New shoes!

I am running the Honolulu Marathon this december, and we are training, starting June. I want to get a leg up and re-introduce myself into running, so I have been taking baby steps. Yesterday Anibal (My fiance), Macky (my dog) and I walked a three mile course I had mapped out in my car. Today, I purchased groovy new Saucony's at A Runners Circle today. It was a good experience, and anyone looking into purchasing shoes for running, I highly reccomend them. They had me take off my shoes and walk barefoot to watch my gait, and once they brought out shoes for my foot type (My ankles run inward, who knew?) they even encouraged me to run outside to try them out!

I tried on three pairs, and ended with the saucony's (they were the "squishiest") So, very excitedly I put them on, and had Macky (my dog and training partner) go with me on my first run! But, I quickly learned that Macky dislikes hills, and dislikes running! So for the first third of my trail (all uphill) I walked a block, ran two. Then, once we were on flat ground, I ran the whole way! I feel so good about this, and what a great way to get exercise! (I'm not sure how Macky feels about the whole thing, though. I did, however, get kisses when we were done. :)