I am on my second mile, freezing, but oblivious because I am so happy! I cant believe I can do it.
One of the most important things that have made a huge difference is the positive support team I have. My friends DD and Kaci who are half crazy ;0) and just ran a half marathon at Disneyworld. THEY ARE AMAZING, and were not runners at all when they started in the fall. Can you believe it? My friends on Facebook from all over the world, my parents, my family and my extended family in CO and Saint Louis. It means a lot to me to be supoprted and have positive feedback as well as honest critique.
So my friends DD and Kaci got me a couple of things that I totally have to share with you, check it out...
I went to this store in Saint Louis called Sports Authority and this really great guy helped me out. He not only found a perfect pair but he didnt hand me the most expensive shoe on the rack. THANK YOU! and betteer yet he was telling me how great it was that I was running and not to dismiss running the half marathon, to just keep pushing myself. I would have kissed him had it not freaked him out. I told him about the heel and calf pain/numbness. He said that the shoes I had were stability shoes that were correcting my foot from rotating in, a.k.a. pushing them out. Ha guess what, my feet do that NATURALLY! so basically I was over correcting something that was not wrong. I now have a pair of very nice cushy shoes :D I will be wearing them starting next week;gotta break them in, and hope that it lets me get a little bit further. My parents, being insane! Bought me the pair I was going to buy and then they threw Dri-Fit shirt for good measure. :D I am set to hit the road, here are the shoes,
I will definitely miss the flat ground in the burg and in Saint Louis but I assure you it wont stop me. Twenty six days and 9 hours to go. Bring on the 5K.
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