some new shoes and a cute skirt...

Today I had to buy my eldest son some shoes. He's got extremely flat feet...to the point that he had an abcess on one of them in his arch! Ouch! Poor kid never told me...I saw it by random chance. Anyways, reading online I found that Keens are supposed to be some of the best for his problem so off we go today to find some shoes for him...

We ended up at Dick's Sporting Goods, where he found some Keens that were comfortable (on his feet...not my wallet ;) ) and I found myself looking at the running shoes for women. They had several asics on sale and I could recall that asics were a brand that came up repeatedly for stability needs for people who tend to pronate.

I've had heel issues and shin pain every time I've gone out now for a while in my old shoes. I've been wanting to go be fit for shoes "officially" but taking the hour + one way is a bit much for me most of the time. I tried on a few pair...some sauconys (since I have worn that brand for years), some brooks and some asics. I found that the asics gel 1130's felt great on my feet...and since they were on sale I got them for under $70! A bargain (especially compared to my son's shoes. Gack.)

Tonight was my first run in the new shoes...I also wore my new running skirt for the first time. I've had my eye on them at Target for a while and found some on clearance on Friday while I was shopping for my youngest son's birthday gift. Only $13 and I got a black skirt for running! They have shorts underneath and don't ride up like most shorts do when I run...I loved running in it! The shoes were great too. I did have some shin cramping, but it was the back of my shins that tightened up. I did a longer-duration of running this time than I have done in the past and I think that combined with the birthday-crap I've eaten for days combined to cramp my legs a bit. We'll see what happens on Tuesday :D

I look forward to breaking in the new shoes! So far what everyone says about getting new shoes seems accurate...