My First Real Post

So yesterday marked my first full year of trail running! Vi's Top of Tantalus was the first HURT race I did back in 2014.

It is crazy to think that it has already been a year. It didn't POUR on us like it did last year but we did get some heavy rain a few times. My time was a about 12 minutes slower than last year I believe but considering I had just gotten off the airplane on Friday and was jet lagged and dehydrated I'm quite pleased with my time. About 1 hr and 42 minutes and it came in at 7.89 miles. I wore my old pair of INOV8 Trailrocs because my new pairs were still in the mail. Tantalus trails are really technical with lots of roots and rocks, so trails like these I prefer my INOV8s because there isn't much sole. I'm very prone to rolling (not an injury roll though) my ankle so I don't like wearing shoes with a lot of sole. I like to keep as little rubber as possible between my foot and the ground. These shoes are also really good for hikes that require scrambling so that way your foot is as close to the rock as possible. (All of you out there that have hiked 3 Peaks knows what I'm talking about ;P). My only problem with them is that when I do obstacle course races and when the trails are wet they tend to hold on to water a bit. As in the way cotton holds on to water. Water drains out no problem but they get heavy. My friend let me wear his Speedcross 3s for the Prairie spirit because Kansas in the spring can have all kinds of unpredictable weather and they are good at keeping moisture out! They drain really well too and because of the material they don't hold on to the water like the trailrocs do. Lucky for me it was dry but they were really comfortable and they had plenty of room for my toes to swell in to. (For the record I wear 9.5 in mens and 11 in womens shoes). A tip on the Salomons though is be careful you don't get the GORTEX ones! Unless you are running in the snow. If you wear GORTEX outside of that the moisture will get trapped in your shoe, soften the skin on your feet....then it is hello blister city!

I'm attaching photos of all of my current shoes! The old INOV8s are 6mm drop shoes. The Skora and new INOV8s are Zero Drop. And I believe the Salomons are 2mm drop? I can't remember off the top of my head. Today is a rest day as I finish recovering from jet lag and then I will be hitting the gym tomorrow for some weights instead of running. (There is sprinting in the workout..so...even trade haha) I will load the WOD as well and show what my daily caloric intake max is and how many I intake as well as the macro layout and what I eat! =]

OLD Inov8s

OLD Salomons (Mens)

 

 

 

 

 

New Salomons (Womens)

 

 

 

NEW Inov8s

 

 

 

 

 

Skora

 

 





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