New Training Goal - A marathon in HEELS?!?!

Okay, so wearing flats has become a little bit annoying over the winter. Since we've got finally sidewalks instead of icewalks again and temperatures will rise to a burning 10°C = 50° F, I dug out my heels this morning.

I know what you ask yourself now, what does that have to do with marathon or even Ironman?

Well, for those of you who haven't worn heels so far, heels aren't exactly comfortable and you have to learn to walk in them. (I always wondered if the Manolo Blahniks are so expensive because they come with a walking seminar.) When I "ran" for the streetcar this morning it inspired some questions. How far can anyone (woman or man) actually walk or run in heels? And has there ever been a person who walked a half - or even a full marathon in them? Let alone run?

I know that there have been High Heel races about short distances (80 m), but I haven't found any long distance "race".

Well I can tell you one thing for sure. I definitely won't be the first person who is crazy enough to walk a marathon in heels! Even I am not that crazy!

In any case, walking in heels seems to be good for my knee, because I don't felt pain in there all morning.

And you, what is your "crazy" idea, when it comes to running or tri?

KEEP MOVING FORWARD

Day 20: Learning how to walk

No, I don't mean walk as in Power or Nordic Walking. What I mean is I'm learning how to walk with heels. For the men, yes, walking with heels needs practice. Especially I need practice since I normally wear sneakers. But I figured since I want to get a new job which is more elite and pays better, I better get used to wearing suits and high heals and tights (which I hate).

So this afternoon I went to the "city" and bought a cheap pair of high heals. Cheap because the small town I live in has this nasty cobble stone pavement and you ruin your shoes within a year if they have even the smallest heel. So, to not ruin my good shoes I bought some "training" shoes. I even bought 3 different pairs of footlets, to test them and also train wearing tights cause it's the fabric I can't abide.

As you can see, I train on all fronts. ;-P

Oh, nearly forgot. I still run everyday, mostly in the evening. Monday and especially Tuesday will proof my commitment. Since I have to be at work at 6 a.m. on Tuesday and it's open end on both days. Which means I have to get up really early for my run, like half past 4. Yikes. I get tired and yawning just thinking of it.

That's it for now. I'll walk in High Heels to the cinema and watch a movie. Training is everything. ;-)

Go running.

Challenge Day 5: First training advice and new shoes

Most of the day I was on my bike driving to and fro shops (good cross training but bad for my banking account ;-). I bought some trailrunning shoes (see previous post) and since I couldn't get these nice rock climbing shoes out of my mind I bought them too.

You could say I kept the balance one ugly and one nice pair, yin and yang. I even kept the balance in another way, I threw 3 old pairs (one of them was a New Balance ;-) away. No cluttering in my rooms anymore.

Here you'll see my ugly trail shoes:

And these are my lovely Einstiegsschuhe (you use them to walk from the car to the rock you want to climb. Don't ask me why you need special shoes for this, I just like their looks and they are really comfortable.):

Though the trail shoes are ugly as hell, they are quite comfortable and run well. I found that I had more control on the gravel before the track, which is a good thing. So maybe on Sunday I will take them on their first real trail, depends on the weather or if I just have time for the gym. I and you'll see.

On the track was a football club training and their coach even gave me a bit of advice. Obviously I move my upper body a bit to much, but it's hard to not move with the shoulders. Especially if you try to run through without getting into walking since it's not this demanding. Anyway I'll work on it.

Okay todays stats. Since I pushed the wrong button while running, the total time and in zone are guesses, heartrate is of the last 6 minutes. Sorry, better stats tomorrow.

time: approx 29 min
in zone: most of the time
average heartrate: 154 bpm

I ran about half an hour earlier than yesterday since I couldn't wait to get out there and test my new shoes (I'm such a girl;-)! I think, I'm getting into the drill of running daily. But we'll see how I do next week, when I'm back to work and starting to apply for a new job.

Enjoy your Friday evening, I have to get packing since I go back home by train tomorrow. 8 hrs of Deutsche Bahn! Do I need to say more? I will so need my evening run!
See ya.

Go for your dreams, make them true, only you can do it.

New Shoes

Okay, I'm a girl so I like every excuse to get new shoes. And since there is my hiking vacation ahead I need a second pair of shoes for it. But I'm also lazy, so I didn't want to carry an extra pair of running shoes with me.

Easily solved. I bought a pair of trail running shoes. Asics Trabuco size 8 in US, size 39.5 in Europe and ugly like hell (pics this evening). I will test them on my run this evening. Will be interesting, to see how they feel on the different surfaces.

By the way, I LOVE the Leipziger Laufladen. They are always nice and help you, even if you have to test every shirt and the buy nothing, because they all looked or felt wrong. Even if you just come along once in a year they remember you. I stay with them, even if there is a running shop in the next town I move to.

Same with Tapir which is an outdoor store were I went first for my trail running shoes. They send me away, because they felt that they hadn't the rigth shoes for me. I stick with them to. In fact they had a really nice looking pair of shoes which I can't stop thinking about. Might as well go back today and buy this pair. Even if it's not exactly brainy, but hey I'm a girl, I practically breath for shoes. ;-) Think of Carrie Bradshaw but with sportsshoes.

C you in the evening.