I would like to start with talking about our FEET! We use them daily and don't pay near enough attention to how we treat them and how we fit them in running/workout shoes.

 

Ladies, we need to focus on our shoes, these are our "tires" - you have to take care of your tires. Every 500 miles MAX on your shoes, you need to let them go! I would also recommend you have 2 pair of the same shoes. You need to rotate your shoes. Our shoes need 24 hours to re-group. When working out and using our shoes they need the time to come back to formation.

 

Finding the right shoe, you can do an "at home test" to find out about how your foot strikes on the ground. Put your feet in a pool or bucket of water. Walk on a piece of paper. Look at your footprint. Draw a picture around your foot print. From this picture you can tell were your foot strikes. It will give you a picture of Supination, or under-pronation, flat arches associated with over pronation, and normal or neutral.

 

With this information you can then take it into the nearest fitness foot wear place, I recommend the Foot Zone, and they will help with your shoe choice.

 

The best information I was given years ago training for the Kona marathon, was looking out for your feet and your shoes...we as women can reduce the most common injuries, knee, hip, just by simply replacing our running shoes
often!

 

Tips:

• Your Feet are your TIRES...take care of them.
• Don't use your shoes over 500 miles, recycle the old ones at a local Foot Zone.
• Have 2 pair of running shoes that you will alternate.
• Take the "Wet Test". Find out what your foot
  really looks like before investing in a running shoe.