Two fun new things happened today:
1) Ran all 5 miles in my newly arrived Saucony Hattori's (Allie you're right, they are AWESOME!). My favorite minimalist shoes so far. The perfect mix between Vibrams and Merrells. They hug your feet like a sock or water shoes and give you plenty of room to spread your toes out. And they're soft and cushiony, but not too much cushion so you can still feel in control. They only weigh 3.8 oz and they have no heel to toe drop. They are a lot more minimal than Nike Free's, so I had my regular shoes ready just in case. I could start to feel that I may need to change into my regular shoes around mile 4 or 4.5, so I just finished it out because I was too lazy to stop and change shoes. As for the sizing, I got a size 9.5 which is half size bigger than my regular running shoes. I wear an 8.5 for every day shoes, 9 for regular running shoes and for Merrells and Nike Frees and a 9.5 in the Hattori's.
2) I got to run on my new treadmill! Treadmill Attempt #2. We bought one off ksl.com a couple months ago and had an awful, awful experience (it ended with the guy totally lying to us, selling us a complete lemon that didn't work, then saying "sorso ry, there's nothing I can do"...and then us leaving it in his driveway as a statement - that felt really good actually! LOL We're so mean). Well, this week one, of James' coworkers came to him and asked if he would be interested in trading. She asked if he could build her one of his custom computers and they would give us their new-ish treadmill that only had 30 hours on it. While I was at work last night, they brought it over and James got it all set up for me and tested it out even. He showed it off to me this morning. He said "compared to this, that last treadmill was a dumpster dive." I was relieved! I guess I was a little nervous the same thing was going to happen (that it wouldn't work). I ran on it when I woke up at 2pm and it was SO nice! It's a high quality machine (NordicTrack Viewpoint 3000 I believe). It even has a fan to cool your face off while you're running. It was MUCH easier to run 5 miles in 72 degrees indoors than try to run 5 miles in .3 mile increments outside in 90 degree weather.
We're off to Bear Lake for the weekend. Hoping to get a few miles in tomorrow on some beautiful terrain. :)
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