Run Like the Wind

I got these shoes last week as a very nice present.

In the past decade, my fitness regime has turned from running, to yoga, to zilch for the past year.  Well, maybe not completely zilch -  I cut the fat off my meat now.  Just nip it at the bud, I say.

I am a shorter person (barely reaching 5'1) with a small frame (according others and this article), who tries but doesn't always eat the healthiest (Fried chicken or chips of any kind? I'll take 'em.).  It's called "skinny fat".

Urban Dictionary definition: To look slim, even with revealing clothes, but when touched, the touching hand sinks into fat before reaching muscle.

Lovely, right?

Being "skinny fat" and having three decades of life under my belt just can't be the best for my heart.  So.  I'm taking up running again, with new shoes to boot!  They simulate barefoot running without the creepy visible shoe separation of toes.  I took them for a whirl Monday on the treadmill and felt fantastic!  Instead of needing to stop because both my leg muscles are tired AND my heart is not able to keep up, it was just my heart begging me to stop while my legs felt like they can go for miles and miles!

I'm going to test them out again this afternoon to make sure it wasn't a fluke.

Disclaimer:  I might by hyping them up a tad, since my base comp was my previous pair of runners from 2006.  So these are just a big upgrade for me, to say the least.  I'm just way behind in the running shoe technology.