By the time we left, it was flat again.  Hence only 2 miles.

Got home, dropped the stroller off and did 250 lunges. 

Beautiful temps today!!