New Shoes!

I shopped like a woman today.

I went to Run and Become in Edinburgh - a specialist running shop run by runners (pardon the pun).

I took my current shoes with me and the assistant watched me run in them and a pair of neutral shoes, then watched me walk up and down before deciding I needed a shoe with light support (it seems I pronate very slightly and to prevent knee injury I need a shoe that will keep the foot supported to prevent it rolling).

Once this assessment was made the assistant brought me about 6 pairs of shoes to try including the same brand that I currently run in (Asics). I tried every one of them on and settled on - yes you guessed it - the Asics pair, although this time I got a 1/2 size bigger to give my toe more room. The toenail is clinging to life at the moment, it was gone completely black but has yet to fall off and it could be that with the extra room in my new shoes that the toenail will live.

I've decided to run the Sunday 15 miler in the new shoes - sounds silly I know but when I felt the difference between running in the new shoes and the old ones I know 15 miles in the old ones will give me more pain than new ones.