bought some new shoes...

so after visiting the asics shop last week i decided that i couldn't resist buying some new 'slim' shoes. so i went to the shop with rie today and got some nice shiny new asic tarther rs alivio-2 'slim' shoes. i have decided i will wear these for races and long runs, and for normal training i will wear my regular tarther alivio 1 shoes with normal socks. i have already covered almost 200 miles in them so they are clearly ok!

i love asics now. i was always a big adidas fan, but since i got that first pair of asics shoes i have totally been converted.

however, i also got another free pair of adidas mana shoes today! there was another problem with my old ones, with the inner slipping alot, so i got a replacement pair and they were even kind enough to give me them in size 27 instead of 27.5. the guy at the adidas shop was really cool so i still love adidas too!

the asics running shop

so as you know i bought some asics tarther running shoes a while ago. the gave the inspiration for the name of this blog. well, today i went to the asics running shop that recently opened in sapporo and had my feet scanned and checked and then did some running on the treadmill, which was filmed and played back to me.

amazing stuff. turns out that for some reason (probably because of a broken knee, ankle and foot on my left leg!) i lean more heavily on my right foot. i also have really narrow feet and the guy recommended that i buy slim model shoes from now on. it also turned out that my shoes that i have are about half a size too big. no problem for regular training, as i wear normal socks, but when i where my skinny socks in races it could explain why my feet get blisters.

anyway, it was a great experience and rie and naomi loved laughing at how excited i became. i decided i want to own a running shop in the future!!!

got my new shoes on...

after topping 500 miles in my old adidas mana shoes i decided it was time to get some new ones. so i headed to sports depot in nagoya and bought myself a pair of asics tarther first edition shoes. they are dark blue (not that colour is important for running shoes!) and they have 虎走 written in kanji on the tongue. it means "tiger running". hence the name of this blog. as asics have just released a new edition of the tarther series these were reduced from 13,000 yen (100 pounds) to 9,000 (70 pounds). i like them.

i also thought i would see if the kind people at adidas might trade in my old adidas mana shoes for some new ones. they did! for only 150 yen (1 pound) i changed my beat-up yellow shoes for the new series of mana shoes in a flashy red colour (because colour is important when it is the same as my football team!). i have been running in mana shoes for over two years now and i really like them, especially for training.

will update you on how these two pairs of shoes work out.