I know, I know

Yes, I have been neglecting my blog, and that is not a nice thing to do. But, to make up for it, guess what I did?

I got a new pair of kicks, of course! Check it-

Yes, they scream middle-aged-white-man, but I have to remind you that I only wear them to run in. You will not catch me wearing them with Levi's straight-leg 501 jeans, with dress socks and shorts, etc; just running. 

My old running kicks were giving me leg problems, or that is what I used to justify my new purchase. I had an old pair of Brooks Dyads a few years back, but I gave them away when I was in Tanzania. There is a little kid running around with a pair of size 11's, much too big for him, but hey, he was over the moon. 

I have a weird foot strike, probably due to the lack of ligaments left in my ankles. One I had surgically reconstructed, and so now I over-pronate in that foot. I have been putting off getting my other ankle reconstructed because, well, it is a pain in the G-Maximus. This unfixed foot, it has ZERO stability, I can actually dislocate it on command without pain. Gross, but fascinating. Because of the instability, I tend to supinate. Add the fact that I apparently have a wide foot, which I didn't know until I went to a specialty running store a couple of years back (thanks to Matt Magonis and his running peeps at Fast Feet Syracuse), my feet make for a tough fit. The Dyads could seriously be used to water ski with, they are that wide. Super comfortable, very steady, not too stiff; I am not sure why I ever went away from them. Sorry, Brooks, it won't happen again.

I am going to take a shot in the dark here but maybe it would be in my best interest to see an podiatrist and get some orthotics. Having one foot over pronate and the other supinate, probably not the greatest for my legs and back. Great, I heard orthotics are cheap.

Nope.