Welcome Week 2!

Who would've thought I'd look forward to a 3 mile run? Yet, I do!  Early this morning, at my regular workout, I cringed at the thought of doing a 3 minute plank, but I'm excited about a 3 mile run - go figure?!?

Part of what excites me about today's run is the thought of wearing my new running shoes (courtesy of the love of my life).  I've never put much thought into buying a pair of , other than what they looked like.  Who knew there were fashion athletic shoes, cross trainers, and running shoes - just to name a few?  I'd never heard the terms pronation or supination before, either.  What the heck?  Is there really something besides appearance that I should look for in a running shoe?  Apparently so! 

In my reading I've learned that I over-pronate while running - meaning my foot rolls inward at the ankle.  In fact, according to epodiatry.com, this is the most common cause of running injuries.  I wonder if over-pronation attributed to my ankle injury last February?  (I slipped on the ice, inverted my left ankle, and completely tore the ligament - which was surgically repaired last May.)  One thing of which I'm sure is that I want to protect my ankle as much as possible during the training (and marathon) process.  I want to avoid re-injury, and the need to relive the painful and lengthy recovery process that I'm thankful to say is finally nearing the end!

A friend who read my blog for the first time this weekend suggested one way I could track my training was to post pictures of my running shoes at different points in the training process.  Without further ado, I now introduce my new running shoes!  I won't be using the shoes for anything other than marathon training - so whatever wear you see in monthly pictures will be from that alone.  I hope this will be yet another way to document my journey to Marathon (IA)!