It's funny Dutchie. After running my 16-miler last week, and having no problems in my legs, and recovering within 24-48 hours, there is a certain curiosity now. How much farther can I run? Dama said to run long you learn how to run on tired legs. I guess my legs were tired, but they didn't feel fatigued or strained, and I felt like I could've gone farther if my soles hadn't become sensitive. So now I'm thinking of trying my 20-mile run out to Stillwater, on the St. Croix river, across from Wisconsin, before winter, rather than after. I guess I'm still not interested in running with a bunch of people in a race though. Maybe if I become a bit faster this coming year . . . the speed is starting to come with the distance running, but I need to do more tempo running. I was going to do that yesterday, but I got a bit of Sced's cooties, so I did more deadlifts with my trap bars and then ran a bunch of errands. Does running errands count as mileage?Yup, give her a little bit longer to grab that bait, then WHAMOO, we set the hook, and another is hooked on trying on a marathon. Once the curiosity sets in you will never rest until you try one.
Yah, they might be OK for me too, but since I really couldn't discern any difference in the grippiness of the sole, I ended up returning them yesterday and asking for a refund. If the sizing had been true, I probably would've kept them, cuz it cost more than 8 dollars to send them back, making the shoe worth around 20 dollars at that point. I asked my older brother if he wanted them, because he's usually a half size smaller than me, but they were tight on him too. Oh well.Those side lugs have not been a problem for me. I think I might have had my tongue in my cheek when I said they were good on ice
I found that my technique had to be impeccable when ascending, or descending, inclined slush last winter. I didn't have the chance to try them in dry snow - it wasn't cold enough!
I do find them good on wet pavement but with no grip at all on wet steel. They are challenging on wet, polished granite - perhaps using them on some of that might get your cadence up
I guess it was too much to expect one minimalist shoe to have a lot more traction than another. Nyah, on the other thread I was referring to, thought they did, and I wasn't able to give them a test run because we're still a month or two away from icy conditions, and you can't return shoes once they've been worn outside, but I had a hard time imagining how the AAs could be grippier than the VGs, going by feel anyway. The rubber felt pretty similar.
I agree with you about cadence. On rough or icy surfaces, my cadence goes up. It also goes up when I run faster, of course. The difference is that I don't have to think about it. It goes up automatically. Maybe you should take your CNS in for a tune up?
I sometimes get that after longer runs. Rolling the bottoms of the feet and sometimes a little massaging with the fingers too, usually does the trick. It may also help to bend the toes upwards towards you, and a little side to side.
All those Shoe Salesmen
, RW A-Type Athletes
and podiatrists
were right!!!!
Oh yeah... so I feel like Ralphie because after everyone told me I'd shoot my eye out, I finally stubbed a toe.....
For me, there are three occasions when toe-stubbing is a danger:
1) when you're distracted, waving to someone or something.
2.) when you're tired and not lifting your feet up enough. In this case, it's sometimes helpful to up your cadence at the end of a run.
3.) around curbs or sidewalk sections that have been lifted by tree roots.
Still, you gotta balance out the risk of stubbing your toe to getting blisters, fungus, and all the other stuff that goes into wearing protective shoes. When I ran shod 10 years ago, I would always get blisters on the back of my heels.
