Practice To Suffer So Racing Becomes Easy

Nice long run, do you have a HMP goal? Oh, how do you like your Hattori's?

Thanks - I've been using Mcmillanrunning.com to convert racing times to pacing; he has a really nice calculator that computes all kinds of training intensities. I put in my 4:50 mile time and it gave me a ½ time of 1:17, which came out to a 5:55 mile pace. I wanted to shoot for 5:55 miles in 4 of the 16 miles to get my legs familiar with ½ marathon pace on tired legs, but messed up my ¼ mile splits and ended up running about 10 sec. slower per mile. I noticed though that 5:55 is what McMillan calls a steady state pace and he gave me a range of 5:55-6:05 so, it looks like I was probably still training for the most part in the ideal pace range. Having that range is another thing I like about McMillan’s pace calculations. Some days it’s hard to a really specific number and it’s nice to know that I can shoot for the slow end of a pace range if the weather is really hot/windy or I’m just having an off day.

I find it really hard to run at goal paces (race times I haven’t achieved yet), so I try to run at paces equivalent to races I recently ran.

I love the Hattori because it gives me that free feeling barefoot gives a runner without having to wear special socks. Plus I can’t seem to get my toes to separate into the 5 fingers. These I can just wear regular socks with, so I find that convenient. I don’t see myself wearing these much in the winter because the soles don’t have the kind of traction needed in the winter. They also have a little cushion in the arch, which I like. Someone today told me New Balance has a line of minimal shoes now. So it would seem all the major shoe companies are jumping on the Born to run craze. –

Wow I just gave you a long winded answer for a really simple question – I teach computers so I guess it helps to keep my keyboarding speed up :)

Do you have a minimal shoe or have you tried running barefoot? I'm kind of just getting into the whole minimal craze.

I've seen the New Balance minimalist shoe. No fancy toe holders for them :)

To holders are for swimmers that actually can spread their toes. Runners have no need for webs as land creatures. I'm glad to see NB makes shoes for real runners :)

Hey id rather have a long detailed answer than nothing! I have 2 pairs of racing flats and 1 old pair of kinvaras that I put over 600 miles on and 1 new pair of kinvaras- that's about as minimal as I get.