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Let me know how you like them.

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I took them out for the first time for a 4.8 mile loop. They fit snugly. When laced all the way up, I don’t have any heel slip. The toe box is roomy—not as much as my Ghosts, but more than the Nike Legend Reacts that fill out my rotation. No hot spots.

The trail is mainly hard packed dirt with a few sections of gravel and rocks, with some wooden bridges mixed in. The bridges looked slick, but the Divide handled well. There was a lot of mud, and I never lost traction. It’s not a waterproof shoe, and I got some wet socks from running through a low spot on the trail. I didn’t notice any discomfort from the rock plate, as some reviewers had mentioned; I may have not run long enough to experience that though.

All in all, I think the Divide is as advertised after one short run. I’ll try to take it out again on Sunday for two loops, depending on weather and how the weekend goes.

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I learned another lesson today. When running on trails, I need to wear bug spray. I also need to google what to do if hogs charge you, because I startled a pair and had an “oh shite” moment. :lol:

Sometimes I’m dumb.

Mistake 1: When I wasn’t able to go on my 13 miler this morning, I should have pushed it to tomorrow, not 2 pm today when the heat index was 96.

Mistake 2: Running said 13 miler after fueling with just a single waffle and 20 oz of water for the day

Mistake 3: Getting caught in conversation with another runner late into mile 1, who slowed his pace to chat while I increased mine substantially, until we split after about 2 miles.

I don’t think I’ve ever walked so much to try to get through a run. I did finish though, but it was at an 11:13 clip.

Northshore Half posted this earlier today, which gives me hope that the October event will still happen.

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Send me your spreadsheet, and if I have some time tomorrow, I’ll give it a shot. If someone beats me to it, I won’t be offended. :lol:

And if you got something you can link me to or how you want it to look, let me know.

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difference in oxygen levels from there to Mandeville

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you running on the Trace? We may be crossing paths.

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There’s a couple runners around here that stay on the street even though there’s quality sidewalks 5 feet to their left.

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There aren’t sidewalks where I run currently, but there were years ago on my routes in Baton Rouge. I always took the street over the sidewalk. The sidewalk tore me up, and it was generally torn up itself from roots and never maintained.

Northshore. Was 81 degrees with 91% humidity. Heat index of 89 for a run 2 minutes after I roll out of bed is killer :lol:
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ETA: this morning’s 63F/100% 5 miler was much more enjoyable!

Work from home day due to Cristobal, so I got in a leisurely 10k during the time I would have been commuting. :cheers: My running really misses the 100% remote work schedule I had during corona.

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Jabra Elite have “hear through” sound which takes sounds picked up by the mic and sends them into the speakers. This basically amplifies the background noise so you can hear while listening to music

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Yep, that’s a pretty cool feature, and it works as well as advertised. I’ve also taken to running with only one of my Jabras in. I don’t have any issues hearing the traffic around me or hearing the podcasts through the Jabras.

15 miles in this AM. Got to test out my new Jabras my wife got me this week for our anniversary. I suppose now it’s time for some honey-do’s :lol:

I carry my phone on every run. It’s how I track my mileage and splits and listen to my podcasts. Even if I didn’t use my phone for that, it puts my wife’s mind at ease that I have it in case she needs to reach me or vice versa.