Kerrisdale/Shoes
So I ended up going down Granville to 37th, 37th to Larch, Larch to 41st, 41st to East Boulevard, East Boulevard to 57th, 57th to Granville, and home. Nice run. Felt good.
In the time that I've been seriously running (November till now), I've gone through 3 pairs of shoes. Well, "gone through" tends to imply that I've worn them out or something; I have been experimenting until I've found the right ones. It seems that my quest is over.
When I first started running, I went to the Running Room and did their tests so that they could determine what type of runner I was. It looks as if I was a pronator, meaning that I run on the inside edges of my soles. They sold me a pair of Brooks Adrenaline shoes. Very comfy. In fact, the most comfy shoe I had ever worn. After about a month and a half I started to develop a calf strain which eventually kept me from running. I was so frustrated with myself, having pushed it too hard even though I was a beginner. It was at this time that I was finishing reading Galloway's Book on Running (ironically a book on running injury free). In one of the last chapters he talks about shoes. He recommended looking at the soles of your shoes. Turns out that the wear from running was on the outside of my soles. I took my shoes back and said, "AH HA!!! I'm a pronator!" The girl looked at my shoes and confirmed that I had the wrong ones. She made me do the tests again and she said that it still looked like I was a pronator and that she could see why the girl at the other store had originally made the mistake. "It's one of those weird things, everybody is different."
She then hooked me up with a pair of Brooks Glycerine. No more problems. Once again, I could run injury free. Although, I found these shoes really uncomfortable. Incredible stiff, not like the Adrenalines. I started to develop a weird strain on the outside edge of my right foot. At that point, I knew how much damage shoes could do and I wasn't gonna take any chances. I went to the Running Room in Richmond (beauty alliteration, eh?) and Amanda helped me by letting me try on every neutral shoe in the store in my size. I tried on about 15 pairs and in a game of running shoe survivor, voted them off one by one. The winner was the Asics Gel Cumulus.
For anyone looking for shoes, the Running Room kicks ass and their staff are all runners, unlike other shoe/sport stores. Although, this could be a bit of a detriment; Amanda's Mizuno bias started rearing itself when I asked about Adidas. She never brought any adidas until I asked and Adidas by the way, ended up being the runner up (I was rooting for them so much!!!!). The Running Room on Denman and Georgia has an outlet store beside it that has great deals.
In the time that I've been seriously running (November till now), I've gone through 3 pairs of shoes. Well, "gone through" tends to imply that I've worn them out or something; I have been experimenting until I've found the right ones. It seems that my quest is over.
When I first started running, I went to the Running Room and did their tests so that they could determine what type of runner I was. It looks as if I was a pronator, meaning that I run on the inside edges of my soles. They sold me a pair of Brooks Adrenaline shoes. Very comfy. In fact, the most comfy shoe I had ever worn. After about a month and a half I started to develop a calf strain which eventually kept me from running. I was so frustrated with myself, having pushed it too hard even though I was a beginner. It was at this time that I was finishing reading Galloway's Book on Running (ironically a book on running injury free). In one of the last chapters he talks about shoes. He recommended looking at the soles of your shoes. Turns out that the wear from running was on the outside of my soles. I took my shoes back and said, "AH HA!!! I'm a pronator!" The girl looked at my shoes and confirmed that I had the wrong ones. She made me do the tests again and she said that it still looked like I was a pronator and that she could see why the girl at the other store had originally made the mistake. "It's one of those weird things, everybody is different."
She then hooked me up with a pair of Brooks Glycerine. No more problems. Once again, I could run injury free. Although, I found these shoes really uncomfortable. Incredible stiff, not like the Adrenalines. I started to develop a weird strain on the outside edge of my right foot. At that point, I knew how much damage shoes could do and I wasn't gonna take any chances. I went to the Running Room in Richmond (beauty alliteration, eh?) and Amanda helped me by letting me try on every neutral shoe in the store in my size. I tried on about 15 pairs and in a game of running shoe survivor, voted them off one by one. The winner was the Asics Gel Cumulus.
For anyone looking for shoes, the Running Room kicks ass and their staff are all runners, unlike other shoe/sport stores. Although, this could be a bit of a detriment; Amanda's Mizuno bias started rearing itself when I asked about Adidas. She never brought any adidas until I asked and Adidas by the way, ended up being the runner up (I was rooting for them so much!!!!). The Running Room on Denman and Georgia has an outlet store beside it that has great deals.
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