4 New Pairs of Shoes

Yep, you heard me right!  Just out of curiosity more than anything, I put my name with Fitness Magazine in to be a tester of running shoes.  I never in a million years thought that I would ever be picked.  Well, guess what.  I did.  I have some serious overpronation issues that makes my running HELL on my body, so I essentially try to avoid it at all costs and just walk....really fast.  HA!  Well, I got this crazy whim of an idea back at the beginning of the year that I wanted to run a 5K, initally by this spring, but that didn't happen....life+sick kiddos+a very rough winter....I still intend on running a 5K at some point, and I have a friend even trying to take my into a half marathon (wait! what?).  I HATE to run.  It hurts.  Ok.  So back to my original point of my post.  Anyway, I did get chosen to test 4 pairs of shoes out that are specifically for overpronators (ME!). 

The first pair were these God-aweful pink Avias.  I am not sure I can even wear these enough to give the review they need...they are SO UGLY!  There are like 5 different shades of pink on this shoe.  Did I mention that I DO NOT LIKE PINK....I own nothing PINK!  Needless to say that when we opened the package up to find these shoes, my husband was quite amused.  I have worn them (when no one was around) and have begun to collect my opinions of the shoe.  And I did put in my 2 cents about the PINK overkill.

The second pair of shoes I got were Sauconys.  OMG!  I am in L-O-V-E!  I have never owned a pair of this brand of shoe...I have always been a Nike girl.  This shoe is like tying a pillow around my foot.  It is fabulous....I have been missing out!  I might add, the colors suited me much better....white with blue and a metallic silver.  Not over kill on the color, though.

My third pair on shoes arrived yesterday.  I have not worn them yet, but they are Mizzunos.  They are pretty sweet looking, and I can't wait to get out in them and give them a test drive.  I will give an update on these as soon as I can.  I have never owned any Mizzunos either, so we shall see.

The last pair of shoes that I am waiting on are Adidas.  Now.  I have owned a few pair of Adidas running shoes, and I have never been satisifed, thus always going back to my reliable Nikes.  I am interested to see what I will get and how I will like them.  I am going to try and keep an open mind and judge them with no bias from past experiences.

BUT!  Talk about motivation to exercise!  The requirements are that I must put 20 or so miles into each shoe before I give a full review.  This is awesome!  I have a set goal, 4 new pairs of shoes, and I am off!