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Location:

Westminster,CO,USA

Member Since:

Nov 11, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Finally started learning how to run in '09 after totally botching it up for the 14 years prior and dealing with chronic IT injury...have had zero IT band pain since fall of '09 and have run way more than ever before in my life...loving it.

PR's

Road Mile: 4:44 - Pearl St Mile August 2011 

2K: 6:32 - Uni HIll 2K 2011

3K: 10:07 - West end 3K 2011

5K - 16:53 - Turkey Leg 5K 2011

10K - 38:38 - Butte to Butte Eugene OR 2003 

Half - Never raced a half

Road Marathon - 2:57:19 - 11/12/2011 - solo.

Trail Marathon - 4:48 - Kings peak August 2011

55K - 4:59:54 - Moab red hot 55K 2011

Short-Term Running Goals:

Be healthy, run injury-free, listen to my body.

Sub 16 min 5K

Sub 34 min 10K

Sub 2:40 Marathon

    2012 Tentative Schedule

  1.  Quicker Quaker 5K January
  2. Boston Marathon - April
  3. ??

Long-Term Running Goals:

Get stronger, faster and more fit as a runner and biker to allow for bigger adventures as the years go on.

Still be running in my 80's.  

Personal:

I'm married to Nan Kennard and she kicks my butt at running.  She has beat me handily in every race we have done together except for a downhill mile we did once.  She is my running inspiration.  I'd like to run a marathon with her someday and actually keep up.  

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Bare Feet Lifetime Miles: 282.68
Cycling 2011 Lifetime Miles: 291.40
Altra Instinct July '10 Lifetime Miles: 637.35
Altra Instinct Sep '11 Lifetime Miles: 481.45
Altra Lone Peak Lifetime Miles: 157.50
Altra Instinct Black Lifetime Miles: 69.00
Altra Adam Lifetime Miles: 27.50
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I managed to get a 90 minute p90X workout in today, but no running, because I was waiting for more shoes to come since the first pair didn't fit well.

Well, after stubbing my left pinky toe REPEATEDLY in an EXCRUCIATINGLY painful way the last 2 weeks while mountain running, I have decided I need to do something to protect my toes better on certain types of runs.  

So I'm in the market for some flat soled shoes that give my feet as much room to perform naturally as possible.

Zappos.com folks...WOW! If you want fast service, go there.  Free overnight shipping, both ways, and no tax?!?  Who needs a shoe store?  Last night at 8:00 pm I placed an order online for 3 new pairs of inov-8's so I could try them on, and the package was on my door step tonight at 6:30 pm...with ZERO shipping charge. 

Now I just need to decide on a pair and ship the rest back for free.  But its a tough decision because I appear to have 3 great shoes to choose from.

Here's what I got:

From left to right, the roclite 295, mudroc 290, and the X-Talon 212.

All of them would work fine I think.  I like them all for different reasons.


This is the roclite 295, it is by far the roomiest and most comfortable.  I was very surprised and pleased with how much space there is in the toe box.  But its also the most bulky (not that its even bulky at all by the normal trail shoe standards)


This is the X-Talon.  It's only comfortable for me if I remove the insole, otherwise its too tight.  But I found while running around the house that this one is by far the lightest and lowest profile, with the flattest sole and most flexibility.  This one definitely gives the foot the most natural flexibility.  But its pretty narrow and doesn't give the toes much room to move around.  It feels good enough though, and I'm leaning toward this one because I'm so accustomed to my soles being right on the ground, and this one gets me closest to that out of the options I'm faced with.

How do I decide??  Or maybe I keep them both and try them both out.  But that's an extra hundred bucks I have to drop to do that and I don't think that's necessary because I only really would use 1 pair, the one I liked more.

 

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Comments
From jun on Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:00:27 from 66.239.250.209

That's a tough call. If you think the X-Talon's aren't going to give you any problems in the way of blisters because they are more narrow, I would go with those. I have the Roclites and they are amazing. I also have a pair of La Sportivas that I like, but are narrow and they rub my second toe on my left foot weird on longer runs. So I have to go back to my Roclites for anything over 10 miles. I would go with what is the most comfy myself.

From Aaron Kennard on Thu, May 27, 2010 at 13:55:28 from 174.51.250.151

I took your advice (before I got it luckily enough). I like the roclites. They were very comfortable and protective and I felt like they didn't affect my stride/form negatively

From jun on Thu, May 27, 2010 at 14:13:57 from 66.239.250.209

It's funny, after I wear my roclites and put on regular running shoes or even dress shoes that have a raised heel it is so uncomfortable. I wish I could just have a pair for work.

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