New kicks

So I think the last pair of trainers I got was around October/Nov.  I probably could go back in the blog and find it.  Oh found it, I was close, Oct. 30th was when I got last trainers.  This blog about nothing actually has some use.

The two pairs I've been rotating are pretty fried and have left my legs pretty sore after most runs the last couple of weeks.

So I ordered some new ones.  Sketchers Go Run5.  They are light enough to do workouts in if need be (great tempo shoe), and have enough to them for my low mileage running. 

If I were doing the mega miles of years past I'd probably go with something with a little more to them, but even in those days I did most of my running in lightweight trainers because I like to run a little faster.  I think the weeks I was running 150 a week I was testing a real heavy Nike shoe for them.  No I wasn't sponsored by Nike, just a shoe tester for a year or so.  But didn't get too many since my feet are size 12 ish.

So I'm trying to find the time, but in 2004 I ran 5 loops of Eagle lake.  About 29.5 miles.  It was somewhere in the 3:02-3:05 range.  I ran the loops counter clockwise.  Gary biked along giving me water with Chia seeds in it.  Bunker and one of his teammates joined in for last loop and pushed the pace.  I mention this because I remember wearing a pair of nike zoom elites which at the time we're actually a lightweight trainer and not what they are now.  Around 2000 nike had a shoe called nike elites, which were a light, lightweight trainer.  I ran Bucksport 5k in them because my buddy evan forgot his racing flats and I wanted to be fair.  I still ran around 15:40 something in them.

The only reason I did it was I was going up against David Herr in mdi marathon who had won in 2002, 2003.  The only guys I found who seemed to have beaten David, especially on a hilly course we're ultra guys and mountain runners.  So I did the 5 loops of eagle lake.  At the time I was not a good uphill runner, but against David I needed to get better and stronger.  His marathon career really shows how strength can win.