We are back from Lake Tahoe, annual family picture in hand. I continue to hold out hope that one day we will dress like respectable Victorians. At least the boys didn’t demand that we cram into the claw foot bathtub like the pair of biker couples behind us. The proprietor tried to tell them they wouldn’t all fit, but they were insistent, insistent they all get in the bathtub and try.
All I kept thinking was, why are you insisting? You’re bikers. Show some dignity, keep your shirts on, and put on some drop bottom long bottoms like the rest of us.
In other news, I walked every day of vacation and almost died every single day. The altitude was murderous. I couldn’t walk 1 mile without feeling like my thighs were going to burst into flames. Also, my feet hurt desperately. It’s time for new shoes and this time I’m hoping to buy a colorful pair. What I won’t do is buy another pair of Nike Frees. They are far and beyond the most comfortable sneakers I’ve ever worn, but I’m constantly picking gravel and twigs out of the soles. I read this article over the weekend and am considering some of the shoes. Some of them, however, are quiet possibly the ugliest things I have ever seen. Check out the brown ones. Mercy.
I love my Brooks for walking. I was fitted at a running store and have used that brand for several years now – I just go get a new pair every 500 miles or so :)
Wow, you weren’t kidding about those brown ones! :P
Everybody’s feet are different, but I highly recommend the Saucony’s (spelled right?) They are very very comfortable. Try a pair on. I’ve also learned to go to a running/athletic store for help. The more local the better. I’m lucky enough to live in a town where we have a family owned running store and they are incredibly helpful. Not like Foot Locker or anything like that.
I second the opinion of the running store. Be sure to take your old shoes with you. It will help the clerk at the store to understand your gait and be able to make suggestions based on your foot and walking style. And don’t let looks fool you. Sometimes what looks horrible may be the best shoe for your foot and the exercise you like to do.
I third the professional shoe store (not Foot Locker or Shoe Carnival types) and bringing your old shoe. I did this about 3 years ago and it changed my entire attitude toward walking/running/exercise. It’s amazing how much more enjoyable things are when there’s not pain afterward/during!
So my first thought was, “There’s a stream in her neighborhood?!!! How has she not shown this before?!” Then I remembered you were on vacation. *blush*
Asics Gel sneakers are the answer! I had all sorts of aches and pains when I was training for my first 5K in Nikes. The Asics solved them all and I’m still wearing this brand ten years, many 5K’s and a half marathon later.
Good job walking every day of vacation!
I am a big Brooks fan, for what it’s worth.
Love the pictures! Definitely a good sports shoe store – and hoping the U-G-L-Y brown ones don’t turn out to be just the right ones for your feet!
I recommend the Brooks. There are more styles than what the article listed and the styles are based on pronation or how you walk (example: if you roll your step in or out). The Adrenaline and Ravenna are styles I’ve worn before and are awesome! Both my teenage boys and my boyfriend wear Brooks. I’d also recommend checking out the Ghost and Glycerin styles. http://www.brooksrunning.com Good luck!
I love your annual family pics! I had to pull up last year’s picture to compare the baby faces :-)
And imagining 2 biker couples crowding into a tub together got my chuckle out for the first time today. Thanks for that ;-)
I like Asics gels. With them, I don’t have to wear orthotics.
Love the family portrait!
Those brown shoes are certainly a whole bunch of ugly and at $195, no thanks. Yikes! Walking back home must feel like a breeze after a week of high altitude training.