Running Shoes

I have 6 pair of running shoes in my closet.  For a guy that hates running? It is kind of odd.   Running shoes are a peculiar thing.  They're mostly all ugly.  Predominately white with all kinds of zing stitched all over them.  I buy mine from a local running store, the only one we have in town, but a good one.  They watch you on a tread mill, if you want, to determine pronation or supination and other errors in your anatomy. I honestly think that some people must pronate with one foot and supinate with the other.  Have you ever seen this?  Some of them can even run incredibly well, but they look godawful (no taking the name in 'vain' intended).  Anyway, this running store lets you run around the building a few times. They're like any good running store. They let you exchange shoes that don't quite feel  right after running in them.  That's a good one.  When ever I switch to another brand it's never right.  It can get 'right' with some time, but shoes are unique.  Runners are crazy about it  - there's probably all kinds of blogs by runners talking about this exact subject right now.  I don't even know if I pronote or supinate, but I know I do one or the other.

I ran today.  I'm guessing 8 miles.  My Garmin watch was dead.  I hate that - forgot to plug it in.  It does a fairly good job of tracking my mileage and speed.  It was a nice run, good weather, a little more windy than I prefer.  The leaves chased me around a few times, swirling as if thinking to be a tornado, or darting ahead of me low to the ground in a great stampede.

 I actually had a 'happy' run.