Of Mice and Marathons

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Location:

Lake Orion,MI,

Member Since:

Dec 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

16:52 Phillies Charities 5k (2016)

35:52 Beach to Beacon 10k (2015)

58:10 Broad Street 10 Mile (2016)

1:16:02 Philadelphia Rock and Roll Half Marathon (2015)

2:46:54 Philadelphia Marathon (2015)

Personal:

I live in Michigan with my wife, Megan, and our boys, Charlie and Sawyer. I started running in September 2010.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	57.70	Year:	1986.65
Miles With Megan Lifetime Miles:						613.75
Miles With The Boys Lifetime Miles:						99.90
Nike Zoom Streak LT4 Mr. Pinks Lifetime Miles:						21.60
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles:						253.80
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles:						357.35
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles:						145.10
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles:						465.10
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles:						287.00
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						5.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles:						304.80
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles:						310.95
Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles:						64.50
Saucony Ride Teal Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Lifetime Miles:						12.40
Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles:						4.10
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						13.10

Wed, Jan 17, 2018

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.00

PM: 7 miles, averaged 8:39. HR 154.

Ran in my Katoola Nanospikes. They are a really nice product. I still slipped a little in the loose snow, but they are great on ice and do provide a good bit more traction on snow. They really stay put too. I had issues with my Yaktrax folding up on me.

Foot feels fine. I assume the uneven ground with snow, grass, ruts, etc would set it off. It felt great to be outside even if I am having trouble creating safe routes (trying to venture out of the my safe space at the park)

Altra One V3 Miles: 7.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Jon on Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 21:01:17 from 96.33.86.208

I have microspikes, never heard of nanospikes. Interestingly, I bought them not when I lived in Colorado and Utah, but in South Carolina, in case I needed them for Mt Mitchell Challenge.

From Jason D on Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 11:03:15 from 73.144.91.168

They are less aggressive. More like a homemade pair of screw shoes, which work very well but I'm only running in two pairs of shoes at the moment and I'm running on the treadmill a bit.

A guy I had classes with at Purdue is sponsored by them. He uses them in muddy trail conditions in Hawaii and I think he's headed to Costa Rica and said he would use them there. Mike Popejoy is his name. He ran at Notre Dame and qualified for the OT via the half.

From Rob Murphy on Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 14:35:01 from 163.248.33.220

Nano spikes are for icy roads. Microspikes for trails.

From Jon on Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 14:56:22 from 165.156.40.43

If I were running somewhere with very muddy trails like Costa Rica or Hawaii, I'd just buy some aggressive Inov 8's and not have the extra gear/weight.

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