I didn’t recap our Christmas Day! Oops! We stayed at my snister’s all day and everyone came there. It’s so lovely to be in one place all day. We used to run around to three different houses and I thought that was fun when I was younger, but now I enjoy just being. The chaos doesn’t appeal to me anymore.
In the morning I ran with Dad, then everyone came over for lunch and presents, then most folks left and Steven and I watched a holiday movie his dentist hygienist had recommended (Noelle, we liked it), then we hung with the remaining family and went to bed. A nice, chill day. I was in the moment and the only photo I took is off me and dad on our run/ride.
My dad is AMAZING for riding his bike slowly for 7+ miles in the rain with me! One of my best Christmas presents.
Which is what I came here to talk about anyway!
I received a pair of the Asics Gel-Nimbus 25s for my birthday (in July!) and was finally brave enough to try them Christmas Day. I had my doubts, but Val had told me good things about her updated Asics, and so had you all (re: your super cushioned shoes)!
They just look so different from the 24s. The 24s rare on top below, the 25s are on bottom:
Anyway! Verdict – they felt good on that run. It was all hard surface and the cushion felt nice. I was worried that being higher off the ground would make me trip, but I didn’t. I felt optimistic about them.
Then I wore them for my long run on the crushed limestone trail yesterday. And they felt too cushiony and light at first. I didn’t even know that was POSSIBLE! But for the first 3-5 miles of my run, my feet felt off, like I lost my connection to the trail. Weird, right? Or maybe not. By the end of the run they felt okay.
And, lots of rocks got into them on the trail, which was annoying. But I can wear gaiters to fix that.
So, early review is great on hard surfaces (which I try to avoid running on), and weird on trails. I will try them again on the trails to see if that feeling continues or if I get used to it.
Unrelated, but Jen and Troy and family came over last night for pizza, treats, and games, and we had such a fun time. I pulled out the game Loaded Questions, and I had forgotten how funny it can be! It’s simple – you roll a die and try to get across a board first, and on the way you ask the group questions from a card based on what you land on. Then everyone answers and you have to guess who says what. It just gets so silly. We were laughing so hard and I loved it. There might be a few inside jokes now too, related to someone getting “lots of kisses”. Ha ha ha.
And they saw our tree! So that’s four outside parties that saw it!
And Jen bonded with Khali and Ned. And we tried to convince them to take Tywin home (Tywin greeted them and walked them to the front door).
Ha, talking about a die reminded me of playing a game with our nephews Christmas night and it involved rolling a die. Ella was sitting on my lap so I taught her to blow on the die for good luck. Such a good aunt.
And one more Christmas story! It’s so fun to watch the kids open their gifts. Nephew William was opening something from my mom and he opens it all excited and goes “Are you serious?! Are you serious?!” I don’t even remember what it was but I loved seeing and hearing his joy at receiving it.
At some point I will need to level up to the new Gel Nimbus, but they do look a lot higher…scarily so…
Blowing on the die is definitely an insider high level trick – Ella is lucky to have you as her aunt to teach it to her LOL! Sounds like it was a great Christmas! 🙂
That is what I was scared of – falling! But that part was okay for me!
Hee hee, I think so too! She is going to SLAY in Vegas! Ha ha ha.
I know that they have to redesign shoes, I do. But why do they, really? If I find the PERFECT shoe for running, cross-training, whatever, and then go to buy it again the next season and it’s been a total redesign, it’s such a waste of time and effort to figure out what new shoe to buy. *sigh* I am here to make this suggestion to shoe designers: Have a limited range of shoes that never change – maybe two or three models that have slight variance in color or shoelace type from season to season, but the basic design doesn’t change AND have two or three new models every year to try out the new fashionable trends. The best of both worlds!
I am COMPLETELY with you. Completely. I know they think it’s a new tech and everyone wants it, but yes, if we have spent the time and finally found the shoe that freaking works for us, we really don’t want it to change. Slightly change it and make a new model for people to try out and keep the old one.
Writing this I wonder if I am being adverse to change, but it’s like, I’ve worn this shoe for 13 years and it works well for me. Why would I want it to change?
I am 100% behind Engie’s proposal that each company has a core set of shoes that do not change substantially. Because when they do that, have you ever noticed that a few years later they create a new version of the old shoe because their sales have tanked so much? Yeah, maybe rethink that, shoe companies. Ergh.
I have noticed that indeed! UGH. It’s such a dumb cycle!