Baby steps
Amongst the first things you would hear as part of any conversation of early runners is the choice of running gear - and shoes. People freak out on the technicalities of shoes, trying to compare the advertising specifications and then in trying to make up their mind. And later, often, they are rationalizing their splurge on shoes by supplementing the specs along with their newer experiences. Two schools exist in the footwear space or the absence of it - those who swear on bare feet running and those who prefer to run with shoes. I've tried both when I restarted running - bare foot was not for me. I was squealing in pain on my first few days of running bare feet on Bangalore roads before I gave up on it. But in due course, I will tell you all about my bare feet running, and how I managed to safely intersperse it in my training. This was much later and not on roads. I still prefer running with my shoes on. When I restarted my running, I got myself these Nike shoe...