First off...I got a new pair of shoes yesterday. I went to Luke's Locker and got fitted with a pair of Saucony Ride 4 shoes. The people who work there are supposed to be trained to fit you with the right shoes. The guy who worked with me seemed very knowledgeable and helpful. He asked a lot of questions, checked out my feet and had me run to see what my stride was like. I tried on about six pairs of shoes and the Sauconys' seemed to be the best. Honestly, I haven't really liked the Mizuno or Brooks Launch's. I liked my original Nike Moto's the best. These Saucony shoes feel more like the Nike...hopefully better.
I was so excited about the new shoes that I decided to run 9 miles today (on the treadmill). I also decided to turn over a new leaf (or should I say a new shoe). I have never really stretched or spent much time warming up (I know it's bad, even the guy at the shoe store quizzed me about my stretching and warm-up). So today I spent about 5 minutes stretching and then a half mile warm-up then at the end of my run I cool-down for a half mile and then stretched again for about 5 minutes. By golly....I think it made me feel better :-) So that's my goal....stretch/warm-up/run/cool-down/stretch...consistently...!!!
10/7/2011 |
Mile |
Time |
HR |
HR % |
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1/2 |
9:00 Pace Warm-Up |
Ran Treadmill in The Gym |
1 |
7:30:00 |
140 |
71% |
2 |
7:30:00 |
146 |
75% |
3 |
7:30:00 |
149 |
77% |
4 |
7:30:00 |
151 |
78% |
5 |
7:30:00 |
154 |
80% |
6 |
7:30:00 |
157 |
82% |
7 |
7:30:00 |
159 |
84% |
8 |
7:30:00 |
160 |
85% |
1/2 |
9:00 Pace Cool-Down |
Total |
60:00:00 |
152 |
79% |
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Pace |
7:30:00 |
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Stretched Before and After Running |
Proverbs 1:23-25
23 You should respond when I correct you. Look, I’ll pour out my spirit on you. I’ll reveal my words to you. 24 I invited you, but you rejected me; I stretched out my hand to you, but you paid no attention. 25 You ignored all my advice, and you didn’t want me to correct you.
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