Wednesday

19 laps, 2:3 minute run/walk ratio, 31:45 minutes

Back on track with my midweek runs. It was a good run, nothing special, just an ordinary jog around the house.

The big news this week is: I have new running shoes! I didn't wear them today. (I don't know what I'm saving them for, maybe my next eight-mile recovery run.) I wasn't intending to buy new shoes, but I was in Bakersfield on Monday and checking out the sports shoe stores for socks, and I decided to try on a pair of new Nikes. They were so comfortable and fit absolutely perfectly! I loved them. So I bought them. They're Nike Air Max Moto+ 5s. I guess I'm saving them for the marathon, but I do need to break them in a bit before Honolulu. Maybe wear them just on my recovery runs.

I did also get three pairs of new running socks at the Big 5 Sporting Goods store. Not Wright socks, no one seems to have them, but I tried out a pair this morning, and they seem fine. Wearing them on a long run will be the real test.

And I sent for a couple of running shirts from JCPenney. I was getting some new handkerchiefs from them, and needed something else to bump up the value of my order to make it worth the shipping charge. So I picked out a couple of shirts. Hope they fit okay! If not, I'll send them back.