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Nov 07, 2009

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50+ marathons, a few ultras, a slew of halves. Love the trails

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Asics GT-2150 Trail Lifetime Miles: 135.13
Saucony Kinvara Lifetime Miles: 167.47
Five-Fingers KSO Lifetime Miles: 7.25
Saucony Xodus Lifetime Miles: 18.18
Saucony Guide 5 Lifetime Miles: 126.03
Saucony Hurricane 12 Lifetime Miles: 99.65
Saucony Guide 5 (black) Lifetime Miles: 88.54
Brooks Cascadia 7 Lifetime Miles: 4.50
Saucony Peregrine Lifetime Miles: 7.78
Wed, Feb 24, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.007.187.18

What a difference 15 hours makes.

7.18 miles / 0:57:47 / 8:03 A.P. / Provo River Trail

My only plan with today's run was to run with improved form--shoulders back and hips forward--not the slogging I've done for, like, forever.  I took shorter strides and tried to ensure my foot strike occured underneath me rather than out in front, which, I hope, created more of a fore/mid-foot strike rather than the heel strike I've grown accustomed to.  Without any perceived increase in effort I seem to have knocked off 15 seconds (average) per mile from Monday's PRT run.

FYI: Unskinny Bop by Poison has an awesome rhythm/beat that made the shorter strides easier.

Saucony Hurricane 8 (Old Yellow) Miles: 7.18
Comments
From Huans32 on Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 18:42:54 from 138.64.8.52

Very sweet run. And a aveage 15 sec per mile increase is awesome.

From Smooth on Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 01:22:02 from 174.23.239.148

NICE running form and a 15 sec/mile improvement is AWESOME!!!

I'll have to remember Unskinny Bop...sounds better than the Mob-tab for shorter strides! :)

Oh, glad you got in a mid-day run. Was it snowing or blowing? It was snowing horizontally up here on the bench.

From Maynard on Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 21:31:37 from 71.213.23.86

Huans and Smooth: I was very surprised by the improvement--pleasantly surprised. It felt great!

Smooth: If Mo-Tab is the good side of the force, then Poison and Unskinny Bop are probably on the dark side. Just warning you ahead of time. A bunch of guys playing loud music and wearing makeup.

From Smooth on Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 00:01:24 from 174.23.239.148

Thanks for the warning! :) They wear MORE than JUST makeup, right?

From Maynard on Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 00:53:07 from 71.213.23.86

Yes.

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