Notes
Really short and easy today. Typical Wednesday. Run actually didn't feel too bad, apart from the calves, especially the right one. I expected the calves today, the usual post hard track workout knots. Right one feels like its going to explode. Good.
Ran for the first time in my HOKAS today. They did in fact make my recovery run better, my legs didn't feel as trashed or as sore as they usually do on Wednesdays. When I was down in Phoenix with the Pasches for the USTFCCCA Convention the three of us went to the morning run sponsored by HOKA and got to try a pair. We all agreed we were the biggest skeptics of them all, but we actually liked what we felt. After that day we were all given a 70% off coupon for a new pair, and I actually won a FREE pair in a drawing. Well, a free pair of shoes is a free pair of shoes, and the Pasche's liked them enough to buy them, especially at $30 when they retail at $125. The three of us received them in the mail this week, and my plan was to try them out on my easy day. I feel like a bit of a dork, a bit too much like a recreational jogger when I put them on, but hey, if Steve Pasche can run in HOKAS than so can I. And yes, that is correct, Steve is running! Albeit not much, about 10 minutes per day, but he doesn't have any pain. He hasn't run in 8 years and has been able to run in these shoes. No high hopes at all for any training, but he's excited to hopefully work up to a 20 minute run with the guys a couple times per week. I don't know if he'd like me sharing that, so keep it to yourselves.