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Forgot about my question.

I qualified for Ulta-Fits Mizuno Power package.  I picked up my shoes last night and paid an extra $35 for an upgrade.  How good are the shoes?  The seem a lot heaier than my current shoes, "Solyte" or something like that.  How much does lighter shoes matter.  It feels nicer having the low weight on my feet.  Would it make sense to race in the lighter shoes, and train in the Mizuno's? 

Ok, let me get all this right:

1) David; Fleet Feet had a little honey put me in the correct shoes.  She watched me on the treadmill, and after she regained her composure she stated that I run more on the insides of my feet and said I need the "xxxx" pair (can't think of the name).  The she told me she was out of them and I didn't care and upgraded to the $130 pair that she said was "right" for me.  I ran in them tonight.  Did a good run.  The felt very stange though at first.  I was like running in clogs, but I got used to them in about 1.5 miles.  They are definitely heavy.  The are "Wave Creation 9" as seen here:

http://www.mizunousa.com/equipment.nsf/allproduct/a606bc98841ac2ef852573ca006a8b94?opendocument&div=running&cat=mensfootwear

2) Unless I hear differently.  I think I'll train in them, and once I wear out my race shoes, I'll have two training pairs and I'll buy the shoes you guys are talking about.

Well so who is racing this weekend???  I know that David you are supposed to if you are feelng better. Sooo....if you indeed go, have a great time and good luck.  And to anyone else much luck to you too

Well I have to go run for a while now.....in the rain....oh well I'll be good to go if it rains the days of TTT, this year has been one rainy day after another. Can you tell I'm stalling. Well gonna go now.

Chris

David, glad to hear you are feeling better. Have a great race. See ya at TTT in a few weeks...can it only be a few weeks away. OMG!!!

Chris

Greg, thanks for the support.  Chris, how'd the marathon go?

Well, I just got back.  Smith Mountain Lake is a great venue!  The official results are not up yet so I don't know what my splits are but my prelim. was 1:31:59.  Fastest time was 1:01:08. 

The swim was tough for me.  The water was definitely cold and I have now learned that I need to acclimate to colder water prior to the start.  I went in completely dry and lost my breath upon getting in the water.  I never really felt cold but it had an obvious effect and I was never able to develop a rhythm.  I did a lot of breast stroke and a lot of sighting because I could not see out of my goggles hardly at all.

I think that the only split I hit well was the bike.  I had a great time on the bike aside from some minor tightness which I was able to stretch out on a couple of the descents.  From rack to rack I showed just under 40 minutes so my split should be right around 39 which is right where I trained.  

My run was SLOW for me.  Last Sunday I did a 6k in 27:28 (7:18/mi) and I'm not sure I finished this run any faster than 28 min.  I was baby-stepping through the first mile and I'm not sure why I didn't push myself until the last 1/2 mile.  I was able to finish in a full sprint so I know there was plenty there.  I'm still getting used to "racing" and I think I was having some inner conflict on whether to push or do what 's comfortable.  I guess the rec-league attitude is still a little too prevalant in my mind.

 So, I have a lot work to do on the swim.  I'm looking forward to getting some tips on open water swimming from anyone and everyone. 

Thanks!  It was my first of the season but it's also only my second ever.  

I really think I had enough to push my ride and run a little harder.  I remember thinking to myself within the first 1/8 mile of the run... "you're going pretty slow but it's comfortable so stay there for a little bit and get your legs."  I just never pushed myself past that point until the very end.  To me, that's just something I need to work on... emptying the tank during a race.  I definitely had some left and I recovered pretty quickly afterwards.

I need to work some more OWS's into my training.  I'm not sure how I'm going to do that yet though.  I think I will first work on sighting every third breath and see how that goes.  I also had a problem with my goggles fogging immediately so I have to figure that out as well.