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Running with new shoes

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Yesterday’s run was longer than planned. I had not been running for over a week, to make sure my leg would be recovered. I also bought new shoes (Muzino Wave Inspire 4, I think (the box does not give any information)) at the Running Center in Brugge. After about 37 minutes, I felt like I could keep going for a while, so I took a right turn instead of a left (after about 7.5 km) and ran towards the dike. I had to keep convincing myself to not turn back home immediately at each crossroads, but I managed to hang in there. In the end I ran about 12.79 km (according to the route tracker on the myasics website).

I took this route:

Today's run, new shoes :-) (June 30th, 2008)

It might be a tad hard to figure it out, but I essentially ran along the top line when leaving my home, along the waypoint marked ’1′ (In the Vredestraat) to go down the map in the Steense Dijk. On the way back, I turned left at the roundabout (about 200 m from the ’1′ waypoint).

The last kilometer was really hard, and I ran much slower than usual. When I walked down (and up) the stairs this morning, my left knee was not very cooperative. So, I’m taking it easy again for the next days. The next run will also be shorter, to make sure I’m not getting injured.

Running

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Since four weeks, I’ve been running on a regular basis, i.e., about two-three times a week. I started out by doing 25-30 minutes runs, from my house to the dike, along the beach and then back home. After four of those, Veerle took me along for a longer run, with my father-in-law riding along, giving us directions on where to run. After 30 minutes, I thought I was finished, but then I found my pace, which was slightly faster than Veerle’s pace. In the end, I ran 55 minutes on a 8.8 km route. It appears that once I manage to get past the 30-35 minutes boundary, I’m all set to go :-)

The last weeks I’ve been keeping up the number of km I was running, doing about 9.5 km in 50-55 minutes. Yet, I was still running with simple Nike Air shoes, I once bought to play some tennis or kick some ball when playing indoor football. Today I bought myself a new pair of shoes (€125) that are fit to the way I am running. Needless to say, I had to run a while on a track, while they recorded the way I placed my feet. Turns out, I’m placing my feet pretty good, so I hope the shoes help me avoid the pain I had last time — which caused me not to run for a week — and speed me up somewhat.

Here’s an example of the last route I ran.

Today's run