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I’m sitting here on the couch, WAY past my bedtime with ice on my knee and substantial doses of ibuprofen in my blood system (I haven’t taken”Vitamin-I”) in months, not since taking a chunk out of my ankle bone at the Bonney Lake Triathlon.

I got a call from my BFF today that she was sick and not up to snowshoeing. She’s been fighting off the crud all week and has a very high stress job, which like mine has been extra stressful lately. Like mine, she can’t talk about it, so that adds to the stress.

I decided that I’d go for a run and a swim. I was feeling a bit tired and lazy after my own craptastic, week, some drama and a day spent working at Speakeasy, so I was happy to relax for a while.

The last time I ran (the five mile loop around Pt Defiance) I felt a bit shin-splinty in the front. Shin splints on the inside mean you’re over pronating (rolling your foot in), shin splints on the outside mean you’re under pro-nating (rolling your foot out). Shin splints on the front usually mean that you need new shoes.

I’m pretty bummed that it always seems I need new shoes (I’m getting 200 miles out of my Brook Adrenaline GTS) and thought that with my change in running gait (trying to be more “chi” about running and do a fore/mid foot strike rather than an unnatural and jarring heel strike) that a shoe with more cushion might help.

So I tried some shoes that were a bit more cushiony but still with support.

I chose the Mizuno Wave Inspire which are in the same class of shoe that I currently wear.

I decided that doing a full five mile loop in new shoes that could potentially give me blisters was a bad idea, so I just did an easy 2 ½ mile loop around my neighborhood park.

Apparently that was too much, because it appears the shoes, although well cushioned give me too much arch support and cause me to roll my foot outward, pulling on the tendon on the outside of my knee It feels just like the bouts of ITBS (Iliotibial band syndrome) I had when over racing and over training back in 2003.

I am so over those shoes. If I am having to ice and take ibuprofen after only 2 ½ miles, it’s obvious that I should not put these things on my feet again.

The bad part is, I can’t take them back. I got then on pro-deal. I can’t even sell them for what I paid for them unless I can find someone at work who is pro-deal eligible and wears the same size I do.

I’d rather go back to my Brooks and have to replace them every 200 miles than gimp myself up before triathlon season even starts.

Tomorrow, I’m going on a nice, easy bike ride around the Southern end of Lake Washington and have beer at an Irish Pub with friends afterwards. Then I have a triathlon club meeting.

If the snow level is low enough, I’m going snowshoeing on Monday. If that doesn’t work out, I’ll try a run (in my old shoes) if I’m healed up.

I did cheer myself up by picking up some lovely tulips at the corner market.

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Mood: Crappy

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