Got my easy 35 min run in before the snow came today! Yay! (Not ready for snow!) It was in the low 30s but not windy, so I wore my insulated racerback top and standard issue tri shorts and long sleeves and was just fine.

I got new shoes yesterday, I know I waited too long. It felt good to run on them (though the muscles in my feet/ankles were a little confused afterward). I risked it and went down 1/2 size because I think the others might have been a little too big - my first time running successfully in womens shoes, so I sized generously. Turns out it wasn't a bad decision last time to go bigger, but I think the smaller size might be fine. My toes can juuust feel the edges of the shoes (width wise, not length wise) but aren't cramped even after warming up so I know I can't go any smaller. I will do the full test on Sunday and decide for sure.

The running shoe store I went to last that recommended these shoes told me I'm a size 8, normal width, borderline D... Until I stood up in a shoe, then they told me I needed to size 1/2-1 size up and get a EE width. I'm now in the Brooks Ariel, size 9EE (previous pair was a 9.5, which corresponded roughly to the mens size 8EE I was wearing before).

Massage guy told me to practice upper body relaxing this week because my biceps/trapezius keep stiffening up, so I'm on it. Floppy wrists, shoulders away from the ears (thanks to yoga, I am pretty good at that). Blisters are all but gone and now I think I can keep them at bay until race day.