Quick Update!

Ran 4.5 miles in my Lontras today! The morning started out a bit chilly so I didn't vouch for the KMD Sports.

The Trek sole is great for the trail I ran on! Just a nice easy run to get outside in the nice weather.
It's the weekend before finals, so I have been taking breaks from reviewing my other shoes along with raking runs, but I finally decided to get outside just for a weekend run.

Lontras felt nice! I've finally decided that the best way to describe them is STIFF. The upper feels rough, but has no effect on me. The thicker sole has less flexibility than I prefer, but for easy trail runs it felt fine.
Once cross country season kicks in and we rush fast paces into real trails, I'll be shooting along with hopefully my Vivobarefoot Evo's.

PS! Just bought that pair of Skora Form's I've been contemplating! Those will be great for longer runs hopefully. I went ahead and bit the bullet on that purchase...

Xero Shoes Huaraches are in!

Picked up some Xero Shoe Huaraches over the weekend because of their 50% off sale! 

Can't wait to try 'em! Laced em up in 30 minutes (first time ever doing something like that). 

 

Will get to reviewing them (4mm model) after my Vivobarefoot review; my AP test is over so I can finally get working on everything this weekend! 

They fit pretty much exactly. If I can get some more adjustment to the laces, there won't be any overhang of my foot on the edges.

Also, it's like 80 degrees today so I went and threw most of my shoes out for some UV ray dousing. TAKE THAT, STINK AND BACTERIA!

We are the NIC-10 Conference Champions ! Freshman/Sophomore level!

1st place as a team! Out of 10!

Held at Auburn, with a brand new turf field and nice track. Unfortunately it was a tad windy and colder for a May meet. Somewhere around 50 degrees today.

My individual results:
Triple Jump: 5th place
-Was seeded essentially at 2nd or 1st. Couldn't get past 36 ft, 1 in. Felt absolutely horrid, not being able to make anywhere into the pit. Felt cold, F/S was against the wind.
-On another thought, the first place jumper did not use a true triple jump sequence. But since the officiator of the triple jump didn't see it, there was no scratch. He did a R-L-R bound into the pit, significantly increasing his triple jump distance.

100m Dash: 5th place
-Preliminary time was a 11.38 second, which a MASSIVE PR over 11.69 seconds, great way to end the season. Finals was a 11.52 or so. But the best part is that all 8 finalists finished within 0.1 seconds of each other. We looked like one unitary wave storming down that 100m straight. The FAT finish took pretty long to determine the order. But I was literally less than 0.1 seconds away from first, AND less than 0.1 seconds away from last. A really great experience and fun race!

4x100m relay: 4th place

PR with somewhere around a 46 seconds? Will check Dyestat results as they come out. Top 3 were strong, with us trailing behind them, but maintaining a huge lead over all the others. Right in the middle. Handoffs were alright, nothing surprising

4x200m relay: 4th place

Another PR with around 1:36 seconds. Will double check that. Handoffs were HORRID. And I mean...HORRID between me and my brother, and the 3rd runner to anchor. Still a PR, but handoffs have so much more potential for next year.

So yeah, nothing that fantastic, especially compared to last year with a 3rd in 100m, 6th in 200, and 5th in triple jump.

Quick shoutout to all the other great performances by our 4x4 (Varsity and F/S) as well as the 400m runners. Our team is powerful, a great way to end our head coach's FINAL season (after 33 years!!).

Will get a bunch of other pictures up as soon as I upload more tomorrow.

ALSO ! I promise to get more of that Vivobarefoot Evo II review done along with the Adizero Prime SP after my AP test next Tuesday. Busy week(end) ahead of me! 

NIC-10 Conference

Well here it is: the NIC-10 conference, this Friday at Auburn High School.

It'll be my last meet of the year, and my last year on the Fresh/Soph team!

The meet sanctions top two F/S competitors in each event. Last year, we stole the conference champ title at the Fresh/Soph level, and we plan to do it again.

My line-up:

100m Dash
4x100m relay
4x200m relay
Triple Jump

Really really excited about the relays and triple jump. Finally got the knee drive to keep me above 37ft. If I can pull at 38, that's a conference champ title. 100m dash was a 3rd place finish for me last year, but with everyone getting bigger and faster, and my body refusing to do so, we'll see where my legs can take me.

Also. My Adizero Primes are a bittersweet pair of spikes to own. That review is going up after conference, AP tests, and final exams (and the Vivobarefoot review, too!).

Looks like partly cloudy and a high of 72 so far. Perfect.

Special Olympics

Not so much running related, but  I helped out at the Special Olympics Spring Games with a group of volunteers from my Key Club!

Started raining out and I had my KomodoSport LS's on! Wish I had thrown on the Lontras instead! Wet and cold toes!!!

Shoe Wash Day!

It's that time of month again when it's time to rid my shoes of that unbearable stank.

Threw in pretty much every pair of running shoes I have . Inov-8 Bare-x 200's, Vivobarefoot Evo II's, Zemgear 360's, VFF KMD Sport LS, VFF Lontra, and even my TOM's made it in there.

Because of hyperhydrosis and that fact that I wear my shoes without socks, my feet SMELL pretty dang badly.

Handwashed them to prevent any excess sand (from triple jump practice) from getting in the washer.

Just the woes of a runner.

Hersey F/S Invitational

 I LOVE this meet. Unfortunately, this year was last time I'll be there. Freshman/sophomore invitational only!

100m Dash: Pulled a 11.70s, a hair over my 11.69s PR. We ran with the wind! What I love the MOST is the texture of the track; the grippiness allowed me to reach top speed quicker than usual! I unfortunately did not make finals: this meet is an inner city/suburb meet against the top schools of the Chicago suburbs. Coming from a rural town 2 hours away, competition was tough here!

4x100 Relay: Hand-offs were definitely smooth, as always! Pulled a PR as well, with a 46.5s. Still need to work harder to get into a love 45 range by next Friday's conference (already?!) meet. In better news...my brother had a 9.9sec split for his leg! His leg is shortstroked the most (slowest time), so he runs about 80 meters at best. Just funny to see a sub 10 second split among 11's. We placed around 7th or 8th.

4x200 Relay: Hand-offs smooth, again! We have replaced my brother in this relay with another friend of mine; we have a 1:38-ish with that combination (will have to update that time once the official results are online). We placed 4th.

Triple Jump: I PR'ed here last year, with an over 2 foot improvement. This year, I was able to pull a higher than average jump (I swear, it's the track surface!!) at a 37 foot 2 in jump. KNEE DRIVE is key, eyes straight ahead, and height in all of my phases is the way to reach this again. Gotta nail it by conference. Squeezed a 6th place finish in that event.

Overall, Hononegah placed 3rd place with 69 points, only a few points behind 2nd. Considering our average competition, this was a great way to experience a lot of better contenders. Last year, we had also pulled a 3rd place finish, behind second by 1.5 points.

Also! Our 4x4 team broke our school's record by 2 seconds! Congrats! The 4x800m was only 1.5 seconds away from breaking that school record as well. Great to see this at the season end, approaching conference.


Wore my Adizero Primes, Adizero TJ, and Vivobarefoot Evo II's! Great temps at 85 degrees and sunny. Spandex was able to come off!