Wearing the Right Running Shoes

Funny thing that when I've been focusing on running on the ball of my foot lately - I've also been trimming minutes off my mileage time. Who'd a thunk it?! 😂😜😲 It should save a person in motion time when they're not taking the time to place the entirety of their foot onto the ground before proceeding. It reads like simple science, yet it's never occurred to me.

Likewise, as a newbie runner, the only "running shoes" option I had were the most athletic shoes I had in my closet. A pair similar to these. They weren't meant for running. I managed. The coaches talked about my getting new shoes & how I'd be trimming five minutes off my finish time - easy. Boy I looked forward to this. Why wouldn't it? Why wouldn't anyone?

Trouble was, although a new, & appropriate pair of running shoes would make for less injury, & better running form, ability would come unto itself. Exactly. I needed to form a foundation from which to build & improve & that is something that I didn't even know.

Eventually, because our household didn't know anything about athletic footwear, ultimately our next-door neighbor, who ran marathons & used the greater neighborhood as training ground, was able to assist us (both my brother & I participated on our high school's cross-country team) with attaining appropriate running shoes annually. We'd be able to get suitable shoes, at, or near cost, from a booklet our neighbor had through their running community. Mom & Dad felt good about this option because they knew running shoe stores saw us coming & knew they could tell us anything - we'd buy it - both literally & figuratively.

So my first pairs of running shoes were in men's sizes. That's how the catalog booklet calculated, which was fine. I felt secure in them & maybe too much so...I let my guard down...My amount of effort became effected...I didn't realize any of this...And of course there were many other things impacting my late finish times. None of this I knew back then.

Though I did know it all began by wearing actual, good running shoes like any of these.



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