whee, new shoes! jeff, sylvia and i took a walk this afternoon, but tomorrow i start the 8 week program with 'rest'. heh, i suppose that is to be consistent with the remaining weeks, but it strikes me as a silly way to start.
i had never heard of brooks before i started doing the research. i like the idea that they are putting the money into the shoes rather than the advertising. i would definitely try a lot of shoes on. this store i went to, the guy observed that i was rolling my feet inwards (over-pronating) and then pointed me towards the shoes with 'blue' tags on the shelf. obviously, different places will do things differently. i also found an online website that diagnosed the same thing by the wear pattern on the bottom of my shoes. i always wear the back out first which is another symptom of the 'over-pronator'. interestingly enough, the shoe guy has completely flat feet and also needs to use this kind of shoe. the main symptom of my high arches is that my foot doesn't fit under the shoe completely with classic clog styles. it's pretty obvious. with the adidas shoes, the only way that i would have been able to tie the laces is if i had left them very loose. it looked from the top like i needed a wider shoe, but there was plenty of room on the sides.
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Date: 2006-04-23 10:00 pm (UTC)i had never heard of brooks before i started doing the research. i like the idea that they are putting the money into the shoes rather than the advertising. i would definitely try a lot of shoes on. this store i went to, the guy observed that i was rolling my feet inwards (over-pronating) and then pointed me towards the shoes with 'blue' tags on the shelf. obviously, different places will do things differently. i also found an online website that diagnosed the same thing by the wear pattern on the bottom of my shoes. i always wear the back out first which is another symptom of the 'over-pronator'. interestingly enough, the shoe guy has completely flat feet and also needs to use this kind of shoe. the main symptom of my high arches is that my foot doesn't fit under the shoe completely with classic clog styles. it's pretty obvious. with the adidas shoes, the only way that i would have been able to tie the laces is if i had left them very loose. it looked from the top like i needed a wider shoe, but there was plenty of room on the sides.