OK ladies- they better sell womens 5.5 in all the major brands or I gotta do housework for 3 weeks.

If you need help finding them, I will do some research for ya'. Good for your wife (and you)! Supportive spouses are da bomb!

wow she is tiny. I have a feeling she'll be doing the C25K, but bet she says, "I'm just running for health and will not do a race." Start thinking of what you want to bet her for that challenge.

wow she is tiny. I have a feeling she'll be doing the C25K, but bet she says, "I'm just running for health and will not do a race." Start thinking of what you want to bet her for that challenge.

When I ran my first 5K race a few weeks ago, she would have taken first place in her age group if she had crawled the whole way- no other women in her age group- so I kind of been using that against her also. So maybe in our smallville 5k race next year we can both place.

YEE-HAW no housework for me !!!! (seems even when I win a bet with her I end of losing )

Wait until she needs Outfits to go with those shoes.

Wait until she needs Outfits to go with those shoes.

Well- it happened today- went to Second Sole running shoe store - they tested her and she tried on a few different brand shoes. Hurray- they had plenty that would fit her. The perfect match for her was: Nike Triax +11 Even though her normal tennis shoe size is 5.5, her running shoe size was a 7. They also sell walking shoes there so now I never have to go to another shoe store again with her searching for days on end to find just one pair of shoes. Love that running store. This locally owned store is featured in July 2008 RW Magazine in the back pages as top rated by customers. (Canton, Ohio) Then it was off to Target to get the C9 line of running clothes- shorts, shirts ,etc. Shoes around $95, clothing about $150. So for about $250 I got out of 3 weeks worth of housework. Next week she starts the C25K program. I imagine she'll probably end up starting a few weeks into the program based on what she can already do. Good thing we work opposite shifts. I like my solitary running, but will enjoy 1-2 days per week running with her when the time comes. That makes me her coach

My wife has become a runner as well but I think she was running before I ever started (or so she claims). Anyway, my best advice on the coaching piece is to let her come to you. She would just get annoyed when I would tell her to do this or that. She just had to find her own way to do things as most of us do. Now I catch her taking my running magazines and reading them before me She is going to be running her first half in three weeks and just did a 14 miler last night. Couldn't be prouder of her dedication these days. She actually ran in heavy rains two weeks ago for a 12 miler. That was big for her. As far as running together the thing is one of you will most likely be faster then the other. For the most part, especially with kids we rarely run together. She does her thing I do mine but we will still run at the same races. That is just the way we like it I think.

I know they make shoes that size, even smaller, my sis-in-law in the same height as your wife, she's 100# soaking wet, and she's run 2 marathons. I believe her brand is the Mizuno Wave Riders. If your wife gets hooked on running, you will have 2 addicts in the family!

Shoe size is not correlated with height. As an example, I'm 5' tall, my shoe size does not change with my weight, and I wear a size 7 - the most average women's size.