Got my Skechers GoRun 2 today and they feel good just for walking around, so I'm excited to take them out for a spin tonight. Looking at my shoe history, I'm getting a little more mileage out of my flats, on average, than my actual training shoes, so hopefully this shoe will hold up. I'm sick of throwing away shoes at 3xx miles, but based on my odd wear patterns, I suspect that this thinner soled and more minimal shoe will hold up better for me than the Kinvaras have. Nothing against Saucony there... I can't wear thickly soled shoes and expect them to last long. On higher profile shoes, my "unique" right foot strike wears down the outsides of the sole, which makes my foot hit at a slight and always increasing angle, putting massive stress on the outer edge of the uppers, causing premature wear. This pair, which is basically a pair of slightly beefed up racing flats, appears that it will be too low to the ground to have that issue, not unlike the A6, just with (hopefully) more durability, so I would be surprised if I can't get somewhere in the 600-800 mile range out of them. If I can get that for $50, I'll be quite happy.
6:30 PM run: 7.9 miles at 6:58 AP. Easy effort until the last mile, which I ran in 7:02 up a 4% average grade, and which felt more like tempo effort. Ran to Liberty, 3 laps (2 with Zach Barrett-O'Keefe, who I ran into there), then back home. Was going to do more now that I have more time, but it is raining ridiculously hard, so I'll pass on doing another 3-4 miles. :)
Oh, and LOVED the Skechers. They were super awesome.
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