B5: No, not the vitamin!

If you've ever looked at my list of results, you'll notice that for some odd reason I put the type of shoe that I ran in. I bought my fifth pair of Brooks Beast running shoes since November 2003 today at the new Luke's Locker store in The Woodlands.

They were $109.95 shoes minus $11.00 for my HARRA discount, plus $8.16 in tax and the total came to $107.11. I know that I could probably buy them cheaper either via mail order, but the expertise that I get is invaluable.

The last few weeks, I've been moaning a bit here that my running has seemed to be getting harder. I think I found at least part of the problem. I'm a heelstriker who also overpronates. (The Beast has the support for that, but a look at the tread still showed that I'm overpronating even with that shoe.) I was suspicious that a lot of the pain in my right knee (which was on the back of the knee to the inside and underneath my kneecap in the front) wasn't necessarily due to overuse, but that it was time for a new pair of shoes. Wow, was this ever confirmed!

I had worn the outside part of the right heel almost down to the gel! Compare it to the firmness of the new shoe and it is no wonder why I was hurting. We'll see how the next run goes.

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