Friday Thoughts 45
Welcome to the new GAIN site! We’ve been working on this facelift behind the scenes for some time and I’m proud of the new and updated look. Plus, I’m especially happy for a new font - for the past 6 years I despised that old blog font. I’m happy to have a refreshed site that’s easier to navigate and more inline with the rest of my branding.
Your training shoes matter! This post is one example of many that professional, high-level athletes aren’t always making the most educated choice in the gym. Save the running shoes for running - especially the $300, carbon-plated, super-shoes that should be saved for elite racing.
If you no idea what I mean by a super-shoe, try to get through this review. Basically, the carbon plating and bouncyness of the shoe is supposed to shave time off your miles when racing. This creators claim that it could be up to 30 seconds per mile is absurd. Though, I’ve never tried them.
While we’re on the topic of super shoes, how about super-pants? When these first popped up on my feed I thought it was a joke, then I kept seeing it so I read this caption. For only $5000 you can have your hiking pants do the work for you! Seems like a great deal, old-school effort is for the birds!
Hybrid athlete? Meaning you like to both lift and run. Wow! So original. Revolutionary! This was great satire.
This has me lol’ing so hard. My first thought as a parent of a kid who is just getting into legos though, who’s going to pick all those up?
Powered hiking pants? No. Power hiking. Seriously though, whenever anyone learns of my ventures into the mountains their first questions is do you run the whole time? The answer, for most ultra runners, is no, not at all. There’s a mix of walking, hiking, running - the goal is to keep moving as efficiently as possible. Last week, I hiked all the uphills and only ran the down hills.
Speaking of which, here’s a video someone grabbed of me running off Mount Lafayette and along the Franconia Ridge. Classic!
Thanks for checking out Friday Thoughts, until next time!
Justin Miner
@justinminergain