New Shoes

I bought a pair of Mizuno Waverider 11's from Runner's Warehouse. Today was my easy run day, scheduled for 5k, so I gave them a try.

The fit is a bit different from my Nike 30-40's, they are a bit looser; they also are noticeably lighter. I was feeling my achilles a bit during the 1st 2k. Not too painful, but I really don't want to even get the least twinge out of it.

At around 2.5 km, just about 100 m past a dead-end turnaround, a colleague passed me heading out. I hate being passed. In this case it was someone who I know is a slightly (?) stronger runner than I, but I decided to see if I could hold off being passed at least for a little while. I've gotten much more conservative in my old age though, I only picked up the pace about 35 seconds per km. I was surprised, the new pace felt great, it really didn't feel like I was outside my easy zone. After I picked up the pace I settled in, and didn't notice my ankles at all. I did need to sprint for about 50 m at one point to get through a traffic light, and the new shoes felt awesome when I was going flat out.

My schedule this week called for 5k today, 8 Thursday, and 3 on Friday. This is the 1st time I've added a 4th run into a week. I tossed an extra 2 km onto today's run in case I decide the Friday run is a bad idea.