Is It The Shoes?

In the 90's, Mars Blackmon made the phrase "maybe it's the shoes!" famous. The Spike Lee character, appearing with the incomparable Michael Jordan in a series of Nike commercials, delivered the line repeatedly.

And now I, too am a believer.

I've been slacking off from running. I haven't had a proper run since October of last year. Five months ago.

I had planned to turn that around this morning, but when I woke up, the knee and foot pain I've been a costumed to over the last few months was especially bad, and so I blew it off. Again.

I've long suspected my current shoes (a two-year-old pair of NB's with hundreds of miles on them and a pair of Asics that never felt broken in) were a contributing factor in my ever-present, nagging injuries.

So I finally broke down and bought a new pair of NB trail runners, the same model that I was wearing when I fell in love with running two summers ago:

 

And I've been pain-free all afternoon.

I'm about to head out for a walk downtown while my son is in music lessons, and I'm planning another two or three mile walk with Zeus this evening, and if all goes well...

But I don't want to get ahead of myself. Still, it's a good sign. 

Maybe it IS the shoes.