I received a fairly alarming message from the good folk at mapmyrun.com. Â It started “On your last leg…” which at my age is a tad disconcerting.
Here it is:
Almost as alarming as the one I received (& ignored) 2 weeks ago, mentioning a midlife crisis.
I know they are talking about my shoes, and not me, but at my age, these comments hit home 🙂
Anyway, there you are.
Hardly seems possible, but I have run 493km since July 14th in my lovely Adidas Climachill Cosmic Boost shoes. Â They still seem (and indeed look) so new that they don’t feel (or look) on their last legs at all. Â Unlike their owner.
Running every day in these shoes through the Delhi monsoons has been a breeze. Â They really do not hold the water, and they dry off so quickly.
On those days when the rain was more like mud, I have washed the shoes and they dry pretty quickly, too.
So instead of lumbering along in sodden shoes and thick sodden socks, I have been able to run through rain without worrying about it. Â And that factor has seriously helped my running. Â I just run on, regardless, rather than trying to dodge the puddles and mud.
Take last Sunday, for example, at a promo 10km run by the good folks who run the Bengalaru marathon*** & who are (oh happiness) bringing a full marathon here to Delhi next year.
The heavens opened just before we set off – Â while we were all warming up – Â and it drizzled much of the time, and then absolutely poured down again (around the halfway point of the race). Â At one point, it was raining cats and dogs, but I didn’t even think about my feet. Â My glasses, yes. Â But not my feet, and I didn’t feel that chilling dampness in my feet when I eventually splashed my way into the Jawarharlal Nehru Stadium & the finish line.
The shoes are still in great condition, with only one teensy lose thread (below) which I actually noticed right at the start, only a few days after I started wearing the shoes back in July. Â It seemed churlish to bring this up in my first review of the shoes, because everything else was perfect, so I didn’t. Â Even now, to be honest, the lose thread has stayed the same, not getting worse, so it’s no big deal.Will I buy these again, when, sadly, I can no longer ignore the warnings from mapmyrun.com?
Definitely.
*** And yes, indeed. Adidas is also a sponsor of the Bengalaru Marathon.