2.5 miles with Bethany and Marci and (surprise!) it wasn't on the Planet Walk. Really nice run at still a pretty slow pace (I know they could leave me in their dust, but they're just too nice to do it). The big news for me: only one walking break (due to the slow pace). I felt like I could have gone the whole time without walking, but we all just started walking at one point for about 30 seconds and then went, "Oh, we didn't mean to do that." We couldn't get any satellites the whole run, so no time from the Garmin (dang!).
I've been thinking about my shoes. I really like the ones that I'm running in (New Balance 408s). They are really comfortable. I have some old New Balance 717s that I wear to work that are really uncomfortable. In fact, before I changed to run today, I thought I was having some serious knee and ankle pain, but when I took those old shoes off they instantly felt better. I'm not sure why, but some observations that I made were that 1.) old shoes are bad even if you aren't running in them and 2.) the 717s have more support than the 408s, but the 408s are way more comfortable even for walking (possibly because of the age of the 717s, but possibly because I don't need a stability shoe?). I'm thinking that maybe I should look for a winter 5k somewhere, but I really hate running in the cold / on ice. Maybe there will be a Turkey Trot while we're in Indiana for Thanksgiving (Paul?). I'm not sure that I will be ready by then, but if I had something to work towards, then I might push myself a little harder. If not then, I might have to do one of the Striders races. We'll see.
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