New Shoes

Today I think that I had my first rite of passage as a runner- I went to Marathon Sports on Boylston and was fitted for running shoes. James hooked me up with a sweet pair of UnderArmours, but I was "fitted" by the guy at Sports Authority. Anyways, I was pretty certain that improper shoes were part of the problem of my plantar fasciits, so I needed to get his problem solved quickly.

I'll admit that I was a little nervous going in there; it seemed like a complete geek-runner store, and I don't really fit that yet. The sales people there were great, they watched me walk, told me what kind of support/shoes that I needed, and had my try on about 6 or 7 pairs. They also had me run outside on Boylston to try them out, and they'd watch me run. After about 25 minutes of trying on and running, a pair was decided on; asicis GT-2140
I'm pretty excited that I have a "real" pair of running shoes that was fit specifically to me. Hooray! Mike Keough came with me, and then we ended up walking from Copley (I tried to get a BPL card, but they were about to close) all the way to Charles/MGH, through the Public Garden. It was an absolutely beautiful day, and most of the snow that was dumped on us Monday is gone. Huzzah!

Earlier in the morning, Nicholas came to Somerville and we did a practice run for the St. Patrick's Day 5K next weekend. It was a pretty good course, and I was glad that Nick was there, he pushed me a little bit. I think that I'm going to run it again tomorrow, this time a little slower and more at my own pace. Mike, Nicholas and I had lunch at this great crepe place in Daivs (Mr. Crepe, I think) and then some J.P. Licks to finish off a great afternoon.

Also! Dunkin Donuts is coming to Powder House Square! There has been quite a bit of activity in the corner store lately, and when Nicholas and I ran by this morning, we saw a sign that said "COMING SOON: POWEDER HOUSE MARKET AND DUNKIN DONUTS" I almost stopped where we were, but I had to keep going.

I signed up for the B.A.A. 5K tonight, it's a 5k race the day before the Boston Marathon that starts and ends in Copley, so I get to cross the Marathon finish line...hooray! I'm glad that I've been able to get back into training, it was a long week at work and this is an opportunity to vent my frustration...

Don't forget to "spring" forward tonight!