Let's start with the shirt review and get that out of the way... A month or two ago, I received a free t-shirt in the mail after signing up here. It is an Agion shirt with one side treated with an odor reducer, and the other side treated with nothing. A while back I did a test where I wore the shirt out for three runs without washing. I overwhelmed the odor reducer, but on the other hand, I *did* wear the shirt three times in the hot sun sweating up a storm! Now, let me say one thing, when I run and sweat, I don't exactly smell like roses. I tend to smell like, well, a guy who ran outside and sweated a lot. So, now I wore the shirt two times in a row, again, without washing. The treated side smelled a little bit, but I really had to get up close -- *much* closer than I would expect someone to come up to sniff me. The untreated side? whew... I didn't need to get close to smell it.
How did the Agion shirt do? Very well. The odor treatment (or should that be the anti-odor treatment) worked very well. It's not supposed to totally eliminate the odor (or maybe it does), but it significantly reduces them... so much so that I *could* run a couple of times without washing the shirt (not that I would ever do that, no, never).
I not only got a free shirt, but I got a shirt that doesn't smell on one side.
Case Closed.
Now, today I ran 10 miles (this happened to be the second run in the second test in the Agion shirt). The mugginess in Washington DC is starting up this year and this morning, even at 6:00 am, a touch of the mugginess was there. I ran a sorta-new route, going on one route towards Wegman's, but then crossing Route 29 onto a neighborhood road. Now, I don't recommend crossing Route 29 during the day, but at 6:30 am (and then again at 6:50 am), the road was pretty clear. I was able to cross without the cross walk one way, but had to wait a minute or so crossing back. The run itself? The first 8 miles were great :) At half-way, I was very very strong. 2 miles later I still felt good. At 8 miles, pretty good. Miles 9 and 10? Not so good. The last mile was about 15 seconds slower than my average pace. My right plantar was acting up a bit as well. All in all, only three runs this week, but still, 22 miles. So that is not *too* bad... but I need to get my miles up (and I need to figure out what I want to run this fall so I choose a training program).
Oh, today I bought Brooks Ghost 2 shoes. I'll let you know how they do, but when I went to the running store (VA Runner, great store!) and told them that my 'other' running shoes were the Vibram 5 Fingers, and suggested that I wanted a neutral shoe, the Brooks Ghost 2 were one of the ones they brought out. Historically, I'm used to the Brooks Adrenaline, more of a stability shoes, so my experience with Brooks has been with a heavier shoe. These were as comfortable as my Saucony Guide shoes (my most comfortable shoes -- EVER). But, the proof of the pudding is in the eating (no, really, that's how the proper saying goes -- check it out), so maybe I'll have another review after a hundred or so miles in these shoes.
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