Category Archives: Running Shoes

mars blackmon run – it’s gotta be the shoes

i’m going to cheat tonight and cut and paste the post or update i wrote over at daily mile.  my arm has been on fire since this morning. i don’t think it’s in love with the elliptical, but it doesn’t mind if i run a few miles.  i took a flexeril tonight and used the [...]

happy feet

i’m reporting to you on assignment from a secret location the bed because i’m tired, but wanted to publish a quick update.  of course, i have been running and working out and the more i exercise, the more i write or the more i want to write; unfortunately those posts have been accumulating in my [...]

i’m almost there

yesterday i ran on the treadmill in the saucony progrid running shoes and i like them much better than the asics. i wore the shoe right out of the box for the first mile and had some shin pain around the 7 minute mark. okay. for mile 2, i added my personal insoles on top [...]

mission impossible

after my leg workout on monday, i was surprised i was able to run at all yesterday on the treadmill, but the soreness wasn’t even a performance factor. right now, my nemesis on the treadmill is shin pain and of course i’m blaming my running shoes. that’s right, i said it! i took several days [...]