My wife has been running for almost 3 years now. She did the Pittsburgh Marathon this year and we went down to Washington DC for the Army 10 mile'er back in October. Both her and the running group she belongs to all swear by Saucony's. When she first started she got shin splints real bad and was told to switch to some certain pair of Saucony's. She refused and stayed with her Nikes for another 3 months and still suffered from the splints. She switched over and within a week and a half she was doing much better. She has not suffered any splints since switching 2 years ago.

 

I was just looking at getting some new running shoes and the Lunar Eclipse jumped out at me. I'm curious if they're anything like the LunarGlides...I'm sick of anything Shox or AirMax.

 

No doubt about it shoes matter for running and Sauconys are a solid choice. I can't say enough good things about the vibram five fingers though. I originally got them for weight lifting after I suffered a back injury due in no small part to the sole of my shoe slipping. I have since started using them for everything. They'd make a good christmas gift. if she can take the odd looks at the gym.

Those look pretty similar to the lunarglides. I wonder what makes them that much more expensive. I'll have to try a set. I go through sneakers like Evo's go through Advans, in about 2-3 months.

 

She actually doesnt train at a gym. She does all of her training outdoors. Even in the winter......crazy.

 

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running bare foot or in "5 fingers" is not the best idea on hared sufaces without proper conditioning...think about running barefoot on concrete.i have plenty experience in runnning with the five fingers up to 8 mile runs in the sand but they definitely take time to condition...as far as weight lifting in them just taking your shoes off is the exact same as if you were wearing 5 fingers but a hundred dollars less....form is key, not the dollar you spend on equipment

 

She doesnt run barefoot. She has like 7 different pairs of Saucony's she alternates with depending on conditions. She does 10 miles per day, rain or shine, and even in snow and near 0 temps. The only time she uses the treadmill is if the windchill drops to 0 or below.

 

i was comparing 5 fingers to being barefoot but good choice on shoes...very light and comfortable

 

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So when is the next Local Pittsburgh Meet?

 

Are there any evos left?

 

Paul is not going to race that POS. He is going to bring the suby hillclimbing!

And since Andrew has a roll bar now, I'm hoping he decided to come out and race.

BTW, the dates are getting finalized for next years BR time trials. I expect to see everyone there.

North track
April 9
may 21
Oct 8

Wilson circuit
July 30

 

For any of you runners there is a 5k on new years eve at 3pm in Harmony, my wife and I are running it as long as there is no snow on the road, burn some extra calories to drink more beer

 

Not sure if they know this by NASA Great Lakes conflicts with the April date at Mid-Ohio and the October date at Road America.

Given that the Nationals are at Mid-O this year and Road America event is the final points event of the season, it may be tough to get locals out for the BR events

 

These events are TT only. Plus, it's a pretty small group that runs with NASA (especially TT's). I'm more worried about conflicting with hillclimbs, as we have 20 or more folks from the area that hillclimb.

We don't have alot of options as BR schedule is packed for the season.