Relief

Thank God for the Nike Air Pegasus+27 running shoe.  Tuesday's run was such a painful experience I knew I had to do something.  So I did some research on shoes for big guys and went to a couple of stores and tried on a bunch.  I settled on this shoe because it felt the most comfortable in the store and had good reviews.  (To think, I am reading running shoe reviews...)

I did my scheduled jog/walk today and it felt so much better.  Shin splints still there but they started later in the run and were not as severe.  Relief...

I went to Carmines in NYC last night.  Holy crap is that a lot of food.  It was a really nice meal with good friends.  I ate everything.  But getting out on the road today felt so good and removed any guilt about last night.  I know that a month ago I would have been laying around on the couch letting all that food just stay there.

Interesting encounter on the road today.  A guy I know from town pulled up while I was on my cool down walk.  We started talking and I told him what I was doing.  He said a little over a year ago his doctor wanted to put him on lipitor. He bargained with the doc and told him he would start working out.  He joined a gym, got on a program, lost 50 pounds and his blood levels all came back to normal, without any meds.  And he just ran in a 5K in town with his 70+ year old father and his 13 year old son.

Now, you could just chalk this up to a coincidence that he just happened to pull up along side me during the first week of my program.  Or one might choose to believe that this was some type of message  A little positive reinforcement out of nowhere.  Life is funny.  Messages and inspirations are all around you.  You just need to be open enough to hear them...

Today: 5min warm up walk / 21 min jog-walk/ 5 min cool down walk