The Shoe Story

I use this pretty amazing little app - Goals 100% or something. Its in Chinese/English. Its not the best of apps, but it lets me do one simple, yet VITAL thing - mark each day of the week, if I had gone or not.

This alone is a good enough motivation for me to wake up in the morning and hit to road. Additionally I love putting on my Lotto Andromeda shoes (you wouldn't believe the amount of research I did to finally land up a pair that is perfect and it cost 2300 bucks only!).

Which brings me to the tools of this trade -

Jogging is all about SHOES, SHOES and some more SHOES.

No. You dont have to buy piles upon piles of them, but you MUST make an effort to buy the right shoes. Make sure it has enough cushioning. How do you tell? Well your HEEL feels pampered. Not like an army boot where it takes a beating. ANKLE SUPPORT is another thing I look forward to.

But then, its quite interesting to know the perfect shoe TYPE for you. Yes there are shoe types!!! Its not that you put on a pair of Bata PT shoes and off you go. You can, but then....not for long, before you land up with some injury. I landed up with ankle injuries wearing a FILA (i was going for the style and low budget 1200 bucks). It had style but no cushion. So my ankles took a beating and what I fear, some ligamen must have really taken it bad. Anyways, never CHEAP OUT on your shoes. Keep a budget of Rs. 2500 and go ONLINE. I got mine from flipkart. No sense going to shoe stores nowadays.

So first do a bit of google to find out the right type of shoes for you based on your running type and foot shape (yes, check out that first post on this blog). I checked my sole shape. Its simple. Just wet your feet and stand on a newspaper. It will have your print. (For those with religious sentiments on standing on paper, .....stand on a piece of cloth and take a quick pic).

Anyway I will leave the rest of the research to you ....because its FUN!! :)

I Went

It was not the most ideal of all runs, meaning I did not wake up at 5 and hit the road when even the dogs were asleep, but I did wake up and hit the road. That counts. The sun was up in its childhood and people were stepping out of their houses, yawning and scratching their asses. But I went. There was a good looking aunty and some good short runs. Best part I ticked off two days in this week. Tomorrow is another and the next on Friday. It looks like a 4 day run week:)

Getting back with a bang

As I am figuring out, most of daily exercising is getting back up. Keeping a daily record is a big high. But also when you see 5 red marks in a week it motivates you to set the record straight.

Anyway, I figured out that I have been able to run longer if I have some good music playing on my phone. If I don't then my mind focuses on getting over with it somehow. If I jog, then it focuses on when will I reach the next bend in the road and stop.

Putting the music keeps the mind occupied and I just feel the breeze as I jog. And also the awareness of the increased ease with which I can jog is a definite high!!

It helps too when there are some good looking chicks around in tight slacks ;). Keeps the blood pumping good!

I did two days of jogging and took a break today. Now I am looking forward to waking up tomorrow and meet this new jogging buddy I discovered - myself. :)