The Running Thread --2025

[avondale]

So after getting back from SS these were available locally in my chosen color way and I pulled the trigger

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When I first got them I went for a quick run and loved them. They seemed to perform about the same as my Pro 4s but were softer and bouncier. Hard to describe just how soft, that’s the same every video review says. The upper is an odd almost 3D printed looking material but is extremely comfortable, like a favorite slipper for me. I will say without a doubt these are the most fun shoes I’ve ever run in, they just make me smile with the bouncy feel. Fast forward to this morning when I decided it’s been a bit since I’ve tried for a new magic mile, same as always I go a slow 2 then all out, then recover on the same loop I usually run. A few years ago my best was 6:38 in near perfect conditions, earlier this year I was able to hit 6:28.
This morning with a T&D of 140 - a new PR!!

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Took me a minute to recover on this one but that was for my HR instead of my legs or feet, they were quite happy the entire run. Hoping to run a local marathon in them this month, just waiting until it’s close enough to see the weather and hoping it doesn’t sell out, usually doesn’t. I’m fairly sure I’ll be happy in them for 26.2 but it will be nice to know before any ‘A’ races.

Great mile split!

I am really out of what is "in" for current running shoes, because those almost look like platform shoes to me!

 

[Dopey 2020]

Great mile split!

I am really out of what is "in" for current running shoes, because those almost look like platform shoes to me!

Ha, they are indeed a high stack height, 39.5mm/31.5mm just under max 40 - whatever rule from some higher up power when it comes to organized running events.

 

[Naomeri]

It still counts as winning when there's no one else competing, right? I won best "dress as your favorite flower" costume at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum's Bud Break 5K, but no one else really tried. I got a pretty chrysanthemum bouquet. I failed, once again, to beat my time on this course (and in fact got my worst time ever) but it's a particularly nasty course as far as elevation goes, with a bunch of steep hills, including one right at the end of mile 3.

I was right on pace at 12:08 for the first mile, despite some technical glitches with my intervals (the app decided that it doesn't like 30/30 r/w, but 30/35 is fine ) but then the wheels fell off and I was at 13:17 for the other 2 miles because of all the uphills.