New Shoes, New Route, New Me?

Another Friday Morning. I went to the new shoe store in town, which caters to runners. I got on a treadmill there (hate those things) and got my gait diagnosed. The nice fellow there showed me how I overpronate in a neutral shoe, and hooked me up with some structured shoes to help correct that. A second trot on the treadmill showed that the new shoes were helping.

Today was my first chance to try them out, and though I usually don't go long in a brand new pair of shoes, I thought I'd chance it since I'm trying to get my mileage up, and the weather is agreeable. I went out University and up Donahue, then cut along College up to Thach, and back via Gay Street. A lot of old bits and pieces put together in a new way. Check out my first experiment with using tables for the data, below.

Playlist

Benzi Box	Danger Doom
Epistle to Dippy	Donovan
The Next Episode	Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg
New Amsterdam	Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Save It For Later	The English Beat
Electric Avenue	Eddy Grant
Plastic Jesus	Flaming Lips
What Is Life	George Harrison
Bring It On	Gomez
White Lines	Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel
Rock Problems	The Hold Steady
Search and Destroy	Iggy Pop and the Stooges
Lust for Life	Iggy Pop
Sugar	Imperial Teen

Times L1	14:23
L2	6:27
L3	6:23
L4	7:45
L5	5:41
L6	10:45
L7	0:48
Total	52:13

Distance 5.9 miles
Cumulative distance 17.2 miles

Five Fingers with Veronica

My daughter, recently turned 8, has been trying to get out on a run for a few days. She got some Five-Fingers for her birthday, and I got some as well. I've been wanting to try them on a short run, so we went around the neighborhood. The shoes don't feel that weird just yet; they feel quite good, actually. Veronica started out running quite fast and got about 50 feet ahead of me. I tried to rein her in, telling her she'd get tired if she kept up that pace, but she is pressed on and had to walk before too long. At the end, she walked the last bit home, after jogging about 100 m with me.

No playlist

Time 13:49

Distance 1.2 miles
Cumulative 8.3 miles