This week the mileage stayed about the same. A couple 2-3 miles twice this week and a four mile run today with the training group. All in all, not bad. Although I felt a little tired today. I also noticed a small issue: some low back pain this week. (This picture was on the canals again today. I was actually running when I took this mid-stride with my iPhone as that's my shadow. I'm surprised it's not more blurry.)
Now, it could be due to some golf. But I've been playing golf for 32 years and never had a back issue. I started training for a marathon two weeks ago. Something tells me it's the running. So all of you runners out there, leave me a comment and let me know if this is normal. It's not that bad, just a small irritant now.
Runners tell me that good shoes will eliminate those small things. Well, low and behold, I went to Road Runner Sports in Scottsdale and got fitted for a pair of shoes. They videotaped my stride, had me walk on electronic pads. They did this over two rounds until they came to a recommendation that showed my feet running in the "proper" form and felt good on me.
The result?
I'm now rolling in the Nike Zoom Structure Triax+ 12. How about them apples? So we'll see how this helps over the next week. They felt great today and earlier this week.Yes, I know it's a sales ploy with the videos and technology mumbo-jumbo at the store to sell me a shoe. But it worked. And so have the shoes so far. I'll give updated details as we progress.
