{"id":1569,"date":"2013-02-28T00:59:10","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T23:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jgeo.nl\/o\/?p=1569"},"modified":"2017-01-03T00:32:51","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T23:32:51","slug":"nieuwe-schoenen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jgeo.nl\/o\/2013\/02\/28\/nieuwe-schoenen\/","title":{"rendered":"New shoes!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I bought a new pair of shoes: the Inov-8 RocLite 285<\/a>. For orienteering and for street-running. Not that the old<\/em> ones were worn<\/em>, but they didn’t fit all the terrains I use to cross.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>Most orienteering races, I run my pair of Inov-8 Oroc 340’s (346.6 kilometers on the odometer, right now), that I bought April 1st 2012. But the steel spikes are not the best base on asphalt or other pavement.<\/p>\n

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On the other hand, the soft, flat, smooth sole of my marathon shoes, the Saucony Men ProGrid Triumph 8, are not the best option for\u00a0off-road racing. So I needed something in between, suitable for paved roads, and anything else. \"\"<\/a>With a lot of grip, but without feeling the individual studs when running on paved roads. With a low heel, but some damping; although I prefer little damping on the road for the direct feeling. A light shoe for long distances, but with some stability for my ankles.<\/p>\n

Length web-browsing, review reading, running-mate consulting, and fitting, pointed in the direction of the Inov-8 RocLite<\/a> series. Other options had been the TrailRoc 255 and the X-Talon 190<\/a>. I tried them in the O-Crew<\/a> “shop”, and decided that the size should be \u00bd bigger than my Oroc’s (although they were the same brand).<\/p>\n

Next thing was to try them out in the field. The first meters on them ever became the first of 15000, during the Genneperparkenloop<\/a>. The result was a pair of blisters, but hey, what do you expect if you try your new shoes on a fast 15k with sharp turns and some mud? The running itself went perfect, that day.<\/p>\n

I was doubting whether to wear them during the Midwinterrun<\/a>, and the Woudlopers Ori\u00ebntatierun<\/a>. But I didn’t. Afraid to make the flashy red fabric dirty? No, I guess I just stuck to what I was used to, my good old Orocs. But last Friday, I ran the night orienteering run in Genk<\/a> on them, to my complete satisfaction, and last Sunday, I ran, through the fresh snow, through the forests and over the hay around Leenderheide.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This last run was a good combination of paved and unpaved roads, fresh and compact snow, and loose sand and mud. On most terrain, the grip was perfect; only on hard, compacted, snow, I felt minimal sliding back, but no loss of control. I got the feeling there that the Orocs would have performed better there, but I did not compare them at that moment, under the same circumstances.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, I noticed that the open structure of the upper shoe easily lets in water (melted snow), and I heard that the same would happen in dry sand. But I suppose my feet would have gotten wet anyway after running through 5 cm of fresh snow for 1.5 hours.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, on the paved roads, back in the cite towards home, they behaved pretty well. The roads were wet, with slush-puppy substance on them, and the grip was excellent. The soles are a bit stiffer than my road-running shoes, but still comfortable enough to sustain for a longer period (and it is a good way to exercise the recoil in my calves).<\/p>\n

So, my conclusion so far is that I made the right choice, to find a balance between on- and off-road shoes. And I guess that I will use them quite a lot for training, when I first have to conquer the asphalt, before I reach the wilderness. But for sprint-orienteering<\/a>, they could be my favorite too. We’ll see. They’re a good excuse anyway to create some more elephant-trails<\/a>…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            I bought a new pair of shoes: the Inov-8 RocLite 285. For orienteering and for street-running. Not that the old ones were worn, but they didn’t fit all the terrains I use to cross. Most orienteering races, I run my pair of Inov-8 Oroc 340’s (346.6 kilometers on the … Continue reading New shoes!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,5,7,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-materiaal","category-verhaal","category-weglopen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgeo.nl\/o\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgeo.nl\/o\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgeo.nl\/o\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgeo.nl\/o\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgeo.nl\/o\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1569"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/jgeo.nl\/o\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4095,"href":"https:\/\/jgeo.nl\/o\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1569\/revisions\/4095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgeo.nl\/o\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgeo.nl\/o\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgeo.nl\/o\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgeo.nl\/o\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}