New shoes AND GO THE SEA EAGLES!!!!!

Annabel thinks I have a running shoe problem. My Mizunos were feeling a bit flat and I was concerned that I'd injure myself again (a year ago I hurt my legs by over-using a pair of Newtons), so last weekend I bought a new pair of shoes from Northside Runners. Luke got me to try out a whole bunch of flats, but with similar cushioning to the Ronin Wave 3's I'd been in. I settled on a pair of bright green Saucony's. Today was my first run in them.

I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, but felt good after the first few kilometres, so decided to hit Mt Coot tha. I just did the JC Slaughter falls summit trail and back, but it was still a good 94minutes. The new Suunto Quest said a racked up 23km, but I think it may have overstated that a little. I'm guessing it was more like 21km. I need to calibrate the new watch!

I t was a beautiful day for running and I felt fantastic. I put in a really hard few kilometres at the end and just didn't feel tired. I am keen to work on my negative splitting so today is a positive sign.

Only a few more days to go in Brisbane. I worked til 9pm Saturday night getting a report out, and hopefully Monday/Tuesday will be OK. Annabel arrives Wednesday and we have a big drive back down the coast planned for Sat/Sun/Mon next week.

In the meantime, here a few photos f my new shoes and the whole Brissy shoe collection. Oh, and GO MANLY!!!!!!!! YEWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!

The new Saucony's. Porno, huh?

From the left: North Face Single Tracks (trail shoes), ASICs Kayano (very old runners that gave me shin splints, now my gym shoes), new Saucony's (training shoes), Mizuno Ronin Wave 2's (racing flats)