Just a short one today to remind you all of the importance of decent training shoes. I went out for a run with a friend the other week who was complaining like mad about her back, sciatica and knee. I'm running mega slow at the moment as I'm pregnant and she's just trying to get over all these injuries so we are about the same speed.
At the end of our run, I looked down at her feet and was mortified. On them were these little old thin gym shoes that really looked like she'd had them from school. She would have got little more support from them than if she was wearing flip flops.
I made her swear on her and her loved ones lives that she would go the VERY NEXT DAY (yes, I'm very bossy) to a proper running shop and get her gait analysed and measured for some proper running shoes. Her excuse - "Oh, I've been meaning to, I just haven't had time". Yes, she really had been meaning to get some proper work out shoes for FOUR YEARS.
Anyway, the result? This was two weeks ago. Her sciatica? Gone. Her bad back? Gone. Her dodgy knee? GONE. In two weeks. Just because of proper running shoes.
Don't try and spare money on shoes. It's better to spend £30 more than on some crappy old shoes and get some decent ones that FIT and are suitable for your activity. Don't put your body through any more than it needs to - and that applies to any exercise.
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