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Saturday Apr 28, 2007 #
Event: ICO Story-Middle Fork
Orienteering race 2:15:45 [4] *** 6.2 km (21:54 / km)
ahr:159 max:186 10c shoes: Inov-8 Mudclaw 330
Red course at Story-Middle Fork (ICO). Distance is rough measurement (ruler on paper).
In retrospect, it was probably folly to try out new shoes on an aggressive property like Story-Middle Fork. On the plus side, the Mudclaws are plenty grippy, and I felt pretty sure-footed in them, even through a lot of contouring. My ankles were quite sore a couple of days after the event, not from sprains - just from sidehilling.
On the minus side, they were pretty hard on the backs of my heels. I got two blisters on the right heel, and one on the left. I was using Blister Block and new non-cotton socks, but it wasn't enough. I'll definitely be doing a lot of taping at Michigan (and bringing my other shoes, too).
I struggled a bit with the lacing tension at first. For the first few legs, I could feel my heel sliding up/down pretty freely in the shoe. This gave the distracting feeling of nearly slipping out of the shoe when climbing. When I tightened both shoes enough to get rid of the heel slip, the blisters started.
I read about this possibility with these shoes - I just didn't do enough to protect myself. The split analysis shows pretty clearly when the heel pain brought my pace to a grinding halt.
Also, I tried using the shoes' original footbeds for this run, rather than replacing them with the orthotics I usually use. Don't know if that was a factor, but it makes the comparison to the Integrators a little less apples-to-apples (I always used the orthotics with the Integrators).
As for the course itself, it was fine (or at least typical of the couses that get set there). It was generally circular, with medium-to-long legs. Lots of control features that I've seen before. I'd love to see courses there that include much more leg length variety, and more changes in direction.
In retrospect, it was probably folly to try out new shoes on an aggressive property like Story-Middle Fork. On the plus side, the Mudclaws are plenty grippy, and I felt pretty sure-footed in them, even through a lot of contouring. My ankles were quite sore a couple of days after the event, not from sprains - just from sidehilling.
On the minus side, they were pretty hard on the backs of my heels. I got two blisters on the right heel, and one on the left. I was using Blister Block and new non-cotton socks, but it wasn't enough. I'll definitely be doing a lot of taping at Michigan (and bringing my other shoes, too).
I struggled a bit with the lacing tension at first. For the first few legs, I could feel my heel sliding up/down pretty freely in the shoe. This gave the distracting feeling of nearly slipping out of the shoe when climbing. When I tightened both shoes enough to get rid of the heel slip, the blisters started.
I read about this possibility with these shoes - I just didn't do enough to protect myself. The split analysis shows pretty clearly when the heel pain brought my pace to a grinding halt.
Also, I tried using the shoes' original footbeds for this run, rather than replacing them with the orthotics I usually use. Don't know if that was a factor, but it makes the comparison to the Integrators a little less apples-to-apples (I always used the orthotics with the Integrators).
As for the course itself, it was fine (or at least typical of the couses that get set there). It was generally circular, with medium-to-long legs. Lots of control features that I've seen before. I'd love to see courses there that include much more leg length variety, and more changes in direction.
Monday Apr 23, 2007 #
Note
Mudclaws arrived today. We'll see how they do down at Story.