Who Dat?

 

Guess who came to visit us a few days ago???

ANGIE!!!!

She was on her way to Indianapolis and caught an earlier flight with an 8 hour gap here in Charlotte.  And she did it all just so I could have an extra pair of hands when loading the kids into the truck.  It was a whirlwind trip, but it was fun.

After we dropped Angie off at the airport I went in for my second night of training at Run For Your Life.  Oh, yeah.  Did I mention that I got that job?  Tuesday and Wednesday I had training and yesterday was my first day on the floor.  We were encouraged to try on a different pair of shoes every 15 minutes or so.  Fantastic!  Of course I put on my beloved New Balance Minimus trail shoe and walked around for almost an hour.  The downside is that now I don’t think I want those shoes.

As you can see from the diagram below, the back of the shoes are very stiff and I could tell, even from just walking and standing, that it would be cutting into my ankle pretty bad.  I also read that on some of the reviews online.

So now I’m thinking that I might just go with the minimus road.

  It sucks, I really liked the wide toe box and the Vibram rubber on the minimus trail.  They felt so good in the forefoot.  I also tried on some Saucony’s, Brooks, and the Mizuno Prophecy ($200!).  I’ll try to start taking notes and write up some first impressions reviews. 

 

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