On Sunday I went and bought my first pair of “official” running shoes.  In my town we have a shoe store that specializes in running and walking shoes so I thought I would start there.  It was a lot of fun because they had me walk on this mat and it showed me where the main pressure points on my feet were and what type of arches I have.  Then the girl helping me had me walk around in order for her to determine my pronation.  After we finished with all that good stuff she brought out about 6 different pairs of shoes to try on and I right away fell in love with a pair of Saucony’s.  The shoes just felt like they were made for my feet.   

     Once I got them home I couldn’t wait to take them out on a test drive.  I laced up and headed out.  I must say my feet felt great.  Since I am started out the running process slowly I was walking two minutes running one minute for 30 minutes.  I must say I was proud of myself because I made it the whole 30 minutes.  It isn’t that walking is that hard or that I am out of shape, but running is a lot harder on your body even if you are used to exercising.   

    Anyway, the next day I could feel some muscles in my legs that were sore because they don’t get used often biking.  Other then that I felt good.  I have decided I will just run 3 times a week every other day.  I know running can be hard on my body so I don’t want to get crazy with it just yet.  Tonight was my third night walking/running and I actually enjoyed my time running even though I still think I prefer biking. 

     Overall, I don’t think I will become an uber runner who focuses only on running.  I do enjoy it but there are so many other activities I still want to be able to focus my attention on too.  So, I will continue running until I am able to run a few miles without stopping but I think that will be the max for me.  My goal is to be able to do a 5k.  I have no set timeline but I just know sometime in the future if I was able to enter a 5k and finish no matter what my time was I would feel like a million dollars.  From a girl who used to hate running it is amazing to me I have actually found a little place in my heart for this sport.