re: Running advice requested for new runner (updated with new shoes!)

Could be that. I went from being relatively sedentary in college to working out 2 hours a day, 5 days a week now that I'm working and can have a routine. Couldn't run a mile for the life of me and now, 10 weeks later, I'm running a 9 minute mile. Hoping to get that down as I go along. Yesterday I ran 2 and a half miles and I'm hoping to keep upping that as much as I can. I played soccer for a big portion of my life and was used to chasing a ball and sprinting for short periods. This long distance thing is harder for me to mentally get in the zone.

I also notice when I run that my right leg seems to go to the side a little when I run, which is hard to explain. It doesn't swing out a lot but I was trying to pay attention and noticed that it doesn't move back and forth in a perfect line. This might have something to do with it.