Half Marathon Training

I have just under 6 weeks before race day.  My plan is to reward myself periodically for making it through the tough parts.  This weekend, I tweaked my left foot.  I'm not sure how or what it is/was but dang it hurt!  I can run through pain (I have bursitis in my hips and that ain't no walk in the park when you're trying to run distances of double digits) but this was stop-you-in-your-tracks-and-curse pain.

So, I bought new shoes.  Seemed fair.  We are lucky enough to live near an outlet mall, so I hit the Nike outlet (I was running in Reebok and now I'm mad at them - when in doubt, blame the shoes, right?).  I texted my runner-friend who's a coach and asked for her recommendation (which I ended up not liking).  And I tried on every.single.style of shoe that Nike makes.  I was willing to fork over the big bucks for a pair that felt right to me.  Luckily, I didn't have to but it wasn't for lack of trying!  The high end shoes were truthfully just too much shoe for me, if that makes sense.  I ended up with Nike Lunarfly+ 3 in a lovely shade of gray, purple and neon pink.  Number one rule of buying running shoes:  Do NOT get hung up on what they look like!! This shoe is similar, but not that same color.

Today is a play day (fun workout) for my training plan (from Half Marathon - Finish It by Another Mother Runner authors), so I won't be running in my new wheels until tomorrow.  Wish me luck, because if this doesn't help I might have to go see a doctor.

In other news, we are on a two-hour delay which means I baked a batch of imitation Amish friendship bread (the kind you normally have to knead the dough for 10 days before you can make the bread and then you pass it on to unsuspecting friends who hate you afterwards thank you for life).  I'll link the recipe later, but now I have to style Baby Girl's hair and round up the rest of the troops.  I better stop at the store for milk, bread, and toilet paper - because that's what EVERYONE does when it snows around here...