#2 run on the new... dare i say it? shoes.

i think they cause me to overpronate, but really, wtf do i know any more? i have not yet measured but subjectively i feel that i am going quite a lot faster than on the 5fs -- but i'm also only going half as far (because for once in my life i'm behaving like a non-idiot and easing into my new shoes).

monday's run left me with pains in all the places that used to hurt when running in shoes. pains that i'd totally forgotten about once i started running barefoot (or fake barefoot). today i think i avoided most of that, but only time will tell.

overall i am very mixed about the new shoes. i feel like i've descended again into the pit of frustration that comes with finally adjusting to running in a particular shoe, only to have it go obsolete and off the market (which is exactly what happened with the 5f model i liked -- 5f's, however "unshoelike" they try to be, are still shoes).

but at the same time i can maintain some downhill speed, which i never figured out how to do in 5fs, much less truly barefoot. and on the flats, i feel faster as well. the keys to speed when running barefoot are cadence and forward leaning, but no matter how i tried i never could equal the (modest) speeds i managed with shoes.