Run 316
Average pace: 5:06/km
Location: Burnaby Lake (CW)
Distance: 5.06 km
Weather: Sunny
Temp: 22-23ºC
Wind: light
Calories burned: 401
Total distance to date: 2689
I figured replacing the cheap laces that came with my Adidas Energy Boost® shoes with the nicely braided ones from my New Balance MT110s would solve my untied lace issue, as similar laces on my first pair of MT110s had never come untied in over 800 km of running.
I was wrong.
When I first tied up the shoes the left one (without the Nike+ sensor) felt a bit tight. As soon as I started running it immediately felt too loose, loose enough to come untied. But it didn’t.
Until I hit 400 m remaining. With only 400 meters to go I was not about to stop so I hoped I would not trip on the long, magnificently braided laces. I didn’t.
I think I officially hate the Adidas shoes now. I’m going to start shopping for replacements. The whole tongue/lace design just seems off, with the eyelets difficult to thread laces through, the tongue apparently being designed explicitly to loosen laces and the arrangement being such that the Nike sensor sits up higher on this shoe than on any others I’ve used.
As for the actual run, it was delayed by a day due to spending time with my partner and the weather was a fair bit warmer, with the temperature feeling like 25ºC or so. I could feel the difference and knew I’d be slower and I was. I still came in at a respectable 5:06/km and had an especially strong finish, perhaps eager to get the run over with before I fell flat on my face.
The hip wasn’t much of an issue at all but oddly enough the left upper thigh was aching noticeably, especially when I did the final sprint on the pedestrian overpass near the Burnaby Lake SkyTrain station. It feels fine now but I’m thinking at some point I may have actually pulled the muscle. Weird and annoying.
I am not especially looking forward to a longer run on Sunday as the last few have not gone well but will distract myself by thinking about new shoes.
