Suicidal but Feeling Great!
Suicide Six(ish) that is ;o)
Spent the weekend with Vrap, El Bee and Evil Pixel up in Brum. Great to see everyone again, and be leapt upon by raptorites on every occasion, although we did manage to fit some chess in!
Saturday morning we headed for a compulsory purchase store - um - I mean bike shop, where LB and Vrap willingly sacrificed themselves on the altar of everything that is a wicking fabric to prevent me needign to spend any money ;o) Then it was off to a running shop. Judst for a look round you understand. I did a video analysis - and they concluded I didn't pronate much, which really surprised me. It looke to me from the video like I did, but who knows. They also said that my right foot pronated worse than the left, which again was coutner to what I've heard in the past. I was confused, and they said the 2120 wasn't available yet, which is bollox as I've seen some in London, so I left without makign a purchase.
I was keen to try the blingy Vomeros though, but they didn't have any. Not that I thought they'd suit my feet, but I wanted to see what they were like. So in the afternoon (havign collected a Pixel) we headed off to Sutton Runner where I got another assessment done, which lined up more with what I'd heard before. No video camera though. The guy did spot the wear on my Brooks, which I hadn't noticed before. Bad wear on the inside of the sole at the front (and I mean bad wear). Might explain some of my niggles! To be fair, I have worn them a lot the past couple of years, and mainly for walking, which may or may not having somethign in common with my running. Anyway - he watched me run as well, and then hauled out some strong correction shoes. I hadn't intended to buy any shoes, but the NB857s felt so nice (and the shop peep's assessment of what I looked like in them matched my impression so well) that I ended up buying them! Hope I don't regret that, as it's going to be a bugger taking them back, especially as I walked back to the caverns in them! Ah well - a spontaneous buy that I may regret - hope not as I could do without wastign the money. They did feel decidedly different - hopefully ina good way, although I did have a minor calf niggle that night. Hopefully just the readjustment rather than a major issue. I've got the Nirvanas to try outside, and biking to do, so they may not get an outing for a while.
Then I asked to try the Vomeros. The guy was highly anti, and I can see why really, as they're neutral and I pretty obviously didn't run that way. The cushioning felt great, but my knee rolled in badly (hitting the other leg), so no way was I going to buy them, but another Nike shoe with similar cushioning would be nice. Shame really - they were lush!!
Sunday was the Suicide Six - a cross country race with pretty much non-stop climbs and decents, loads of mud in a few places (sucky stuff!) and I was glad I'd worn my old 2070s! I was runnign with Vrap, who was wearing fell runnign shoes, and for the bits of the course that were muddy, they definitely helped. After the ironman next summer, I may well look for a pair like that and do some more.
I also think that I noticed the uneven territory after runnign a lot of flattish roads. Next day and I'm twingeing in several places, mainly my calfs and quads! I think some more ankle etc strengthening would be good, plus feet strengthening for running on my forefoot going uphill for long periods. Might also help me not pronate as badly I guess.
We finished in just over 56 minutes - way down on time for a 10k, but there were lots of bits where we had to queue or slow down for other reasons, and mud is never as "efficient" in terms of getting the most out of the stride, as there'll be some slip. Some bits were fabulously fast, and I loved the descents where we could have a free run and let fly - just on the edge between control and losing control. Maybe there is a fell runner in me ;o)
Vrap and I are pretty much the same pace now, unless she was holding back a lot! Towards the end I think her hill climbing etc paid off on the hills, although earlier on I'd held my own no probs. We crossed the line together, and I think we'd both enjoyed runnign together again :o)
A great race, would definitely be up for doing it next year :oD
Spent the weekend with Vrap, El Bee and Evil Pixel up in Brum. Great to see everyone again, and be leapt upon by raptorites on every occasion, although we did manage to fit some chess in!
Saturday morning we headed for a compulsory purchase store - um - I mean bike shop, where LB and Vrap willingly sacrificed themselves on the altar of everything that is a wicking fabric to prevent me needign to spend any money ;o) Then it was off to a running shop. Judst for a look round you understand. I did a video analysis - and they concluded I didn't pronate much, which really surprised me. It looke to me from the video like I did, but who knows. They also said that my right foot pronated worse than the left, which again was coutner to what I've heard in the past. I was confused, and they said the 2120 wasn't available yet, which is bollox as I've seen some in London, so I left without makign a purchase.
I was keen to try the blingy Vomeros though, but they didn't have any. Not that I thought they'd suit my feet, but I wanted to see what they were like. So in the afternoon (havign collected a Pixel) we headed off to Sutton Runner where I got another assessment done, which lined up more with what I'd heard before. No video camera though. The guy did spot the wear on my Brooks, which I hadn't noticed before. Bad wear on the inside of the sole at the front (and I mean bad wear). Might explain some of my niggles! To be fair, I have worn them a lot the past couple of years, and mainly for walking, which may or may not having somethign in common with my running. Anyway - he watched me run as well, and then hauled out some strong correction shoes. I hadn't intended to buy any shoes, but the NB857s felt so nice (and the shop peep's assessment of what I looked like in them matched my impression so well) that I ended up buying them! Hope I don't regret that, as it's going to be a bugger taking them back, especially as I walked back to the caverns in them! Ah well - a spontaneous buy that I may regret - hope not as I could do without wastign the money. They did feel decidedly different - hopefully ina good way, although I did have a minor calf niggle that night. Hopefully just the readjustment rather than a major issue. I've got the Nirvanas to try outside, and biking to do, so they may not get an outing for a while.
Then I asked to try the Vomeros. The guy was highly anti, and I can see why really, as they're neutral and I pretty obviously didn't run that way. The cushioning felt great, but my knee rolled in badly (hitting the other leg), so no way was I going to buy them, but another Nike shoe with similar cushioning would be nice. Shame really - they were lush!!
Sunday was the Suicide Six - a cross country race with pretty much non-stop climbs and decents, loads of mud in a few places (sucky stuff!) and I was glad I'd worn my old 2070s! I was runnign with Vrap, who was wearing fell runnign shoes, and for the bits of the course that were muddy, they definitely helped. After the ironman next summer, I may well look for a pair like that and do some more.
I also think that I noticed the uneven territory after runnign a lot of flattish roads. Next day and I'm twingeing in several places, mainly my calfs and quads! I think some more ankle etc strengthening would be good, plus feet strengthening for running on my forefoot going uphill for long periods. Might also help me not pronate as badly I guess.
We finished in just over 56 minutes - way down on time for a 10k, but there were lots of bits where we had to queue or slow down for other reasons, and mud is never as "efficient" in terms of getting the most out of the stride, as there'll be some slip. Some bits were fabulously fast, and I loved the descents where we could have a free run and let fly - just on the edge between control and losing control. Maybe there is a fell runner in me ;o)
Vrap and I are pretty much the same pace now, unless she was holding back a lot! Towards the end I think her hill climbing etc paid off on the hills, although earlier on I'd held my own no probs. We crossed the line together, and I think we'd both enjoyed runnign together again :o)
A great race, would definitely be up for doing it next year :oD
posted by XFR Bear @ 1:02 pm
3 Comments:
{{bear}} Was fab to see the new skinny you! You look great!
Sunday was fab and you two came in 291 and 292 with the bee a disgusting 87th!
great race and i am sure the NB857 will be a good buy!
I'm sure the slips and slides didn't help with that achey bits.
Then again, I've spent a lot on shoes lately and since I'm not plannign on that sort of terrain in the near future I think now would not be a good time to get them!
Ultimately the ground's still uneven as well whihc I reckon played a role - so leg/ankle strengthening is probably in order too
and yes, we did do well :oD
:o)
It was a great weekend!!!
And finished off nicely with the fantastic foolishness of getting wet and muddy in Darkest November!!!
The "..definitely be up for doing it next year.." has been duly noted
:o)
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