Day 1 - Let's Run
MY JOURNEY
3/18/20251 min read
Houston, we have a problem...
And it isn't the program.
It wasn't the morning weight training either.
The problem is that I don't own a pair of running shoes.
The years of Chuck Taylor's and vans seems to have finally caught up to me.
Now the real problem is I didn't realize this until I got home after work and was getting ready to run.
Luckily there is a store that fits runners for shoes down the street. I drive over and head in with my wife who knows that I am lost in here.
I'm more comfortable in a shoe store that has a clearance rack out front.
I get on the machine and get my feet mapped.
Wide with high arches.
Not shocked at that outcome.
He helps me slip on a couple of pairs and before you know it I am bouncing around in a pair of Brooks Ghost Max 2s.
The next problem. The terrible blue color is the only one they have.
Good news is Dick's has a pair about thirty minutes away.
A quick one hour round trip and I am back at the park by the bay.
The water looks nice, my running speed does not.
A 5-minute warm-up, 25-minute run, and 5-minute cool-down takes me way too long with my Zone 2 heart rate pace.
Well walk-jog pace that is.
My quads are burning from my training today and the slow pace I had to keep.
Is this really what I want to do?
Well $160 on my feet says "You better try it for a bit."
Oh yeah, did I mention I started my Garmin on "Indoor Run"? What a noob...