Week 1 Complete!

This week was my first week of running in more than a month. Overall, it went better than expected. I only ran three days this week, two miles easy each day. There was little to no pain from the IT band. The only frustrating part is how difficult two miles felt to me. I was running thirty mile weeks a month ago. Oh well, I'll be back to full strength again soon. I can't wait to race again!

Praise the Lord and run on!

Big Ol Feet

This weekend I ordered some new dress shoes from a store in the mall called, Aldo. My old ones are very very worn, and I thought this might be adding to my IT band problem.

I've never heard of the store but as soon as I walked in I felt out of place. It was fancy, and honestly I felt like I was not even fit to walk through the door. Anyways, after I interrupted the salesman on his cell phone, he told me that they did not have my size (11.5) in stock. For a $90 pair of shoes to be on sale for $44, I figured I would be able to wait until they arrived in the mail, so I ordered a pair.

I received them today, and I checked the size to make sure they were the correct size. As I twisted and turned the box I could not find the size. Then, I relized, they are 45D's!!! Man, 45D! My feet have grown by leaps and bounds! I'm going to have feet like my buddy Andrew Scantlin soon! Then I relized they are European shoes. Their sizing is much different than the good ol US sizes. Phew!

About Time!

After all my moaning and complaining, I finally did it. I went out and ran! It was only two miles, but I did it. There was still a little pain in the right IT band, but after some stretching and foam rolling, everything feels great. I'm preying that God keeps me healthy, and I'm taking as many steps possible to insure that is the case. It felt good. Very good, to have ran again. To wake up before sunrise and throw back a couple of easy miles, to feel the tiredness in my legs again, to feel that burn in my chest, knowing that I'm making myself a healthier person.

Here's hoping that I'm going to have a healthy 2010 in running.

Praise the Lord and run on!

RunTwoThree Returns!

After a long hiatus my running blog is back! I'm excited to be writing again, and I hope I can get some of my dedicated readers back.

I'm excited to announce that my Brooks ID membership was renewed for 2010! I'm proud to be a team member of Brooks Running!

So, where's my running right now? I'm sorta benched...sorta. I've been dealing the last few weeks with IT band issues. It's been a rough, frustrating struggle, but I'm working through it. I plan on attempting some slow short running tomorrow morning. I'll let ya'll know how it goes. I don't have another race planned until February, and it's icy and cold out so it's a good time for a break. I just dislike having to take a pause in my running.

Praise the Lord and run on!