943

The results of the Helensburgh 10K race that I took part in last Thursday are online. I finished in 943 place out of 958. My official time was better than my estimate 01h 12m 33s my only other time over 10K was 01h 07m 01s. Another outcome of the race on Thursday was that it became obvious to me that I needed a new pair of running shoes. I have loved my asics GT-2090 that I bought two years ago since I first ran in them, they are so light I hardly knew I had them on, sadly after Thursday my feet were sore in a way they should not have been. When I wore other trainers or shoes they were okay but when I put on the GT’s my feet started to complain. Looking at the soles they are well worn and my arches are not getting enough support.

Today being a holiday here I took a leisurely stroll into town to the Run 4 It section at the Tiso shop. I had a look at the shoes they had but there were a few people about trying on shoes so I couldn’t get to some of them, so I decided to grab something to eat at the in store cafe.
I had a nice bowl of soup with crusty bread and a pot of tea, being the sad geek I am I took a picture of the cup of tea and tea pot.

When I returned to the shoes I was able to spot the pair I had in mind, the asics GT-2110. These are the current version of my old shoes and when I tried them on they felt good. They have a treadmill in the shop so you can try your shoes while running which is a good idea, the new shoes felt like my old ones at their best when I took a run, so I am now the happy owner of a nice new pair of running shoes with that new trainer smell

I hope to go out for a little run tomorrow evening to test them out a bit more and they will get a good run on Thursday at the Clydebank 10k.

Kev

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