Back on Thursday of last week, my new running instructor took a look at my running gait during the run without my knowledge. After the run, in the store he spoke to me and told me that my shoes weren’t right. He told me that I tended to over-supinate in the shoes. I told him about my flat feet and orthotics to which he said that my shoes were definitely wrong. My shoes are kind of up there on the level of correction. The gist of what he said was that since my orthotics are already corrective in nature, having a highly corrective shoe is just overkill. I was kind of annoyed. I mean, I only purchased the shoe at the beginning of September. It hasn’t even been two months, and now someone is telling me that I might have to buy another pair? I wasn’t too happy. I mean, I certainly can’t justify getting another pair.
I’ve been finding my shoes to be a bit stiff. The comfort level for the shoes isn’t consistent. Some days are sort of alright, while others feel just brutal. I told myself though that I can’t just get rid of shoes like that without a good reason, so I’ve been putting up with the occasional discomfort. Well, having the instructor tell me that they weren’t right was the push that I was looking for. After some consideration, I figured that I might be able to put my current pair on eBay or something to recover some costs if I got new shoes. So, today, I headed to the Running Room with a coupon in my pocket: I was looking to spend.
When I got there, I told the clerk about my situation. The manager was there, and when she heard me complaining about my shoes (yet again), she laughed “this is about your shoes again?” Heh. Good to know she’s paying attention. Well, the clerk had me take a run in my shoes and looked at the positioning of my legs. He had me do it a few times before he told me that I was just fine. He asked if I had any pain in the knees or legs. I said “no.” See, it’s not pain that I’m experiencing, but rather occasional discomfort, especially in the medial part of my foot. He said that I shouldn’t need to change my shoes. I was kind of relieved, but felt kind of embarrassed to have been looking to buy even though I didn’t seem to have a good reason to do so, know what I mean? It’s as if I had cash burning a hole in my pocket. Eh…whatever.
Well, I’m going to give the shoes another good go tomorrow morning. Let this shoe thing be over once and for all.
At least, let it be over until these shoes give up and I’ll have to go through this damn process all over again.
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