End of week 1 & Shoes

Week 1
So 1 week done and I am still alive. July 1 to July 7 I had gone 9.85 miles on the treadmill. 
(14.23 if you include the test mentioned below) 


Pretty much the most I have walked/run/jogged in just about ever in a week. 
 Granted the vacation we took in Portland earlier this year we walked significantly more than that, but it was walking & lots of stops, and lots of eating. 


FYI the treadmill issues were erlated to poor installation by the guys.  But the warranty people were very nice & came out Friday & repaired it to a point were it could be used. We should have it back up to 100% by Wednesday, providing the parts get in at a decent time.


Yesterday I did a 1 hour test, to see how far I could get in 60 minutes. I think this will be a good baseline test to do every couple weeks to see if I have any improvement.  The baseline test put me at 4.3 miles in 60 minutes.  SIGNIFICANTLY better than I had done in any event.  Of course due to injuries I mostly walked through events, plus when I am running I know I will be held up by exhaustion & obstacles.  Still it would be nice to get that to a 5mph average or more for the races, so that I am not out there for 3 hours when trying to complete my 12 mile race.


Shoes
I had purchased for this endeavour a pair of Saucony shoes over the internet at a decent price. (thanks Zappos) Before the purchase we went to a local sotr to be fitted & determine what shoes would be best for me.  I really would have liked to support the local guys & bought there, but  the color schemes they had were hideous.  I went home & was lucky to find that last years colors were not near as bad. I had asked in the store if they could have gotten other models of shoe, and they said no, so I made my purchase online.   What is with all the use of silver? Let alone neon colors.  


here is an example of this years Saucony offerings:

ok the grey/black/yellow is not THAT offensive. But check out the orange ones. 
I am a simple man.  My running shorts are black, shirt- black, socks -black. Yet when I look for shoes my options seem to be more of the 'which power ranger do you wanna be' variety. And to make matters worse, it seems the average shoe lifespan is 300-500 miles from what I have read. Meaning at the aforementioned 9.8 miles/ week I will definitely go through one pair of shoes before my races are completed & be on a second pair.  And that is IF I don't run further than I did during my first week of training. Sure the treadmill is probably not as bad on them but It will mean in a few months I will have to spend more money so I can dress like a happy clown for my races.  


Good thing I know where they sell black Krylon.