12/21 Tuesday continued - Did 15 minutes elliptical warm up, 2 miles on the treadmill (5.0/12:00), cooled down walking for 15 minutes... did some sit ups, I should really have been integrating more core work in my time off. Not sure how to resume running without starting back at the beginning... my leg still hurts a bit...
I feel like I've lost some part of that mental component, but hopefully it will come back... I can't really imagine running for an hour straight, can't believe that was roughly 25 days ago. But... 4 months ago, I couldn't imagine ever running 5 miles in a row...so... I can get it back... and then I'll get 10 and then my half marathon!
Total 23 Sedentary Nature 1 Scheduling difficulty 3 Injury 5
12/21 Tuesday - My wonderful dad Joe took me to Skinny Raven, where I got my gait analyzed on a treadmill and stood on this machine that calculates where your feet are supporting your weight and what kind of support you need.
The expert thought I wasn't having pronation or supination (not sure exactly what those are) that required additional shoe support... he showed me how my foot was staying in a particularly good position on my right side (the side that has been having shin splints)... my left foot was being a little less particularly good...and he said that it seemed my right foot/calf was working a bit harder than the left one and may be stabilizing the left one a bit...
So I got a neutral Nike shoe with inserts to support (but not falsely create) my arch... and also wool socks since they are apparently better than cotton socks...
And then my dad surprised me by getting me two pairs! (One for indoor and one for outdoors! I'm having them studded to be a real Alaskan runner!)
Very exciting!
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