Well, bummer. My new shoes turned out to be the wrong ones. I was excited to try a completely new shoe, but after running 54 minutes in them my right little toe kept getting pushed under the toe next to it. The result: three separate blisters on the bottom of my small right toe. I'm still trying to figure out how three blisters fit on such a small surface area. Oh well, thankfully Striders has a great return/exchange policy. You have 15 days to exchange your shoes for another pair, no questions asked (within reason, obviously).I'm thinking I just didn't take quite enough time trying the different shoes on. I tried on somewhere around 6 or 7 different pairs of shoes. When I went in this week, I just told them to bring me out some Mizuno's, I'll stick with what I know works. They brought out three pairs, and I think I spent just as long, maybe even longer, with those three pairs than I had the previous week with 6 or 7 pairs. I'm glad I did.
My right foot appears to be quite different from my left. The three they brought out were the same size as my old pair. But with all three pairs, my big toe kept getting a bit scrunched up to the toe of the shoe when running. I actually had to increase half a shoe size to get the right fit. So, I ended up with the Mizuno Wave Inspire 7's. And I know they will work because the day I bought them I ran almost 9 miles (Saturday). It probably wasn't the smartest way to really test a new pair of shoes, but I felt I took plenty of time at Striders to know they would be fine.
For this coming week I plan to do 30/60/90 since the week after will be VERY difficult to get all my running in. So, I'm thinking go for it this week, then a recovery week after that. Still loving every minute of it (except here and there during long runs on the treamill...)
