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:	32.70	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

Tue, May 20, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
11.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.50

Dynamite Loop (reverse direction) - 11.5 miles, no watch

Ran in a pair of Altras. They were perfect sockless and I barely noticed I was running in new shoes. I needed something that is a little wider a few days a week to make sure my Morton's Neuroma doesn't flair up. I've been wearing Altra's as a casual shoe for about 20 months, but didn't see anything that I liked for running. Tried the Torin's and those were way too stiff. The One is the one! No hot spots and lots of ground contact area for toes to splay.

Altra The One Miles: 11.50

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Jake K on Tue, May 20, 2014 at 09:43:06 from 199.190.170.21

What size do you wear? I need to send you some real running shoes.

From Jason D on Tue, May 20, 2014 at 09:50:50 from 24.1.80.94

Size 12. I think I could easily give up my Newton trainers (though I learned to run in them), but their flats are non-negotiable. I have been wearing my A5s on the track, and summer is here, which means lots of sockless Kinvara time. I'm spreading the love.

Part of the issue is that I have several pairs of Kinvara 11.5s in the 2 and they should be 12s.

From Jake K on Tue, May 20, 2014 at 09:53:44 from 199.190.170.21

You have Sasquatch feet. Unfortunately my stockpile doesn't have anything that big! If you wore a women's 8, then we'd have some options...

From Jason D on Tue, May 20, 2014 at 10:02:27 from 24.1.80.94

My foot measures about 10.5-11 but they are so wide that I have to size way up. Big feet, big ankles, big head. I'll never break 2:30 in the marathon :_(

The Altras are wicked ugly but they feel really good. Almost like running in scuba flippers but comfortable. I'm not selling them well here . . .

I think Paul retired his Kinvaras finally. Saucony should probably send him a check and put them in a museum.

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