Mildly Disappointing

So I did get new shoes and they felt good. 

I have even been for a run in them. 

Well - the mild disappointment is that they're not as padded as I'd hoped. My right foot was still achy like before but perhaps not quite so bad. And now I have new shoes I am obliged to run more. 

it was a struggle getting going this morning - for one thing, it's cold and for another, I am lazy and fearful about putting any effort into exercise. But that's a me issue.

I also walloped my knuckle on a wheelie bin - it wasn't painful then but now it's all swollen up and hurty.

Oh, poor, poor me.

it was also muddy... 

5.01km

7m 13s per km 

I walked for a while so I could find the next episode of the podcast...

Also I am a very slow runner

how it started.. 

how it's going... 

Stupid foot

I think my foot issue might be more limiting than I hoped. It's hurting near the bottom of my second toe - I guess there is a lot of pressure on there. So any new shoes will have to have the padding rather than the off-road (ha!) capability. 

But there I was, bravely running through the pain, and almost got to the 5k mark but stopped cos it was getting too hurty, like it might cause damage. 

4.81km

7m 02s per km

and I'm not disappointed by being slow - there are plenty of people slower and I'm just doing me. 

Foot

I wore my old shoes to see if they fit better than the off-road ones and indeed they do. My toes don't ram into the end, which is nice. But they are too hard: I think the padding gets compacted or just perishes over time. The main effect of this is that my poor arthritic right foot is really aching now. No matter how much I try to convince myself that not having a functioning joint isn't a big problem, it is, nevertheless, a problem. One I just have to live with as there is no actual cure. Pain-killers, cutting back on the ballet, and flat shoes all should help.

'You never see a fat runner', I thought. Then I looked in the mirror. 

short: 4.29km (didn't want to push it too far: I was huffing and puffing like a fat runner anyway)

not quite so slow: 6m 54s per km which is a little pleasing but could have done without the foot pain and the tiny niggle of calf ache.

Oh woe is me.

But also, well done me for going for a run. 

One day I won't make such a song and dance about it...