To be fair, these are pretty much my dedicated trail shoes. And the trails that connect to my yard are not exactly maintained. So who knows where the screw would have decided to hitch a ride. I’m just glad that didn’t find it’s way into my foot because Ouch! that would have been PAINFUL! P.S. [...]
Full Story »Wordless Wednesday: A reason not to run barefoot
Superhero
Some days I feel like a superhero at work. I spend the morning walking around in 4 inch heels. And within a few minutes I transform into a running machine. I love my daily break when I take the time to do it. I love the feel of my running shoes after wearing towering heels [...]
Full Story »Wordless Wednesday – What I dislike about my Nike Frees
My Nike Free 5.0 tend to pick up rocks all the time. Most of the time I don’t notice or feel them. But I do hate having to pull them out.
Full Story »Running Shoes – A Girl’s Best Friend?
Is there a genetic marker that makes girls love their shoes? Perhaps, financially, I was fortunate enough to be born with giant feet. Because being able to buy cute girly shoes should certainly kill any hope of a budget we would have. Instead, I drive my husband crazy with the purchase of running shoes. But [...]
Full Story »St. Patty’s Selection
My husband has an arsenal of running shoes. When I clean the house and put them all in the mudroom, the shoes take up a large portion of a corner of the room. Well on St. Patrick’s day morning I was trying to convince him that he need to wear green. Me: “You should wear [...]
Full Story »All I wanted for Christmas
When Adam asked me, the only thing I could think of that I wanted was a pair of trail runners so I could extend my running to trails and deal with the lovely mess that are Manchester’s sidewalks during the winter. Adam has a pair of red trail shoes that I love because they are [...]
Full Story »My Giant Feet
I had very little clothes with me when I went to Canada from New York. So my mom bought me this lovely dress that would be highly appropriate for the event I was attending and for work. I was very excited. We went out for some lunch (and the food court at the mall had [...]
Full Story »FiveFingers Update
I’ve been loving my Vibram FiveFingers so far. They are so strange as shoes. I can feel every rock, every stick and every puddle. I find myself having to pay attention to what I am stepping on or in all over again. I mostly wear them to go walking in the woods with the puppy. [...]
Full Story »Biomechanics Experiment
I have plantar fasciitis, badly. I’ve had it for at least three years. I’ve seen podiatrists, done physical therapy, spent too much money on orthodics that ended up breaking. I used to be a runner, I used to do 30+ mile long backpacks and now I feel trapped because I never know when it acts [...]
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