I like to run to places.

I got a taste of what it feels like to be running in the WRONG shoes this week. What a difference it makes! I thought maybe I was actually injured, but blaming it on the shoe. The test was to run in my Asics. Which I did, and I felt fine. I was waiting the whole time for the stretchy, twingy, pain to show up again in my right ankle, but it didn’t. Although my old friends the “knee twinge” still hangs around, but it never really does more than just hang. We cool.

I called the running store, and they were rather nice about it. They have a 30 day exchange policy. Return has to be within the week. Said that it’s expected that we give the shoe a chance, take it out for a few spins. Still I think I’ll try to wipe some of the hiking dirt off of it before I take it back to the store.

I’m obsessed with the topic of running right now and I think it’s about time I started blogging about it. I am having trouble keeping all of this in my head and I don’t want to weigh my Dailymile workout reports down too much.

I have a bunch of races that I should update for this blog, and several more in the coming months, not to mention the Pasadena Half, Disney Princess Half (in Orlando!), and the Los Angeles Marathon.

I also have some training plans and workouts that I want to squirrel away on here… mostly so I can refer back and keep myself focused.

I finally calendered my marathon training plan for instance - using the Hal Higdon Novice Marathon training guide. It will start off nice and easy, which is appropriate since I am recovering from the flu anyway. I’m looking forward to a gradual improvement. I know I can do 13 miles since I completed the half in September, BUT I think I got there in about one month, so just because I can do it doesn’t mean that I should… I don’t think.

I think I’m coming up to the end of my current shoe’s life… 250 miles, and usually they last about 300-500. I know it’s on the lower end of the lifespan, but I want to see if a new shoe would help some of my knee twinges subside. I think a new pair of shoes will last through the training, and then there will be a few weeks to break in a new shoe. Either that or I can buy two and alternate.