The Wet Test and the Search for the Next Running Shoes!

A day after my 15.4k run, I felt a pain in the outer right side of my right foot. Still tolerable but annoying since the pain is triggered everytime I'm using my right foot. My conclusion was that my running shoes are giving up on me. The rubber beneath the shoes were starting to come off and I felt that the soles are not flat anymore, maybe because I used it also for basketball (yea good job!). And as if I needed a second opinion, I used it again last August 21. Confirmed. After 4.2k of running, I just had to stop because of the pain. I started walking with a little bit of limping. It was a good thing I was with Ernest who is not really a runner. We walked most of the remaining kilometers of the 11k workout. My conviction to buy a new pair of running shoes became stronger.

I was searching in the internet different some different designs of shoes when a friend asked me if I knew what foot type do I have. I knew that there are running stores that have machines and technologies to know your foot type. But because I was too lazy to go there(heheh), I tested it myself using the WET test(click here for more details). The wet test is a simple way of knowing your foot type by just using water and paper. Just soak the sole of your foot and step on a paper. I used a newspaper.

Lo and behold, the wet test told me that I have a flat left foot and a neutral right foot. I never thought this was possible and I became conscious on how I walk and run. I was convinced that they are not the same because I started to feel and observe the slight difference in the way I step each foot! A little disturbing but fun to know more about your body.. Oh well google! I guess I just have to buy a pair of stability running shoes to compensate for the left flat foot since neutral type mostly can wear just about any kind of shoe. Right now I'm still on the look for my new pair of running shoes. I can't wait to get back to running again!

Run and Walk (Frisbee after!) :D

View Running Workout

Endomondo Running Workout: 15k, rain or shine. Its been a while since I had a long run. This is the first run I used Endomondo app in my smartphone. Looks good! :)

How did I got into running?

This is my first post to this blog. I had a little bit of thinking a while ago why did I put up this blog. I thought this would be a good venue for me to keep track of my running experience and to share to others as well. To inspire maybe or just to let others know of the fun and excitement I feel and they would feel when they got into the sport (or hobby, or whatever people want to call it).

"How did I got into running?" sounds like a fitting  topic to start up this blog. Well, the first time I ran was summer of 2009, I was with the brothers of the Servants of the Word, a missionary brotherhood, having a retreat in Tagaytay. One night, some brothers just decided to have a run the following morning. During the time, I don't know what is the distance of the route that we were talking about and certainly I don't know anything about my limitation.  We ended up running around 9 kilometers. Yes, good job for a first time run. Well I walked a great part of it. But still hitting the road for around 1.5 hours was no joke.  Part of what kept me going was the company. And of course not wanting to be left in some area I was not familiar with. I was with brother Marlon who was in the lead and Arick, a fellow newbie. This first run taught me that I can actually run long distances. I actually enjoyed the muscle pain that came with the fulfillment of finishing that run with my friends.

I started running more regularly around June or July of last year (2010). My usual run is around 5k in Scout Area, Quezon City. By this time, I already have a desire to run a marathon. A lot of it came from my friends who just recently went for a marathon and enjoyed it. My friend Vincent went for the Milo marathon and came out of it alive. But then he was training for it all that summer and being faithful to it. He shared that he was waking up early in the morning to run four times a week with varying distance, gaining more mileage per week. Now why would people spend so much time training for a marathon? Isn't it hard? Even painful?  Whenever I thought about it at the time, the more I ask myself "Can I do it? 42k?". I knew it would be hard and close to impossible, but it just made me more excited to conquer it(bring it on!). I just have to try and see for myself. And so my training begun. I had my own training plan thanks for brother Jops(coach).

And that's it! I became more enthusiastic to run just after writing this. :)

Endomondo Running Workout

Endomondo Running Workout: "was out running 2.05 km in 12m:15s using Endomondo."