Shoe porn alert!

[Sandie1961]

We got back on Sunday night from our summer in France to the reality of the Great South Run being just 5 weeks away, plus the Lincoln 10k on Hallowe’en. I haven’t run more than 10k non stop for months and months so some serious training required, if only to counteract the effects of too much wine and viennoiseries 😋 The plan went out of the window straight away, as it never stopped raining on Tuesday, so my 11k run was postponed to yesterday. Cool, dry day and back to my normal flat route after the hilly vineyards! Not a fast run at 1 hour 16, but it was non stop. I’m going to increase 1km a week on a long run and hopefully will hit it right.

The second part of my strategy and to at least give me a fighting chance was to drop into the Lincolnshire Runner for an updated gait analysis with my very tired Hokas (800km on the clock!) As a result I now have these beauties to try out on my return to real parkrun on Saturday. I still need a support shoe and these also have Tigger springs at mid foot and good arch support, so I have high hopes! Au revoir Hoka and bienvenue Saucony, at least for now 😃

[TailChaser Marathon]

Nice Sandie! They’d definitely help get you on your way back. Good luck with the training 👍

[Oldfloss Administrator]

Oh, very sassy and they will get you back on track in no time . Enjoy the training xx

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

We love new shoes. I am sure you will get back to 10niles with no problem at all. I think I’ll be in my saucony s too. I am rotating them with 2 pairs of brooks at the moment.

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

You’ve got a whole cupboard full of shoes 😂😂 I have one pair of road and one pair of trail and the old Hokas will be recycled as gardening shoes!

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to Sandie1961]

Imelda Marcos? Moi? I wasn’t sure about the Brooks 19s or 20s after loving the 18s. So I thought I’d try saucony hurricane! They all get rotated so will get their wear eventually. Only one pair of trails though.

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

I tried a pair of Brooks but too neutral apparently. The Sauconys are so bouncy 😃😃

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon]

Lovely colour combo 😍 I’m a Saucony gal too 🙂

Enjoy your time together and all the best for your training.

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Good luck with the training and those are some nice looking shoes!

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

Love the black and pink Sandie! Definitely ninja go faster shoes. 🏃‍♀️💥

[misswobble Marathon]

Oooh love a Saucony 🥰😍🤗🤗. Congratulations on your new shoes, I hope you have many happy hours together 👍🏃‍♀️🤗

[Cmoi Marathon]

Trop jolies tes godasses !

Remember my "back to the hills" Tuesday afternoon 5k? Just as well I went out then, as storms and torrential rain started in the Cantal at 11pm and didn't stop until 8am. The two nearest towns got 127mm and 170mm respectively in 12 hours. Fortunately there was no hail and the pitch was well-drained, so the van remained undamaged and we were able to get away safely. I barely slept though!

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon in reply to Cmoi]

Merci beaucoup 😊 Blimey, that must have been incredibly noisy. I do hope there wasn’t anybody in a tent. They’d have been floating away!

[Cmoi Marathon in reply to Sandie1961]

It felt like being in a washing machine Sandie1961 , it was horrible.

We were parked on the designated part of a sports field at an "aire municipal de services" in a tiny village, so no tents. Two of the four vans were afraid of getting stuck so moved off and parked on the wastewater empyting area just after midnight.

Just as well we'd decided against staying in Salers or the Col de Néronne - see this! actu.fr/societe/meteo-nombr...

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon in reply to Cmoi]

OMG! The power of nature

[Katnap Marathon]

They should help you go faster! Very nice 👍

🐱 Katnap 🐱

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon in reply to Katnap]

I hope so. I’m not aiming for a world beating time, but it would be nice to beat my 2019 GSR time. Btw Market Rasen had the fastest male parkrunner in the world on 4 September - 14.40 😳 Wedding and race meeting means no parkrun til October, so will have to go to Doddington!

[misswobble Marathon in reply to Sandie1961]

Really? 😳😀. Well done Rasen ! I want to run that one. I didn’t know Doddington had its own Good to know. Thanks 🙂👍

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon in reply to misswobble]

Market Rasen is a fast course (I have had 3 5k PBs there including my current one). Doddington Hall is an out and back along the old railway, free parking and a nice coffee shop. Let me know when you want to do it 😃

[misswobble Marathon in reply to Sandie1961]

Good to know! I have family that way and a young relative champing at the bit 🙂

I’ve been to Doddington several times to visit the garden and cafe, but each time I’ve been, folks on the gate tell me it’s closed. It seems they are the gatekeepers to the hall 🙄. Next time I go I’ll ignore them 😁

I fancy Normandy Hall one too.

[Deals1 Metric Marathon]

Welcome back. I love my sauconys. happy running

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon in reply to Deals1]

Thank you 😊 I have high hopes 🤞🏻

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon]

Very nice…but I will never say goodbye to my Hoka’s!!🤣

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon in reply to Sandraj39]

I didn’t think I would and it may be short term infidelity, but they are very supportive and very bouncy. Need to try them out properly and see if it is a lasting relationship or just love at first sight/run 😂😂

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon in reply to Sandie1961]

Hope you get on with them - they do sound fab!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Oooh, very nice. Happy bouncing!!!