Brand New Shoes

Hey, I put some new shoes on, and suddenly everything is right.
I said, hey, I put some new shoes on and everybody's smiling.
It's so inviting,
Oh, short on money, but long on time,
Slowly strolling in the sweet sunshine,
And I'm running late,
And I don't need an excuse,
'cause I'm wearing my brand new shoes.

Yeah, I've had "New Shoes" in my head for the past few days.  Why you ask?  Because after hemming and hawing over getting new sneakers/running shoes since LAST SUMMER, I finally did it.  And by me, I mean, my fabulous boyfriend bought them for me as an early birthday present.

I've needed new shoes for a long time now.  It's embarrassing to admit, but I've had the same sneakers since high school.  Yeah.  I haven't worn them all that time, in fact, I hardly ever wear sneakers, but still.  I actually bought three pair of the same New Balances in high school (different colors of course, black, pink and navy), and have just gone through one pair every few years.  Black survived high school and some of college, pink got tossed in grad school, and now navy is getting the old heave ho.  So what brand of shoe did I choose this time around? Grey New Balance.  Shocker.  But I LOVE them. 

New shoes before their inaugural run!

I've taken a few pages from Cassie's book recently.  A few weeks ago Sakief encouraged me to start a couch to 5k program, but I shot him down; elliptical is just fine by me, and I don't really like to run.  But with Cassie getting inspired by her new shoes to start a C25k program, I decided to go for it. 

And it's not so bad!  I did my first run on Saturday.  Each run is perfectly laid out for me, which makes it easy.  The first run is supposed to be 30 mins, and I was able to power through and run for 45.  Yesterday I did day 2 (and got to test out my new shoes!), but I stuck to the 30 mins.  I did run a little extra at the end of the workout before cooling down, but basically stuck to the program.  I felt great afterwards!  Now if I can only remind myself of that feeling when I try to talk myself out of running... I'd really like to stick to it. 

Also, my new shoes felt really good on my feet, and I wasn't sore afterwards like I have been in the past.  I was waiting for some serious thigh pain this morning (you should have seen me hobble around on Sunday, but I think I might be able to blame that on drunk dancing in 4 inch heels all night), but nothing.  In fact, I may go for another run tonight.