Well, today is a little disappointing, but probably deserved after my gloating.

Yesterday, I headed to the gym in my new Asics and heel inserts and hit the treadmill for 35 minutes of speed work. The Asics I use have a stability bar to stop me from overpronating. My heel cup inserts are to raise my heel to prevent my achilles tendonitis from acting up. (Clearly Rob should trade me in.)

By minute 29, the outside of my left foot was in some serious pain. I spent the rest of last night and all of today limping around unable to put pressure on the outside of my foot.

After some serious thought in the shower (tmi?), I realized the culprit. New shoes + new inserts = too much breaking in at once and pain. Basically, the things I use to help me run correctly were making me underpronate.

I’ve had this pain before and it usually dissipates if I stay off my feet for about a week. The sad part is I have been working on upping my mileage and speed work in the hopes of running another half in the next few months. Unfortunately, this injury will set me back a little bit. C’est la vie.

Before the gimp-making pain, my run was pretty kick-ass. It looked like this:

My sprint times were: 1 mile in 7:30, .75 in 5:28, .50 in 3:40, and .25 in 1:45. I was feeling pretty tough!

RQ: Do you believe in karma?

Brooke Selb

I’m Brooke Selb, a Personal Trainer and Health Coach specializing in helping busy moms and moms to be to easily juggle mom life with family friendly recipes, and easy exercise routines to help you achieve your fitness goals that fit in with your already busy life with sound nutritional advice.