I was out running in the hills today in the Vibram Spydrion LS shoes. Man, it was hot and smoky this morning. This summer I'm running in 3 different trail shoes. My "primary" shoes are the Brooks pureGrit. The second pair are the Hoko OneOne Stinton B's and the third being these Spydrions. Each pair is use for a different feel. The Hoko's are great for long runs that involve down hills, like doing the Silent Trail route. The pureGrit are excellent all around shoes.And the Vibrams are kinda like play shoes.
When I run in the Vibram shoes I'm reminded of those old mocs I made as a kid. Running in those shoes one must really stay focused on the trail as the rocks can really jump out atcha. This is not the case with the Hokos. With those big shoes I really feel spacy at first. Like I've had too much sugar when I start running. I reckon that is why the pureGrits seem to be the best of the three; I don't have to focus all my attention on every rock on the trail or feel like I just came from Dairy Queen. I can just move along. Except for the smoke from the FT.Collins fires I've had a good summer of running so far. It's nice to be back at it, though, I've never really left. I just found my groove again after so many years of hittin the juice box before or after running. Funny, it's probably been decades since that began.
I was thinking back the other day to old Kathmandu. I'd run around ring road in my Adidas marathon trainers. It was a way to do something, to get out and move away from Durber square and the H for just a little while. I traded those shoes for a Nepalis coat before going trekking and ended up wearing my Birkenstock clogs to hike the Annapurna trail. The gromlet that keeps the strap down cut a huge gash in my foot after the first day. I ended up wearing those crappy blue chinese sneakers the porters would wear.
Funny thing about shoes and me; I always think about them when I'm doing stuff.
