I could have guessed that as soon as these Brooks Nitro shoes popped up as one of the alternatives for my current ones so far, I would probably end up getting them 💜 . I'm a sucker for purple, especially when it's paired with other bold colours. After some half-hearted argument with myself over a few days, I succumbed. Well, they were in a sale at a big discount..... and they're purple 💜💜💜
Today was the first 5+ K day, 3.5 miles. Instead of going along the flat sea front path, as I usually do, I chose another route, which included hilly bits. That made me even slower than usual and I was also being conservative with the slightly longer distance, but I'm happy to say that although my time was a very long 57:47, I was only reduced to actually walking for about 10 steps in the middle of the longest hilly bit.
The Brooks have been sitting around at home for a couple of weeks. I thought they looked a bit narrow and was a bit nervous. Today I decided to woman up and wear them for the first time, and they were great! Happily, going by people's comments when I first asked about them, I decided to go a full size up from my normal shoe size. Had I only gone half a size up, they would have been too small. As it is, they are just right.
My other decision for today's run was less good. I went for leggings instead of shorts because I'd been feeling fairly cool all day. Ten minutes into the run, I was sweltering!
New shoes and a PB for 5k :)
New running shoes - and yes I will certainly be seen in the dark - that's for sure!!
Trying out new shoes ! 
New shoes first outing 😀👍
New Route with Hilly Bits 
