I had planned on using my new shoes tonight for motivation to do my tempo run at the YMCA. Alas, that was NOT the case tonight.No new shoes. :-(
I busted my ass to get up there before 5pm tonight. Walked in and a guy helped me. I told him I had a pair of shoes that were ordered. He took my name and pulled them out; Nike Moto+ 9. We sat down on the chairs for me to try them on. I even remembered my running socks today. But as soon I put on the first one, I was like holy cow, these are small! Put on the other one. Stood up and walked around and I looked at the shoe box. Sure enough, they were a size 11. I said "Are brands of shoes different sizes? Cause these are 11's but my feet are NOT comfortable in this." I walked over to him and he felt them and he said yea they are a little tight in the forefoot. I did the heel kick back. They were still pushing it and since feet tend to slide forward I knew that my feet were not going to stay in the back like that.
So we talked some more about shoes, different ones, etc. Had me try on my current shoe in my current size and said that I do have plenty of room in the toe box area with that brand (Asics 2130's). He said that he might be able to get a size 11.5 in the Moto+ 9 but he would go with a narrow shoe since I had some sliding room in the normal width and he didn't like seeing that.
Even though my gift certificate said that I had to get a pair of Nike's, since I was currently dealing with the owner (which I didn't know until he said so), he said that he wanted to see me with a shoe I liked and that worked for me, so he would work with his Nike Rep and he would give me the Asics instead of the Moto's.
But seriously, guys, the Moto's are amazing. Under the ball area they have a softer rubber which gives a lot more. Then also there is an air bag (Nike loves their air bags) under the ball area too. So even just standing and moving my foot left & right I could feel the softerness (is that a word?) of the shoe. The guy said that it probably doesn't absorb the shock any better. But I must admit, it sure did feel good. I ran on their treadmill so he could see my foot strike and it was different but different in that I could get used to it.
He gave me my choice of what to do. I said let's go ahead and order the 11.5 and see if they fit. My current Asics 2130's have a few miles left in them. If the Nike's don't work out then I can wear them until I really need another pair (definitely before the April marathon).
I did buy a pair of YakTrax! The Pro kind so they won't slip off my feet. That's something.
So now more waiting is to be had. I have to run tonight with no motivation to get me out there, into the cold and head to the Y for my tempo. There's a group running at 7 am on Saturday. If I can get up that early, that will motivate me but since they are not really *looking* for me going, my mind will say it's 6a, stay in bed where it's warm and they won't even know you're not there. This winter I am seriously lacking the motivation. No wonder why I didn't do a Spring marathon last year!
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