I took Lucy's advice yesterday and went for a special running shoe fitting. The store had a machine I had to stand on that measured the pressure on each part of my feet to establish the type of support I need. They then made me run on a treadmill and videod me from behind. Apparently, my left foot lands straight and my right foot does not, so I need support on the instep of my right but not left? I tried on loads of shoes all of which had some support (not neutral - not high support) and picked out a really comfortable pair. They didn't try to sell me the most expensive shoes in the shop (although I would probably have paid for the most expensive), which I really appreciated. Thank you Potomac River Running in Reston Virginia!
I took my new shoes for a test drive today and ran 10.2 miles up and down a 3200 foot hill (that's the height of Scafell Pike - England's highest peak). It took exactly 2 hours. And no blisters!! More steak, more potatoes, more spinach please!
I monitor the statistics on the running machines and today I burned 1708 calories. My heart rate peaked at 168 BPM when I was running at 8 MPH up a 5% incline. When I stopped to warm down my rate had dropped to 135 BPM within 2 minutes and 2 minutes later it was 123. I don't know if that is good or bad, but I thought you might be interested! I know my resting heart rate is about 60 BPM. Incidentally, at my age, apparently, my heart is working at 80% of its capacity at 138 beats per minute, so the maximum must be 172. Does that mean I got within 4 beats per minute of crashing my heart??
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