I retired my old Saucony Guides today at 530 miles. The heels are worn pretty badly. I ordered new ones a couple of weeks ago, but they haven't arrived yet. This morning I decided to try out the Saucony Guide TR trail shoes I bought a few weeks ago. I'd never run in trail shoes so I didn't know what to expect. I didn't see anyone at either of the "meetin' corners" this morning. Maybe they didn't recognize me as I forgot my hat. I always run with a hat and I missed it...especially when it started raining a little and my glasses started getting wet. Since I ended up running solo, I decided to try out the shoes on the canal road. I headed west to 400 W then north through Lindon until I got on the canal road and headed SE. I decided I had time and inclination to go a little farther than the normal 6 miles this morning so I went all the way down to 800 N on the canal road, then doubled back up to 2000 N then west down to 280 W and our normal route home from there...a total of 10 miles. I didn't go very fast (about 9:25/mi overall). I liked the feel of the shoes...no pokey rocks...although they did feel a little heavier. I ran 10 miles then walked the dog, thinking about how comfortable the shoes were.
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