me running…
about gear and gadgets
Everybody likes their own Garmins, TomToms or Polars GPS watches… I know that, just love my TomTom Multisport (actually have preordered new model recently)… but when running sometimes you focusining on it too much. You are glancing all the time, just to check what is your time, pace and you are forgetting to enjoy the run (maybe that is a little too harsh, but you are getting the idea). So where the pace bands are kicking in.
What worse you can do when you just have purchased new shoes? Yes, you guested it correct… You take these new shoes next day for a 13 km run. Great idea… You just need to be prepared for massive pain.
Running season is starting slowly (for some is already in whole swing) so it is time to look at the running gear…
As I was blogging before https://maditrunner.com/running-shoes/ it seems that my favourite brand of running shoes is New Balance. So decided to check my NB’s before Cork Marathon and … maybe even before Sunday Samsung Night Run. Went to Amphibian King to see some new models. I have brought my old NB (white one) to show how I wear off shoes and straight away after showing these to advisor he told me that I need new ones and I need them now. OK, wasn’t expecting that. Just wanted to buy new ones but still use the old model for training. According to advisor he wouldn’t even wear old ones on the treadmill.
When was looking last year for Five Fingers shoes (not for running, just walking for me and my Wife) I have found a really great shop for runners. It’s called Amphibian King – http://amphibianking.ie.
I know that for now you can’t say that I’m a serious runner… Just less than a year of running under my belt. But I think at this stage I can say which shoes brand I think suits me best.