new shoes & a race.

last week i retired my white/purple nike pegasus' with 430 miles on them.

i loved them, so comfortable.

the perfect fit.

i needed to get another pair of shoes,

so i could have two pairs to rotate.

i've been eyeing up the new pegasus 27's

and tried them on at sports authority

and they felt great.

so i ordered them online.

roadrunnersports.com was having a killer sale

and i got free shipping!
well, my new shoes showed up on my doorstep last night.

i tore open the box and just smelled them.

i couldn't wait to take them for a spin.

so i got up this morning and laced up for my 8 miler.

they felt OSOM. so cushiony! (is that a word)

i leave the house about 5:25

and its pitch dark...

no problem...there's some light from the streetlights

until this one spot...and of course they're doing road construction

so i'm cruising on the sidewalk for a while,

and then i see they have the sidewalk torn apart

so i need to hop back on the street

and of course, i step right into a giant mud puddle.

my new shoes were not very happy with me.

i had only run about .3 of a mile and this happens.

ohh well. they're broken in now.

but the important thing is...they felt great the whole run.

8.03mi in 1:18:30 w/5x100m strides

avg HR 153

avg pace 9:46

and i mailed in my registration form

for the smokey bear 10k run

in september.

really excited about this race.

its small and hopefully i will be able to run a PR.

plus some awesome friends are running it too :)

this week is a cutback week

so here is what's on my schedule:

wed: 5 recovery miles

thurs: 8 mi easy

fri: rest/cross-train

sat: 4 recovery miles

sun: 12 mi

next week is my first 50 mile week! eeek!