Saturday rolled around and I was still feeling pretty down about how my last workout went. Its just frustrating that there doesn't seem to be much, if any, improvement in my knee over the past 3 weeks. As I was feeling pretty miserable about where I was in my training, I decided that maybe a new pair of sneakers would help me out. I figured ... even if they helped a little bit ... it may get me closer to achieving my goal. Thus, Saturday afternoon led Renee and I down to City Sports on Boylston. We took a peak at the shoes and talked with some of the guys who worked there. In the past, I have always been partial to Asics since they seemed to work well for me before. Since I didn't want to switch too many things up, I decided that I would stick with that brand and see if a newer shoe may help give me a little bit of support. According to my physical therapist, really the only two abnormalities that he saw in his initial PT evaluation were - 1) My left foot pronates (turns in) more than my right 2) My hips weren't that flexible. I figured that getting a more supportive / newer shoe may help work on problem 1.
In the end, I decided on a new pair of Asics aimed at stability (pic). Also, they had colors similar to the official BAA colors so how could I turn them down. The sole of the shoe is pretty rigid and really helps prevent the foot from pronating during the running motion. Like before, there was a small glimmer of hope that a new pair of shoes would be a silver bullet for this ITB ... even though deep down inside it was probably just retail therapy at its best. Whatever happens, I figured that it couldn't hurt trying a new pair of shoes and that maybe, just maybe they could help the problem.
Hopefully they will have some positive impact ...
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