Lunch - I ran inside on the treadmill today because it was supposed to break 100, plus I have a little bit of sunburn that I need to let heal. Since treadmill runs are so boring, and I didn't bring my mp3 player, I livened things up by switching speeds around a bit. Started off at 8:30 pace for the first mile. After about 0.5, I was starting to feel some discomfort in my arches, due to the new shoes, but at 1 mile when I cranked up the speed (only to 8:00 pace), the pain went almost completely away. At the 2 mile mark, I bumped up to 7:30 pace and held that for a mile, then for the 4th mile, I dropped back down to 8:00 pace. At the 4 mile mark, I decided to throw in a quarter mile surge at 6:00 pace. It felt good - much better than it did last time in my tangents. I think the improved cushioning from wearing a new shoe helped. Cooled down after the run for a couple minutes. Noticed as I was changing that I have a hot spot on the outside (medial side) of each of my big toes from the new shoes. Hopefully they don't turn into blisters. |