My Shoes!

Girls love shoes.  Right?  Most girls have shoes, or multiple pairs of shoes for every occasion.  Not me.  I'm just not that girl.  Let's see...  I own 3 pairs of flip-flops (my go-to shoe!), 1 pair of cute sandles (black), 1 pair of black boots, 1 pair of regular sneakers, and my running shoes that I bought about 3 weeks ago.  That's it.

I think the most I have ever spent of a pair of shoes was those running shoes.  They cost me $110, and the best investment I have made yet into my running.  I love them!  I had never even heard of Brooks before I went into the store Fleet Feet.  I went with my sister Katie, mostly because I was a bit intimidated to walk into a running store 80lbs or so overweight, and to tell them I was looking for a pair of running shoes.  Well it wasn't nearly as terrible as I had imagined it would be and it was actually a really good learning experience! Katie got a pair too, but she won't be able to do much running because of her botched foot surgery.   Never again will I run in a pair of $50 sneakers from Kohls.

They had me jog on a treadmill for about a minute and they taped my feet as I ran.  They were seeing how I land on them.  It turns out that I land on the outside and roll my foot in.  They have special shoes with added support on the outside so that it resists me landing wrong.  I think it helps a lot, because since then I have had hardly any pain at all while running.  And they are so comfortable!  A cute purple color too.  I should really take a picture to share.  They say you should replace them after 6 months or so, depending on how many miles are on them.  I think you can put about 500 miles into a pair of running shoes before they start to wear out too much.  At the rate I'm going, I should be able to wear them for quite a while.  :)