Angry errand running-Part 2

So where we last left off,I was leaving the compound pharmacy irritated but hopeful I could get my wedges..

Because the sports doc I saw yesterday was out of the left side corrective heel wedges that I needed,I thought I would go to my local pharmacy today to pick them up. I even called yesterday to confirm that they had what I was looking for. So I stroll into the pharmacy & ask the clerk where there heel wedges are. He points me to the home medical equipment section. I am thinking that this wouldn't necessarily qualify as "home medical equipment"-think wheelchairs,bars to put in the bathroom..ya know stuff for the home. Anyway I head back there & ask that clerk was the stuff was. He preceded to tell me that kind of thing isn't sold back here! To his credit he did walk w/ me to where they sold the insert stuff. We are both looking & all I see are heel cushions,gels & cups. No wedges. He tries to sell me on the cup & I'm like,"It's a wedge,not a cup". I then ask him to get an actual pharmacist out there. Then the pharmacist tries to do the same thing!

I told them both that I called yesterday & someone there said that they had what I was looking for. Of course they asked me who did I speak to. I told them it was a guy but I didn't ask for the name(mistake-on my part..I should know to always get the name..Easier for blaming..I mean uhhh..easier for accountability). Then I was told to call back on Monday when they head pharmacist was there. Of course he doesn't come in til 9am.

Now as I mentioned before in part 1 I've got an early(read: 8am 7miler) on Monday. I wanted to have the chance to use the wedges & cream then. And you know what blows? I sat around all day yesterday after my doc appointment & could have gotten both of these things yesterday. I was so mad when I left the traditional pharmacy that I was turning the air blue w/ all the cursing I was doing. If it wasn't for the fact that I just ran yesterday,man I could have had a heck of run today,M!

Kim asked whether I had my gait analyzed to find out determine whether I over or under or pronate at all. When I started running about year ago,I went to my local running store to get fitted for shoes. The clerk watched me run & determined that I didn't over or under or pronate at all & that I need a neutral shoe w/ lots of cushioning. So got these..

Then this past Thanksgiving I replaced those above w/ these..


They are the same model as the blue ones so I figured that I didn't have to try them on before I bought them. Big mistake! For some reason they didn't have as much cushion as the blue ones. Couple that w/ beginnings of what I know now I have(tendinitis),I bought these a few weeks later..

I thought that I could rotate between then green Saucony & Nike. Use the Saucony for x-training & the Nikes for my road running. Doc wants me to use Nikes exclusively due to reason I posted here. She believes that w/ the increased mileage(due to my 10k training & for some reason I tend to turn my feet inward when I run is what caused the tendinitis). Maybe if I had learn proper form & foot strike before I started running seriously it might have prevented this. But who knows.

I wanted to thank all of you for the well wishes about my injury. I have been icing & doing my stretches today & will do them tomorrow as well. As far as the wedges & cream(now there's a road we don't want to travel down) I'll get it sorted out on Monday hopefully. I'll just have to take my 7miler slow & easy. And since I have been running this long w/o the stuff 1 more run is not going to it make any worse. Bex,my hair is the only thing that went right today. Imagine a female Buckwheat,& that's what I looked like before I got my hair relaxed & colored. Too bad I don't have a camera. Thanks for letting me vent. Good night.