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HAHA Just noticed the same!  You joined way back in the dark ages....2015.  

Awesome job getting it done. And remember, you only need to be in run shape on race day!

Got 45 mins in myself.  Consistent again, mile 1- mile 5.  This is amazing for me.  I'm thanking the weather, 60 and completely overcast.  

Oh and in the 'how the crap did I not know about this before' category, 'marathon loop lacing' or more simply the 'runner's loop'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWw958BlE4k

It's a little shoe lacing trick to stop your heel from slipping.  As a freak with wide forefeet and narrow heels, I've struggled always with shoes.  Anything big enough for my forefeet is way huge on my heels and they slip.  Brooks have been the best I've found but I still get some slipping, until today!  The loop trick worked wonders.

Ok wouldn't recommend it on your race day shoes, getting them on in T2 would be comical (John your race report has 14:15 for T2, that's a typo right?).  But once they're on, they stay on!  And without choking the tops of your feet.

I had to do this a few years back, when I was getting chest pains from panic attacks at work.  They ran me through all the tests, ECG and stress test on the treadmill, all of which I passed with flying colors. The Cardiologist basically asked me why I was there.  I'm hoping for the same for you - let us know how it goes!  I'm with Riles - I'll run through just about anything (including a stress fracture) but I won't mess with heart stuff.  Good luck!

Good luck with the surgery!

I almost went early this morning - glad I didn't.  Wound up going around 8 AM and got a quick swim in and some strength work after a good hour on the trainer yesterday. 

Feels good to get back into it after losing all of January to being sick and a lot of February dealing with life's speed bumps.

Unfortunately I'm an expert on this (the need to have a wide toe box, not the neuroma part at least!).  My crazy foot shape puts me in the same category as my running shoes though, need a wide toebox but going wide on the shoes causes heel slippage.  I haven't tried Lakes, but have read the same as you have (also Northwave supposedly).  I don't have dealers for either anywhere near me.  Same for Bont, and Sidi (the Mega or wide size was recommended to me as well).  Everything for me is a matter of ordering online and hoping for the best.  Every local dealer seems to have Shimano, Bontrager, maybe Specialized.  Shimanos and Bontragers were too narrow for me and sizing appropriate for the forefoot causes the dreaded heel slippage.

Bonts - I used their online fit calculator and did all the measuring on my feet as instructed, and ordered the Blitz.  They recommended a size 1-1.5 sizes smaller than I normally go with, and I followed the advice.  Everything I read was that you could overcome some of this because of the awesome custom-heat molding process for the tubs - they really are tubs and not soles, the carbon comes up along side your foot instead of being just underfoot.  Unfortunately for me the sizing was too small and after 10 miles or so the shoes became agonizing.  Had to sell them.  So my recommendation for Bonts is to size normally, or at least a half size or size up from what they recommend.  

I ended up with Sidi Ergos in the Mega fit, in my normal size.  The Ergos have a heel cup adjustment to tighten up around the achilles, which in theory was going to solve my problem (it helps, but doesn't solve it).  I've added Superfeet insoles to take up some of the heel volume, and I ride barefoot because socks slip way too easily.  Even still the shoes still slip when I walk.  Supposedly this means they would also slip during very hard efforts, but I guess I'm not enough of a 'hard effort' guy because I haven't noted much/any slippage while riding.  Just while walking, it feels like I'm wearing flip flops almost!  

Incidentally my Tri bike shoes are also Sidis, the older T2, same sizing as my Ergos.  Those were well used by someone else before I bought them and so the upper was plenty broken in, they fit with Superfeet and no socks.  They're just not terribly comfortable over long distances.  

I guess the deal with Sidi is that the regular width is really narrow, and often people go with the Mega width because they're like a slightly wide version of regular shoes as opposed to comparing a typical D width shoe vs. E wide width.

A beer with a song named after it should qualify! lol!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBaM8hSvLFE

Yay for successful surgery!  Glad it went well!

Anyone wear Headsweats hats for running?  I sweat like crazy when working out and so running hats are a necessity for me...  Anyway they're doing a spring clearance, lots of stuff in there at like $11 (instead of $20 regular price) and there's a code SPRING40 that takes another 40% off.  I just got two running hats and a tech/trucker hat  for $24 with shipping and tax.