Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Shoe Porn....and Final Tempo

I have burned through my Newton Gravitys (750-800 miles), my 3rd pair of Brooks Pure Connects, my Merrell Bare Access 2s, and my Merrell Dash Gloves.

Race in 9 days....do I wear my favorite GO-TO shoes? The Brooks Pure Connects? They have a little life in them surely....and they are BRIGHT ORANGE (that means they're fast right??)

Heck no.
I need new shoes...after all I won a free pair at the Turkey Trot (that I have NOT redeemed yet)
And I won a free pair at the Reindeer Romp (that I have NOT redeemed yet).
Time for new shoes.

Love the new Brooks Pure Drift...it's all my loves wrapped into one.  Huge toebox, snug heel cup for my scrawny little ankles, nice fit through the lacing, not too high on the ankle bones.  Too bad Local Running Store only had a 9.5.....just didn't think that would do come race day with swollen feet.  (So I put in an order for a 10).

What to do?
NEW Brooks Pure Connect 2s.  oh yes.  In Red.  I have never had red shoes before.
The progression of Connects for me looks like this:
Green ones...wore them for my second marathon Colorado Colfax (May 2012)
Blue ones...wore them for my PR Half in Ouray, CO (August 2012)
Orange ones...have worn them in training since September
Red ones...what will their story be????

Last Tempo Run tomorrow. Then 9 days of EASY RUNS (I LOVE LOVE LOVE the sound of that right now).  I'm going to wear the red shoes tomorrow.  If there are any issues, BrightOrange could step-up and do the job right.



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