Goodbye old friends...hello new ones!

I finally bought my first pair of running shoes! Since I started runing back in April, I have been running in a pair of trainers that I bought about 6years ago! They have been fine but over the last month or so I have started to notice aches and pains especially in my right achilles and right knee.I had been told by numerous people including my husband that I needed to go and get my gait analysed. Today was the day!

Apparently the majority of runners over pronate when they run. I am one of those. My right foot is worse than my left. Hence the achilles tenderness. It was really interesting to see myself running on the webcam and to see how my feet overpronate. Anyway, here is a picture of the little fella's I'm ditching.....

and here is a picture of my new running buddies.......

I was so excited about running in them that I had to go out for a run as soon as we got back. I went to the seafront with my running companion Misty and did a gentle 2.6 miles. I now need to up my mileage!! I'm getting stuck at the 3-4 miles and need to move on!!

Shall I or Shan't I?

I haven't been running since my last blog, a week ago as I developed a chesty cough which just won't go away! It's one of those annoying, dry irrtating coughs that you think will turn into a chesty cough at anytime...but it hasn't. I was awake at 5am this morning coughing which woke Paul up and then he had to get up anyway for work. I've been OK all day and I was dying to go out and run but wasn't sure that I should or not. Anyway, 15 mins before 'Jellylegs' was due to start I thought I need to run.

We ran with the beginner group tonight but when they had run their 5 mins and was then walking, we were doing fartlek training. Sprints to the next lampost and back. We did this intermittantly all the way around. It was a killer and I certaintly do not have speed in this situation. I kept it going though. We ran just under 3 miles tonight and I felt good even though I haven't run for a week. As soon as I stopped running, my cough re appeared! Funny that. I think I cleared my lungs and now they are complaining. I haven't stopped coughing since. I'm in for a good night!!