Footsies

I have been lamenting to you about the problem of my feet falling asleep when I run. This usually happens after about 2 miles, and was getting increasingly worse despite my best efforts to fix the problem (tie laces tighter, looser, upside down, different stride, different socks, different sports bra, voodoo, etc). I got a lot of advice and feedback from you awesome folks, but sadly none of it worked.

I finally sucked it up and went to visit the podiatrist a week or so ago, and he said it was foot neuroma. In summary, with ‘sheer force’ (giggle), a nerve in my foot swells. It initially feels like my socks are folded around the balls of my feet, and gradually spreads until I’m running on rubber feet. Fortunately, he said it wasn’t causing any permanent damage, although it’s obviously a safety concern to be running without feeling the road. 
He recommended new sneakers since mine were getting older and probably a bit “sloppy”, and said that if the problem persisted I should remove the soles and try full gel inserts.

I was (and still am) planning on getting something with some extra cushion, but I was shoe shopping with a wine buzz this weekend and saw these beauties:

I know, I know…Skechers ew. BUT I’m kind of excited about taking them for a run. They’re extremely light and technically fall into the minimalist sneaker movement, but they are designed with a lift in the arch area designed to promote a midfoot strike. They weren’t great for walking since the heel is dropped a bit, but I think they’ll be a different story for running. Also…we should probably take a moment to appreciate their cool color.

(…appreciating…)

Speaking of cool colors, apparently I love them when I’m wine-buzzed shoe shopping because I got these too. Sort of like Minnie Mouse shoes, right?

  
And finally, in an effort to appease readers who like all kinds of shoes, I’ll also show you my third shoe porn entry recently purchased: I think they kind of look like hooves, but in a hot way (yes...just go with it).