Brooks Adrenaline GTS 12's and Weekly Recap!

New Shoes!


My new shoes came into my local running shop for me to try on.  Only the 2E's came in, the 4E's were back ordered.  No need for the 4E's, as these were fantastic.  I took them for a short spin on their Treadmill-o-doom and they felt great!  No more sliding around in the toe box!  Apparently some of my weight loss in the past year has made my feet a little bit narrower.

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 12 - Very tame coloring

The price on them have, of course, gone up since the previous model.  I got my GTS 11's for $100, these were $110.  Thankfully, my customer service awards I won last week took the brunt of this bill today :)  

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 12 - no longer SUPER WIDE

These, paired with my Brooks Trance 10's (purchased from Runningwarehouse.com on 2/22/12, first run in 2/26/12, on deep discount sale due to release of Trance 11's) should get me through to the Monumental 1/2 Marathon in November.  I'll probably need a new pair or two to carry me through training and the Walt Disney World 1/2 Marathon in January 2013.

If anyone is wondering what the difference between the Trance and Adrenaline's are, you can read this from a conversation at Brooks online : LINK

Brooks Trance 10 - with Garmin Footpod attached

My red and blue pair of Asics 2160's are now being regulated down to my "walking shoes", or "everyday shoes".  I seem to do okay in them when I walk, but running in them was pretty much out of the question lately.  I'm halfway tempted to take the blue Asics 2160's and place them with my other WDW Half Marathon items, as those were what I wore for the race this year.

Asics 2160's - Red and Blue pair

I'm now $.50 away from getting my $25 certificate from the Blue Mile (spend $250 with them and they give you a $25 certificate).  So I should at least get $25 off my next pair of shoes for this fall :)

Week of 6/17/12 Recap

SUNDAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
No workout, back sore from previous day run. UNDER Calorie Goal (1200)	Run 3.52 Miles UNDER Calorie Goal (400)	Walk 0 Miles Did not record	Walk 3.22 Miles Did not record	Rest Day Under Calorie Goal (300)	Walk 0 Miles OVER Calorie Goal (1250)	Run 5.63 Miles UNDER Calorie Goal (1300)

Once again, I didn't comply 100% with getting everything done with tracking and exercise.  Tuesday night I went out and decided that I would walk the following day. Check, that was about the only think I really stuck to this week.


I'm quite confident that if Dad stuck to his plan this week, I'm going to loose another week to him on Tuesday.  I did a weigh in this morning and it's not looking good for me this week!


Friday...  WOOOF!  OVER calorie goal by a TON!  Mom & I went to Firehouse Subs for something different.  The dinner wasn't too bad, in itself.  It's just when you pile that on top of not walking and adding treats from the theater...  That's what happens when I skip walking to go to the movies.  I went and saw 2 movies Friday night and just really blew it for this week, as I'm quite positive that Tuesday and Wednesday I'm over on the calories too.  (FYI - I went to see Brave and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, both were good movies.)



Thanks for Reading!  Regards,
~Kipp

Lighter, Stronger & Faster for 2013! Walt Disney World 1/2 Marathon January 7, 2012-  FINISHED 3:48:49 Registered for the 2013 5K & 1/2!

It's the SHOES!!

So, here are the Brooks Adreneline GTS 11's (left) and the Asics 2150 (right) next to each other.

Once I wore most of the tread down on the Brooks, I ordered the Asics due to the great deal I got on them.  The Brooks have about 350 miles on them at this point, as I've now designated them to normal everyday walking around shoes.

I got 2 pair of the Asics 2150's for the what was the price of just one pair.  I have one pair Blue and one pair red on the Asics.  The blue shoe you see there is from the pair that I ran the Disney World 1/2 Marathon in.  I rotate them when I run, but tend to favor the blue pair.  I've probably logged 50 or so more miles on the blue pair than the red at this point.

My local running shop at the time I bought the Brooks, also suggested the Asics.   I had even tried both of them on at the shop, and they had me run on their treadmill with the Asics on.  They weren't the correct width and I'd have had to order the shoes regardless of which ones I wanted.  I had bought Brooks shoes before and was satisfied with them, so that's what I ordered back then.

The Asics just aren't as comfortable as the Brooks.  I didn't get any blisters or anything when I ran the 1/2 Marathon.  It's just that they aren't the Brooks.

The best that I can explain it, see how boxy the Brooks are compared to the pointy taper that the Asics have?  The shape of my foot fit better into the Brooks shoe than the Asics.

The Asics tend to squish in on my little toe area because my foot just doesn't have that much of an angle from the large toe to the pinky toe.

Some of my friends have kidded me about having "hobbit" feet.  In order to fit the width of my foot, I'd have to get the Asics another 1/2 size larger and then have to battle the possibility that my foot would then start sliding back to front as I run, let alone the toe flex area then being in the wrong spot for my foot.


Thanks for Reading!  Regards,


~Kipp

Lighter, Stronger & Faster for 2013! Walt Disney World 1/2 Marathon - January 7, 2012 FINISHED 3:48:49