A running shoe story
This morning, I decided to do a 5k in my Onitsuka Tiger Serranos; yes, the lifestyle shoes manufactured by the makers of Asics. Thin soles, nylon uppers, much like the way I remember running shoes to be back in the 70's, no fancy tech like carbon plates or anything like that which almost all running shoe companies are raving about nowadays and many runners are spending their hard-earned money on trying to emulate their professional idols who win races and set records in such "fast" shoes. (Dunno where they got that monicker because the shoes don't run by themselves, do they? How can they be fast without the humans wearing or using them?) Through my running experience, I seem to have been running better in shoes with low to moderate stack height. My best performances were when I ran in shoes with thin soles like the Adizero Rocket by Adidas, Saucony Type A9, and similar traditional racing flats. I recorded my best full marathon time back in 2011, a sub-4 wh...
