Day Seven

DAY SEVEN

Nothing out of the ordinary to report today boys and girls. Things were once again perfect on the food front. I found out that there is a specialist running store just near my work, so I dropped in during my lunch break and picked up some new shoes.

The process was fantastic - it took almost half an hour in total and involved:

• discussing my current work-out, injuries and aims;
  
• measuring my foot (for size);
• standing on this panel to see where the I place the weight on my feet;
• taking a video of me walking on a treadmill;
• watching the video back in slow motion to identify my walking style and where I need support;
• seeing how my feet are in my current orthotics (which do partially correct my issues);
• testing out two different shoes deemed suitable, based on everything above;
• watching me walk in both pairs of shoes - and the final selection.

I'm really happy with the result, so $200 later I have a fantastic pair of shoes. In all honesty you could probably pick the shoes up cheaper elsewhere, but for the time and effort they put in, it's well worth it. Hopefully this will help with my shin splint issue!

Plus they gave me two $20 off vouchers which I can give to friends. If you're in Perth and would like one of the vouchers, post a comment with your email (I won't publish the comment). If anyone is interested in the store, I'm happy to provide details (I have no affiliation whatsoever and am just providing my honest feedback of a great experience).

Food:

Breakfast: Optifast chocolate shake
Lunch: Zucchini and leek soup
Afternoon snack: Second shake

Dinner: Vegetable stiry fry with ginger, garlic and chilli.
Later: I made my shake into biscuits.... I wasn't keen on them - for anyone who has done this before, are they meant to be crunchy? Mine were really thick and chewy. I think I'll stick to the plain old shake.
Snacks: green tea, water

Exercise:

I caught up with a friend after work and went for a walk and coffee (well, green tea in my case). It wasn't particularly strenuous, but it's probably good for me to take it easy while I'm recovering.

On a positive note, said friend was very excited at the prospect of doing Zumba with me. We're going to look into classes and might start next week!