Overdue

After two days of laying low (save for a short core workout yesterday), Monday’s chills have given way to a dry cough and stuffy nose.

I took this as license to get moving again, and so headed to the treadmill for an easy 10 miles this afternoon (I thought the outside chill might do a number on my cough, and I figure since my gym membership expires in three weeks, I might as well make the most of it!).

My body felt good and my lungs held strong, but as I was rounding out the final mile, I noticed a nagging pain on the outside of my left foot.  I couldn’t figure out what it was until I got back home and went to take off my shoes – and realized just how old they were.

A couple years ago I was doing most of my running in trail shoes (even road running, as lighter trail shoes held at bay pain from a post-ironman muscle tear).  But last January (that’s January 2010), I rejoined my local gym after a year away (also because of said injury – the PT told me that the repetition of the treadmill wasn’t doing me any favors).

When I renewed, I decided I should probably invest in some new road shoes (and by invest I mean I went to the local DSW and looked at what brooks/mizunos/sauconies were on sale… Did I really just admit that to a blogosphere of runners?).**

Those are the same shoes I was wearing today.

So, I’ve been running in these shoes for fourteen months – through two marathons and the road and indoor training for an ultra, not to mention the road running I did while training for adventure races.

Um, yeah.

Probably time for a new pair.

**I should add that with trail shoes I’m a little more particular, and I’ve bought a few pairs of salomons and montrails in the past year.  I’m not sure if that totally makes up for the DSW sale rack, maybe it does a little…