Week 7 day 1

Hi everyone

What can I say - rest day!!!

But let me tell you, on Sunday I did an Adidas foot scan and for those people who don't know what that means (including me!!) you have to run across a rubber mat which is attached to some special electronic equipment, and when your heel hits the mat it records your strike and then as your foot goes through its motion it records your weight distribution - which sounds fantastic doesn't it!!!!

But it only works if you can get your stride pattern right and your foot hits the mat, after the 3 attempts I had (it isn't that easy trust me!!!!) I found out that only 3% of the world are neutral runners, which means that your foot & body follow a straight line with equal weight distribution - most people are either over or under pronators which means that your weight distribution is either inside or outside.

Watching the computer produce a Tomorrow's World image of your foot in action is really clever and having now (hopefully) been sold the right type of running shoes, I'm sure that my times will improve, my aches will stop and my mind will stop wandering.......

So if you need anymore advice from Andy's Marathon Shop then please let me know.

Can't wait to try my snazzy new shoes tonight on my 3 miler.....

Andy