My old addidas shoes were in a horrible state after paintball. The shoe laces were a flourescent orange and what wasn't mud speckled and stained, was worn from age. It was time to get new shoes.

The approach these days is to take images of your walk, your instep and then get you to run on the treadmill. It turns out - courtesy of playing Aussie Rules in my youth - that I pronate very badly on both feet despite having a high instep and an even and straight walking method. I personally put this down to a broken ankle and seven sprains between the ages of 15 and 19.

Watching your ankle and feet when you run is also quite disconcerting. The amount of movement the body does that doesn't look right and how the tendons explode out and so forth. It is a wonder the human body survives the daily punishment that is handed out.

I run about twice a month, and even then only short distances and sprints. I am not someone who will run 5kms daily. I swim often, almost daily, but running I find as boring as used dishwater. Anyway I bought stability shoes. They are very comfortable and will hopefully give good service.