Little workout/ shoe run off... Decided to do 3 loops around the park and school loop. Each one is 2.4 miles long. On each loop I'd wear a different pair of (marathon hopeful) shoes. I'd also do 1 mile of the loop (from the park to River Road at MP tempo). On the first lap I did a couple laps on the grass at the park to help get warmed up. Loop 1: Asic Speedstars- Tempo mile in 5:29. Shoes felt good for being old. I wore this same pair for the first time in the STG marathon in 2008 and have bounced them around ever since. Tempo mile felt very controlled. A little fast but there is a 1% declineish down to River Road. Loop 2: Nike Lunaracer- Tempo mile in 5:26. These shoes also felt pretty good. Good enough for a full marathon? IDK. If so I need to wash them off because they are dirty and gross. Tempo mile was a fairly comfy effort. Basically the same as the first one. Loop 3: Saucony Kinvara- Tempo mile in 5:16. Shoes felt pretty good and better than their first run a couple days ago. Left foot is a little tight and I still don't love how think the forefoot is. I think after these shoes have 200 miles on them I'll love them to death. Tempo was a little fast. I was finally warmed up and running with good form. Plus on the first 2 I pulled up out of tempo gear at around .92 and on this leg I held it til the watch beeped. Happy about the leg turnover and how the body felt on the workout this morning. Not happy about the shoe results. I still didn't come out with a clear winner. Lame I know but there just isn't any great marathon shoes out on the market right now.... for my running style.
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