So I almost quit running last night, forever. I’ve had problems with my IT band as I’m sure you are aware. Well I wasn’t enjoying my run from the beginning, so when my knee started hurting at 2 miles I quit. I was swearing off running forever, so Kim made me go to a running shoe store. This is a different place then where we bought my last pair of shoes. They make me take my shoes off and run on their treadmill. So I take my shoes off and immediately the chick says “Woah, you have the flattest feet ever.” Well is that what the problem is? I’m just not built for running? I think that is what I was hoping for. :) Instead, she has me run on the treadmill and video tapes it. Then they play it back on this TV right above the treadmill. She must have had some idea in her head as to what I would look like running, and apparently she was totally off. I guess I’m neutral as far as my foot goes, meaning I don’t pronate, which isn’t very common. She immediately tells me the shoes I have are wrong, and starts the whole fitting process. I run in 2 new pairs of shoes and they see slight improvements I guess. Anyway, I end up buying a new pair of shoes for like $90. They are a trail running shoe, but I guess they will be fine for me to run anywhere with. The name is Montrail (click for a pic of my shoes). I guess this place is willing to do whatever it takes to get the pain away. I can keep coming in and running on the treadmill and trying to make it all better. Needless to say, we didn’t make it to that pub crawl. We were at this store for like 2 hours. I was ready to pass out…

Two of Kim’s cousins are flying in today to visit for the weekend. Hopefully we find some good things to do!