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Made the mistake of signing up for Yowana’s shoe nerd app, Supwell. Made some trades and got some new stuff coming in - Superblast 3, Megablast, and Salomon Aeroglide 4 Grvl. Tempted to pull the trigger on some Dynafish too. Lord help me when my wife finds out.

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I've been chugging along with 40+ mile weeks, it's just not interesting enough to post since it's all threshold stuff

I'm about to get a pair of Superblast 3 because my 2's have seen better days. I've got almost 500 miles on them and only use them for long runs

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I am sure you've seen reviews, a lot of people who loved the SB2 have not loved the SB3. Megablast may be more in your wheelhouse as I think it is a little firmer. Or the Dynafish - did you ever order? I joined the Supwell App, it's honestly way better than I thought. $5 a month and the shoe marketplace is loaded with hype shoes for cheap. Worth checking out.

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My personal running stinks lately for the most part. I did get to hike around the Banff area for a couple days and will crew/pace at cascade crest 100 tomorrow. Only race in the cards for me is the local Bozeman Bridger Ridge run August 16th. Mostly hopping to not fall down and manage to beat my SO to claim the household trophy. Race is trail run 19ish miles 6k gain 8k decent. Fun times

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Nice! Saw those pics of Banff, my wife and I discuss visiting often but not sure our girls are ready for that sort of trip yet. I'm planning on doing the Armadillo Dash 13.1 again this year...doesn't hold a candle to trail races on the coasts. One day I'd love to do a trail race in CO or nearby. Nothing crazy though, half marathon is about all I have time to train for these days.

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I’ve cut back on my mileage a bit this summer. Last 2 months were mostly focused on shorter sprint stuff (100m-400m), which was fun and a nice change up. Also been incorporating more strength training to be a little more well-rounded.

Hoping for good weather for Cajun Cup 10k in November (been very hot the last 2-3 years). Would love to get as close as I can to 36:00 in the 10k. Current PR is 37:18 in shite weather. Gonna run Houston Marathon again in January to try and snag a 2:49:59 or better…

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Noticed you've been taking it easier! I tried to do the same - basically easy runs for all of May and June while I worked on form/increasing cadence. Diving back into workouts now though. I don't do a ton of strength work, try to get it in like twice a week - but I do notice it helps. Specifically core work. Knock on wood I've not had any major injuries or weird things flare up.You got Houston! Feel like that race is really hitting it's stride. Lots of elites starting to go since it's flat, fast, and usually cold. My wife's cousin is planning to run it for a BQ - he's usually a 5k/10k guy so this is his first full. I know he has a sub 75 minute HM, but not sure if he can hold pace the full 26.2.

Ain’t dere no mo.

Fantastic meal last night. Had
- coquette bread
- whipped feta
- Higgins crab dip
- tuna crudo
- marinated cucumber
- chicken schnitzel
- grilled pompano
- smoked beef short rib
- chamomile rice pudding
- strawberries and cream

Standouts were the bread, whipped feta, crab dip, chicken schnitzel, and short rib. Yall try to get in while yall can.

Edit: forgot we were sent the gala melon gazpacho and beef tartare muffuletta. Both excellent as well. Had like 90% of the menu :lol:

If anyone wants some Adidas shoes on the cheap cheap, check out the Adidas eBay store.

Evo SL’s and Boston 13’s for $60-80, Adios Pro 4 for $112-$125, some Terrex trail racers for cheap too. Sizes may be limited. Runningshoegeeks has been alert to this sale since yesterday lol.

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I want to try some Dynafish or Li-Ning but i don't know the best way to get them.

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FYI, Yowana is now a Dynafish vendor. www.hobbyjogger.com

I have some Li Ning Red Hare 9 Ultra coming soon. Tried Vomero Plus and Evo SL recently and didn’t love either. Vomero Plus foam is great, but upper is too hot, shoe is too heavy, don’t love 10mm drop. Evo SL just didn’t wow me and I don’t know where it would fit in my rotation anyway.

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Boil and Barrell closed already after 9 months and a Byblos is already announced to go in that location.

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Boil and Barrel was a disaster from the start. Ate there once, service was so bad. Over an hour to get waters on the table and we had to get our own drinks from the bar, food was mediocre. I’m sure you read the article, but it’s the same group just pivoting from that dumpster fire to Byblos. I’m very happy to have Byblos in the neighborhood. Another thing we sorely needed and will frequent. Safta’s Table is good, but further away and very different menu/style.

I’d welcome it in Lakeview for sure. On a night where we don’t feel like cooking, it would be amazing to have a spot we can grab a whole chicken and a couple sides and have dinner handled for us and the kids.

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There are only so many Metry yats willing to blow that type of coin.

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You vastly underestimate the pretentiousness of Old Metairie.

Yup. I have Li Ning, you can get Li Ning and Anta on Amazon, 100% legit.

I have the Feidian 5 Challenger, there is also the 6 available and they are very similar but most reviewers like the 5 better.

The Anta C202 is a similar shoe and gets similar hype.

I think Dynafish has a US online distributor now. If you google it, they should pop up.