Day 347/365 Bath Skyline Psrkrun

Bath Skyline Parkrun this morning which is partly on gravelled tracks but mainly off road, I had took my road trainers to wear as I was going down into Bath to return my broken innov 8's to the retailer but as there had been a frost I chose to wear the innov 8s for the extra grip. I was glad I did as it was quite slippery in places a smaller field of runners to what I had seen before and I managed to get off to a good start first mile just over 8 minutes, started to settle in running under 8 minutes for mile 2 and 7.34 for the 3rd, getting myself a course pb by 8 seconds. Official finish time 00:24:03, 28th overall and 7th in my age group.

Went down into town to exchange my innov 8s to Ruunning Bath only to be told they would not exchange them as I had knackered them where I apparently badly overpronate. Now when I bought my road shoes from Running Bath  had all the checks done running on pressure pads etc and was told my gait was neutral but now just by looking at my running shoes I badly overpronate. I was told everything wears out like the tyres on your car and depending on how you use them will depend on how long they last....... They are off road trail shoes and that is what I have been doing in them. I only got them at the end of August ,just under 4 months, supposedly innov8 guarantee their shoes for a year against workmanship and materials, we shall see but at the moment I can't be without a pair, have no spares and will be racing in them tomorrow at Stourhead in the Reindeer Run, let's hope they hold out.