My New Runners

I finally made it down to Amphibian King, the specialist running shop in Bray. As I’ve said many times before in my posts, I’m prone to injuring my ankles and knees when I jog. I’ve never been sure why, but my physio friends Niall and Clare said it was probably because of my gait and the way I was walking/running. So, I went down to see these specialists, and he tested my feet and recording me jogging a few steps to see if I was turning in or out on my ankles or what was going on. It turns out, my feet and gait are pretty ok, but the runners I was running in were rubbish (they were Nike Running runnes by the way) and had no support, so that may have been part of the problem. The other main issue is probably that I always ran on Threadmills (of which no more) and that I always tried to do too much too soon. The chap in Amphibian King, Sean (real name Csaba, apparently) told me that it was really important that I start off very slow and build up all the muscles because (here comes the science bit) everytime you land on a foot while jogging, it’s taking 3 times your body weight.

Anyway, assuming I’m given the all clear by some person in a white coat soon, I’ll be jogging in the new year in my brand spanking new (and expensive) running shoes. Huzzah!