Old new shoes a runnin' we will go

I took a quick jog yesterday while Skye was in her Shakespeare class around the neighborhood, through Loyola Marymount's beautiful campus on the perfect day for a run.

That was the good part.

I was fighting a little cold, so I didn't really feel like running but...

I hadn't loaded music on my shuffle, so I was SOL in the tunes distraction end of things, and

I decided to wear these shoes that I bought at a specialty running store. I bought them forever ago, wore them once and decided to stick to my tried and true shoes 'cause I had a marathon coming in a week and didn't want to take any chances. They were "stability" shoes to compensate for my overpronating. They felt a bit awkward, which was normal, I was told, but they were supposed "good for me".

I felt like I was wearing cinder blocks strapped to my feet. Part of this was not having run for a while and feeling a little under the weather, but I ended up with hot spots on my feet which I haven't had in a long time, so I am more than a little skeptical. I might give them another shot in a week, but I see them ending up as sprint shoes or stair shoes as opposed to long distance shoes. We'll see.

It wasn't the best run, but it was better than no run at all.