Barry White Wore Mizuno

Topic: A Tight Hold On My Feet
Key Words: Walrus of Love, Love Glove, Hold Me Tightly
Word Count: 482
Tomorrow's Topic: Team Tryout

Shoe update: the legs felt good on Sunday; I think I'm sold on the Mizuno. I couldn't bike on Sunday due to a busy schedule, but I put in some time on the elliptical machine. Today was softball (now 8-0 ... the perfect season?!? Tune in next week!) so no running. The blister on the top of my right foot is worse than I thought, but I think I can prevent a repeat by playing around with my laces and how tight I tie the Mizuno. I might get an 11.5 pair before this weekend's run; to protect my toes, this current pair of elevens will probably be relegated to runs of four miles or less.

So why, after one long run, am I so sold on these shoes? Because, quite simply, they are the shoes Barry White would wear!

"Yeah baby, wear Mizuno! They make loooove to your feet!"

You see, the "Walrus of Love", as Barry was known, sang about holding your woman close, taking care of her, caressing her. I've come to think, I should do the same with my feet! You see, my New Balance 767 were your like favorite bar or club. It's roomy, you feel like there's plenty of room for you to spread out and have a good time. All that room in the shoe, meant my foot could move in all kinds of bad ways. The good lord intended for your foot to roll inward, but just a bit. Despite the New Balance being a stability shoe, all that room enabled my foot to roll just a bit too much. Just as your head hurts after too long at your favorite club, so my knees would hurt after too much rolling of my feet in the New Balance.

Enter the Mizuno Wave Alchemy; the "love glove" of footware. These shoes care so much for your foot, they envolope it, hold it tight, and won't let it go (really, it's a snug shoe). Though this caused the blister on my right foot, the shoe's desire to do what Barry says, holding the foot it loves tightly, means that that my foot can't excessively roll inside the shoes. Only through this close hold can the shoes carry out their purpose; inhibit my foot's overpronation.

I'm not sure if Barry White was an overpronator or not, but I'm sure he would have liked the way the Mizuno treated his feet. Anyone running a marathon loves something about it; the fellowship, the challenge, maybe just the medals. Just make sure the shoes you're going to wear for 26.2 miles love your feet as much as you love running. Barry would want it that way.