Gearing up for the desert

With only 30 weeks to go until I head out to the desert, I thought it was about time to gearing up.

I increased my milage to 66 miles this week, by far the furtherest i’ve ran so far.

x-talon

I picking up a pair of the new inov8 super light weight X-talons. Obvious to get the weight down to around 212 grams a pair, they have had to cut down on pretty much everything the laces, the padding on the uppers, and the soles, but they’ve managed to keep almost the same level of studs at the mudclaws, and they are remarkably comfortable.  I tried them out on sand at the beach, and on a variety of grades of rock and trail and even on longer runs they held up well.

omm idrate 12l backpack

I also went for an OMM 12l back pack with a 500ml bottle with strap holster and a 8l chest pack all of which is super light weight, giving me space for a 2.5l water container. My last purchase of the week was a white cold gear underarmour long sleeve crew neck.

under armour t-shirt

I look my first run in the underarmour last night, just a 7.5 mile around the river, it felt really strange to run in, not only did it compress the muscles in my arms etc, but also my chest so i had to work harder to exhale, but then it compressed on the inhales, i’m still not sure if i liked it, but it did force me to think more about breathing and resulted in a pb for that run and a reduced average heart rate.

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