{"id":269,"date":"2008-05-22T06:48:13","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T14:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=269"},"modified":"2009-05-24T08:49:58","modified_gmt":"2009-05-24T13:49:58","slug":"it-is-time-again-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/it-is-time-again-for\/","title":{"rendered":"It is Time Again for…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"NEW SHOES!!! With 438 miles on my Brooks Adrenaline GTS 7<\/a>, it is time to replace them – actually its is past due. This is almost double the mileage that I had put on the two previous shoes. I wasn’t experiencing any pain which is often an indicator that it is time to switch.<\/p>\n

I raced a total of 25 miles in the shoes, racing tends to break down shoes faster than regular running. Since I messed up my knee in April 2006 I haven’t raced in true racing shoes since then. It is feeling better and I might start using racing flats again this year or next.<\/p>\n

I last wrote about changing shoes in September<\/a>, but I was wearing a new pair during the training cycle for the half-marathon which I purchased in December.<\/p>\n

I didn’t spend a lot of time shopping around. In the back of my head I went into the Running Room<\/a> thinking about changing brands of shoes. I’ve heard that it is good to change brands of shoes every once in awhile to give your feet a break and to change things up. I thought this would be a good time for that since I’ve worn the GTS 7 for the last 3 training cycles. The last non-Brooks shoe I wore was the Asics GT-2120. Here is what I think about the major shoe brands:<\/p>\n