Friday, October 7, 2011

Spin Fail

Thursday night I tried to spin.  Look how excited I was.


 Take 1 and Take 2.  
Both are included because of Molly Waffles lurking in the background.
Check out that downward dog.

But I got to the gym with over 10 minutes to spare before the class started only to find it was full.  I thought I'd be ok because last week the same class was only 2/3 full.  I incorrectly assumed the beginning-of-semester hype had worn off. 

I was disheartened.



I wear different shoes for running than I do for spinning, so I did not want to stick around at the gym to play on the treadmill.  And it was nice out, so if I as going to run it would be outside, not at the gym.  I drove home and saved up all my leg energy for Friday morning when I planned to get in a run before work.

Then because I was dressed in workout clothes for nothing, I took the above two thumbs-up pictures after I got home.  Tricky, I know.


Friday morning I was proud of myself for waking up shortly after 6:30 am to slowly begin getting ready for an hour-ish long run.  I laid everything out the night before and yet somehow it took me 20 minutes to leave.  I think I did hit snooze once though.  And I may still have been half asleep while trying to put my contacts in.

I ran 5 miles at an average pace of 10:45.  It started off at a comfortable pace, and when I emerged from the park my pace quickened by about :40/mile.  It wasn't quite the 6 I had hoped to get in, but I'll take it.  It's the longest I have run since the trail half on the 25th.

After work, Dan and I pumped up our bike tires after neglecting them for the past month.  We went for a quick almost-4 mile bike ride to make sure our bike muscles still worked.  It's supposed to be beautiful this weekend so I'm hoping we can go for a longer bike ride.

Now for an important question.  I'm going to buy another pair of running shoes soon.

I really liked my Asics GT 2150s that I wore this spring and summer.  I put 400 miles on them.  They have held up really well!  Over the summer I bought the slightly less supportive and slightly lower heeled Asics 1160.  There's nothing wrong with them, they've been an ok pair of shoes, and I ran my Philly half in them.  I don't think I ever reviewed them though.  They have about 200ish miles on them right now, so I will still wear them, but I wanted to get a more cushioned pair for my upcoming longer runs.

I'm 99% decided on returning to the next version of the 2150: the 2160.  I know color is not the most important factor in a running shoe.  But since I know this style works for me, I'm going to worry about color.  My last few pairs have been white + blue or white + pink which is kind of boring.

Check these out!


Grey + yellow is one of my favorite color combinations.  Unfortunately that's only for the trail shoe.  And while I run in parks, it's not the bulk of my running and my November half will be on roads.  So I guess I just wanted to give Asics some credit for a nice grey + yellow shoe.

The two colors I liked better on the road version are above.  Neither really matches my existing running "wardrobe" so that's not a consideration.

Which color combo do you prefer:
Grey + Green/Yellow   --Or--   Grey + Light Blue + Orange?

What are your weekend plans?

8 comments:

  1. Light Blue and Orange.

    That sucks about spinning. My old gym was like that, to get into the 6am class, you literally had to be there by 5:40 at the absolute latest. Nice job getting the miles in before work, though! I'm jealous - I want to do some biking, but with all these marathons coming up, I can't find a partner!

    Until this post, I had no idea downward dog was something dogs actually did. I thought the Yogis just made it up. Thanks for enlightening me this morning.

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  2. Light blue and orange. I just bought teal colored mizuno wave riders. Finally, a fun color after 8 years of grey/white and blue. I was going to suggest them to you but they are more of the not-so-cushion side so I don't think that's what you are looking for.

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  3. Alyssa- it's crazy that there are that many people ready to go for a 6am class!! For the first class or two of the semester I usually have to be there half an hour early, but interest drops off quickly.

    Anon- I've never tried Mizunos before. just looked them up; I like the pair you bought! I found a fun teal/green pair (Wave Elixir). I'm not sure if I can get away with neutral shoes, I've been getting stability shoes since I had a gait analysis over a year ago. (normal arches, mild overpronation)

    I'd actually be curious to know if my gait is still the same actually, after increasing my mileage so much over the past year.

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  4. What about the 2160 black and reflective grey? It goes with everything!

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  5. grey light blue and orange - always go for the fun colors!

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  6. I love the Grey + Green/Yellow ones... probably because lime green is my favorite color! It's also kinda fun that they are a darker shoe.

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  7. I like the grey/light blue/orange combination :) It may be worth having your gait analysed whilst you're at the shoe store just to check that your gait hasn't changed at all.

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  8. light blue + orange

    I've seen this color combination in quite a few new shoes. . . it must be *the* new color combination.

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