I need to get a new pair of sneakers. The Brooks Adrenalines I’m using are old and showing their wear badly. I pulled them back out of the closet, out of retirement, a few weeks ago after I decided to ditch the Sauconys in which I’d been running for several months.
I like the Brooks shoes — I don’t mean to offer an endorsement; there area lot of great shoes out there. But the Brooks seem to fit my feet best, minimizing the joint problems that can accompany long-distance running.
That said, I ran today with a sore shin, raising concerns about shin splints. Otherwise, my three miles on the treadmill were uneventful — I watched the Mets on SNY Mets Rewind and listened to R.E.M.’s Accelerate disc on my Nano.
That makes eight miles for the week, so far, with at least one more running day coming up. I’d like to do four tomorrow and then see if I can sneak in another day before Sunday.
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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.
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