not ready to give up the shoehater mantle

but neither am i ready to hate my new running shoes.

since i began running again several months ago, i've been using my original 5finger KSO's, the old one-tone soled model that isn't made any longer as far as I can tell. this, of course, is my main reason for hating shoes: by the time i figure out that i like a particular shoe, it's no longer made, and i have to constantly start from scratch to find a shoe that i like.

over thanksgiving i looked at the bottom of my 5fs and found the toes had holes in them. so i switched over to my other pair, a more recent model of the KSO which has stiff, thick rubber on the bottom. i don't like the shoe very much.

also, i noticed that even in my favored 5fs, my times were so slow as to make a mockery of the term "running". back in the old days when i was young and fast, i wore regular running shoes. but i like the "fleet footed feel" of barefoot-ish running, even if i am not in fact fast. so i wanted a happy medium.

the new shoes seem to maybe be that happy medium. i don't hate them, though my feet and one knee feel a bit funny after today's short run. i guess i must get acclimated to them. i did feel faster but had no numbers to back up my feeling.

time will tell.