Sunday stroll
5km | Easy
After spending most of the day attending to household chores (list courtesy of the Bride) I took the opportunity to slip out for a quick run around Centennial Park before it got dark.
Recently I had been thinking about buying a pair of racing flats or at least some stability performance shoes to use for races up to 10km. I had purchased a pair of Loco Banditos earlier in the year and frankly didn't like them. Don't ask me why, but they just don't feel right. On Saturday I fished out a pair of Mizunos that had hardly been used from when I first started running. They are a pair similar to the Elixirs (pic above) that you can buy now. A lightweight shoe with a little bit of stability thrown in. I had to ditch them at the time after Andy the Pod correctly steered me towards a more cushioned stability shoe (Asics 2100/2110) to cope with the shin splints etc that were emerging.
So yesterday I ran in the Mizunos around the walking path of the Park including the upper road near the underground resevoirs. They felt very light and speedy but man did I miss the cushioning of my Asics trainers. This morning in fact my legs are stiff like I ran a 20km+ LSD. Now that could also be a result of running on consecutive days, which I havn't been able to do of late. So at the moment the jury is out on whether they are the go or not. I have a short 5km run scheduled for Thursday so I'll give them another shot and see what happens. The pesky calf was OK after it warmed up a bit yesterday. The ice and stretching routines designed by Larry the Physio seem to be working pretty good.
This week I restart my summer season of soft sand running down at Bondi Beach. I really enjoyed last summer playing in the sandpit and felt the benefits of the core strength that it brings. Blkbox has threatened to come down on Tuesday night, so it will be good to have some company. Lets hope that the sand temp is up after the recent warm weather. Last time I went down there (July ?) running barefoot at night felt like running on snow. Brrrr.
Mood: ---> 
After spending most of the day attending to household chores (list courtesy of the Bride) I took the opportunity to slip out for a quick run around Centennial Park before it got dark.
Recently I had been thinking about buying a pair of racing flats or at least some stability performance shoes to use for races up to 10km. I had purchased a pair of Loco Banditos earlier in the year and frankly didn't like them. Don't ask me why, but they just don't feel right. On Saturday I fished out a pair of Mizunos that had hardly been used from when I first started running. They are a pair similar to the Elixirs (pic above) that you can buy now. A lightweight shoe with a little bit of stability thrown in. I had to ditch them at the time after Andy the Pod correctly steered me towards a more cushioned stability shoe (Asics 2100/2110) to cope with the shin splints etc that were emerging.
So yesterday I ran in the Mizunos around the walking path of the Park including the upper road near the underground resevoirs. They felt very light and speedy but man did I miss the cushioning of my Asics trainers. This morning in fact my legs are stiff like I ran a 20km+ LSD. Now that could also be a result of running on consecutive days, which I havn't been able to do of late. So at the moment the jury is out on whether they are the go or not. I have a short 5km run scheduled for Thursday so I'll give them another shot and see what happens. The pesky calf was OK after it warmed up a bit yesterday. The ice and stretching routines designed by Larry the Physio seem to be working pretty good.
This week I restart my summer season of soft sand running down at Bondi Beach. I really enjoyed last summer playing in the sandpit and felt the benefits of the core strength that it brings. Blkbox has threatened to come down on Tuesday night, so it will be good to have some company. Lets hope that the sand temp is up after the recent warm weather. Last time I went down there (July ?) running barefoot at night felt like running on snow. Brrrr.
Mood: --->
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Oh boy! Standing by for sandpit reports, piccies and google-earth maps - enjoyed reading em last year too ;-)
Must have just missed you in the park last night. I was in there between 5-6 doing a lap.
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