RHB Centennial Run 2013

I didn't plan to take part in the run initially but after a few urge from my friend, I gave in and joined the run.  After all, this is not a bad run anyway.

As I was kind of tired in previous Tanjung 10km run, I decided to run a bit slow this time.  However, to break away from the crowd, I ended up with a bit faster pace than I wanted.  I kind of felt that I was a bit fast and I confirmed it with my Garmin watch showing 5:xx min/km.

Again, I wanted to slow down but I just felt like going with that pace to see how it turned out at the end of the race.  At 8km, I tried to pick up the pace.  However, not much faster that I could run as I had been running faster than I used to for quite long distant.

I completed the race with 55:49 min, which is my best 10k so far.

Very satisfying run

Just logged another 14km run in the morning.  Although I planned to run 14km today but I wasn't so sure that I could do it due to the fact that I only had 2 hour sleep last might.  Surprisingly, without much problem, I completed the 14km run with my new pair of shoes.

This time, I did have a "better" warm up and warm down.  It could be because of warm up and down session, I didn't feel that bad after the run (especially at my lower back).  Well, this could be due to running shoes change as well.

After all, I am logging faster pace, ie. 6:52 min/km, as compare to earlier 13km run at only 8:13min/km.

Very satisfying run.

Ghost 6

Another pair of Brooks that I bought.  The wear and tear of my running shoes is exceptionally fast.  It all occurs at one small corner at the back of the outer side of my heel.  From the day that I recorded my shoes mileage, it appears that I need a new pair of shoes for every ~300km.  While I am having lower back pain after running recently, I started to wonder if that is due to my running shoes again.  So, I bought a new pair of shoes again.

Since there's no different between Asics and Brooks in terms of usage and comfort, I go back to Brooks due to the price and probably a little bit lasting.

This time, I wanted to try out Ghost 6 although I was feeling OK with my Ravenna earlier.

This time, I really wanted to quantify how fast the wear of my shoes.  For the Ghost 6 that I bought, the heel outsole is measuring 5mm.  I will see how long it last against mileage.

Following are the specification on Brooks Ghost 6 from Runner's World:-

Specifications

Weight: 10.4 oz.

Profile (Heel): 34.6 mm

Profile (Forefoot): 24.1 mm

Drop from heel to forefoot: 10.5 mm

At some point, I will try out shoes with a lower drop from heel to forefoot.

Hope this shoes can last longer.