Flying with my new shoes from #The Foot Store

Yesterday I ran in my new shoes. I only ran 4 miles, but I think I am going to like them. There was no pressure on my big toes so those ugly huge calluses will go away and my feet will look normal again. Or as normal as they can look. 

In spite of the pain the other shoes caused, I had a hard time letting them go. Why? Because they were the latest and greatest and they were much lighter than my others. Now, on paper that does not seem like a good reason to run in shoes that hurt, but I was afraid to admit that the shoes just weren't working for me. As if there was something wrong with my feet.

What made me finally admit that the Newtons were not a good fit for me? Running 15 miles with thick moleskin on my toes and STILL hurting.

During this period I realized that I was not the authority on running shoes and that I really needed the advice of someone who was. And once I surrendered to that and went back to The Foot Store, options that I had no idea existed were put in front of me. 

How often have you held on to something or someone that wasn't a good fit for you? Why is that? What are you afraid of? What could you gain, but letting go? 

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world. 

Ralph Waldo Emerson