FiveFinger - Waiting for the pain

Alex (big brother that I still listen to unquestionably even tough I know it's often a bad bad idea) has been talking to me about these ridiculous looking shoes for years. I've always been intrigued but not willing to take the leap. This weekend I finally got them! My old running shoes were getting too old, and I thought why not? Why not... here's why not... I literally look like a gorilla from the ankles down and the look taints any good stuff going on from the ankles up. I never realized how flattering it is to hide my feet in nice little nike shoes, fold my cute little gym sock just so, and yes I admit it, I match my gym socks to my sports bra, or tank top. Never so matched that anyone would know I had done it on purpose. Ok, so now that I'm standing in the gym, looking like a half woman, half monkey creature I proceed to embarrassed myself, yes, more than just the monkey feet, when I uttered a little too loudly because I had my Ipod playing "Oh shit Matt, my shoes dont match my gloves anymore" Here's a hint, if you think you are hard core enough to wear gloves to the gym, then you should really not care if your outfit matches.

Secret, I wear the gloves because I have delicate princess hands that callus if I look at a weights, and I like to look like I know what I'm doing. I grunt a lot for effect too.

Ok so here I am, red faced, uncoordinated outfit, wearing gloves (that do not match anything) and I repeatedly trip, stub my little toe and twist it in an unnatural way. I say stub my toe and not my foot because in these FiveFinger butes you can stub one toe at a time. You may get all toes, or just a couple, you may stub them to stub and twist or get it caught so that it's left behind when you try to take a step forward. All fun options. I love options. Lots and lots of them. Apparently I dont lift my feet when I walk around in the gym. Hey at least I've learned new things and discovered myself a little.

All this to say, I worked out with my new shoes, two days in a row... and finished the whole thing off with a run. At the best of times my body screams after I go to the gym. Lately it's been worse than ever, returning from a year of sitting on the couch in a ball. A week ago I had worked out my legs and could not put my foot flat on the floor for two days. 

So, here I sit on a very stormy, cold feels like fall is here after another too short summer, waiting, anticipating the pain that is surely coming from using all those little muscles I have never used. All the little muscles that the FiveFingers promise you will now get to. My toes finally feeling better after having been shoved into individual rubber casings that spread them apart in an unnatural way... yes adding to the monkey look... Ahhh I should have read the box that warned to only use these "shoes" if you can call them that, for five minutes at a time until you body can adjust. oups...I never was much for instruction manuals. 

Let the fun begin!