My new side kick

Way hey! I bought new shoes! It wasn't as smooth or as easy as I had hoped! I went to Derby Runner as it has been recommended time and time again by friends who run. I went in and asked for a fitting, one of the managers helped me and looked at me standing on one leg then the other and said I over pronate. Then a lady from bbc radio derby came in to interview him about their contribution towards the derby 10k and his colleague helped me instead. But he didn't really fit or offer any advice just bought out some shoes to pick from. I picked Nike Zoom Structure +17 and when I ran in them in the evening they started hurting in the back of my heels after only a mile.

It was my worst run so far! the shoes were so painful and it was pouring down with rain! I wouldn't normally run in the rain but I was so keen to test the shoes. I now know not to run in the rain again!

So I sent them a tweet and they said to go back in with them to check for fit. I went back and they swapped the, over for a different pair. This time it was the store manager and he got out more pairs to pick from then he said I could test them on the running machine. I found two I like and in the end after a few tests on the machine picked the New Balance 1260 v3.






I went out for a run in them this morning and not a single ache or pain other than the muscles under my knees readjusting to running with a neutral gait now I am running in structured shoes. The differences were subtle, I could tell that my gait was being readjusted by twinges in places that didn't twinge before and I didn't get sore shins too and they were nice and cushioned!