My body is actually feeling pretty tired from an intense week last week. I think last Thursday's tempo run was a little too intense. I didn't really recover completely for my long run on Saturday.

Long run was pretty short at 10 miles and the pace was easy. I started feeling some pain in my right leg after Saturday's run. I think it related to my shoes. I had been using Brooks Adrenaline GST, and I think they are a little too posted for my gait. I noticed when I first started using them that I was fighting the pronation a little bit, but I changed my insoles and it helped a little bit.

I replaced the Brooks on Saturday. Went to A Runner's Circle for their Labor Day sale and picked up two pairs. One is just replacement pair for my Asics DS Trainer 13's, which I still feel are the most comfortable shoes I have ever worn and they are so light and fast. The other pair is to replace my Brooks and they are Asics GT-2130's. I was looking at the Brooks Defyance, which are essentially the Adrenaline with a neutral gait. They felt nice, but Derek at ARC told me that all neutral shoes feel good but wouldn't support my level of pronation. The Gt-2130's also feel very nice and are more suited to my gait. Can't wait to give them a go this week.

Last week's schedule was:

• Tuesday - 5.18 Mile Fartlek - 37:20 min, 7:12 pace

• Thursday - 8.39 Mile Tempo - 1:02:43, 7:28 pace

• Friday - 3.08 Mile Easy Run - 23:36, 7:39 pace

• Saturday - 10.03 Mile Easy Run - 1:18:56, 7:52 pace

• Sunday - 3.89 Mile Easy Run - 27:51, 7:09 pace - First Marathon Team Run, WOOT!! - This was supposed to be easy, but I was playing catch up