The first time I had my gait analyzed was at the Health Expo the weekend of the Bridge Pedal. That was a particuarly fun day as I took advantage of several services that were available that day. While I was having a chair massage Tom was "next door" having a talk with a couple of people representing a running specialty store and decided to hop on the treadmill and have his gait looked at. After I my massage was over I made my way over and he said I should have them look at my funny run and get some suggestions. At the time, the guy said that I my right leg is nearly normal and that my left leg had some pronation - which I sort of understand, but not really all that much. Bottom line is my foot rolls inward slightly on the left side which requires me to run with a shoe that has mild to moderate stability. Their shoe suggestion was the Asics 2130.
Today after I did a short run on the treadmill at Fit Right NW the gal pretty much confirmed all that the Expo people said, but I got to try out some shoes - by running on the sidewalk in front of the shop. I tried 3 different pairs - Asics 2140 (the 2009 model of the 2130), Brooks and New Balance 768. As soon as I stood up with the NB's I was sold and even more so after I did the test run. The Asics were good too though, so I ended up doing a side by side comparison...running with one of each shoe. By far the New B's were the shoe for me. I'm excited I'll be getting those in the next week!
After I left Fit Right NW I went over to Borders - it seemed like a shame to NOT go since I was out there anyway. I was hoping to find a training book of some sort. After looking thru several Tri books and a couple of marathon books this book finally made itself known to me. I hope that this will be helpful - it certainly couldn't hurt. So with the book and the purchase of new running shoes, I'll be well on my way to my first Duathlon!
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