Today’s Run: \u00a06.14 miles<\/p>\n
The last two days I have been trying out my brand new running shoes. \u00a0My Hoka’s.<\/p>\n
This has been a rather traumatic thing for me to do, to switch running shoe brands. \u00a0You develop a loyalty to a brand\/manufacturer and it is difficult to switch. \u00a0I did just that.<\/p>\n
I told you a few days ago about the disintegration of my last pair of Brooks Adrenaline GTS 13’s. \u00a0They lasted exactly 120 miles. \u00a0The soles were GONE. \u00a0They just wore off! \u00a0That should not be.<\/p>\n
With all the running I have been doing, I get 250-300 miles out of a pair of shoes. \u00a0I rotate my shoes, 2-3 pair going at one time. \u00a0That get’s a little expensive and then to only get 120 miles out of one pair. \u00a0That is when it is time to pull the plug.<\/p>\n
I had heard of Hoka’s before. \u00a0I had heard good things about them. \u00a0Very. Good. Things. \u00a0I had also heard horror stories about them, too. \u00a0Very, Bad. Stories. Needless to say, when I stepped out my door yesterday morning for my first run with these shoes, It was with more than a little trepidation!<\/p>\n
I love these shoes!!! \u00a0I really, really do! \u00a0I wish I could say they help me run faster but that would be stretching it by a lot. \u00a0But for the first time, my tender left foot, the one that always cries when I put my running shoes on, is happy! \u00a0Happy Feet!<\/p>\n
I do not know what they do to make these shoes special but there is something to them. \u00a0My first few steps felt like I was running on marshmallows. \u00a0Pretty cushiony. \u00a0But that marshmallow feeling goes away fast.<\/p>\n
My unhappy left knee has not complained once! \u00a0Like I said earilier, my left foot, the one that is a crybaby, is content. \u00a0The entire left side of my body (which is generally unhappy) is not grumbling at all. \u00a0I love these shoes!<\/p>\n
I guess the Brooks were bad shoes for me? \u00a0I was fitted for them. \u00a0More than once, I was fitted for those shoes. \u00a0Who knows~but I seriously doubt I will ever go back to the Brooks.<\/p>\n
Here is a link about the Hoka’s. \u00a0Some guy took one of his retired pair and cut them in half. \u00a0He wanted to see what made them “tick.” \u00a0Interesting read.<\/p>\n