What a beautiful morning! The weather cooled off this week. I was up early and got a cup of coffee in before my run. Because of the cooler weather, the first half of this run felt fairly easy. The last 2 miles were fairly challenging. This is the first time I've run 13 miles since the Austin Half-Marathon in February.
Besides the cooler weather there were two other difference in todays run. First, I got new shoes. I decided to try the Asics Gel Durango 5. I did research and found that Asics had one of the favored running shoes. I figured out after the fact that it was the Kayano. The Durango's are really meant to be more of a trail running shoe. Honestly, they felt pretty good this morning so i'm going to stick with them.
The second difference this morning was that I took a bottle of water with me to hydrate during the run. Wow, what a difference. Normally, for 10 miles, I don't worry about hydrating but I've noticed the last couple of weekends that I really drag at the end of the run. Today, I felt fairly good throughout the run and I'd have to attribute most of that to the extra hydration.
Check out the Body Bottle (http://www.bodybottle.com) - its the most comfortable option out there. It straps to your arm, and pulls off easily. Definitely more comfortable than water bladder backpacks, waist-belt bottles and handhelds.
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