The shoes are Adidas Duramo Speed 2, a perfectly decent budget running shoe that I picked up for about 50€. It serves me fine for runs up to about 16km.

The one thing that bugged me was the gross sticky feeling of the insoles. So I tore those out and replaced them with the still really nice insoles of my recently retired Altra Escalante Racers. They fit well, and it feels like an instant upgrade!

Adidas are size 14 (US). The Altras were size 13.

I'm going to be following the coverage again. It was a lot of fun following along last year, and this year there are bound to be surprises given the highly competitive field in both the women's and men's races. I've even invited people over for a viewing party! (We'll see if any of them show up...)

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/32593727

Just a general thread about running. How's your running going? What are you training for? Did you get new shoes? Sporting an injury etc.

The race starts Saturday a.m. (Pacific Time) and I intend to follow along with the coverage at iRunFar. Anyone else? Anyone in particular you're excited about? Among others, I find Katie Schide inspiring.