Run- marina south - 9.4km plus nike shoe trial

After i heard from SGrunners forum that the upcoming RL run has the Nike most publicised airmax 360 up for trial . Immediately i jump into this oppourtunity to drop by for a test run.














Came in about 6pm and the shoe counter has been setup already. I asked for the shoe size 9.5 which was the only available pair that suits my foot. Fill up the form and ready to go. Runners starts streaming in after 6.15.. familiar faces like SV, IMD, Tekko, molly, Divey, ronnie, VRP (all bought new shoes.. came together with their boss) ..and dosen of new faces..While waiting for the run to start i mixed in some gatorade powder into the given mineral water. Preparing to drink it after the run. Another thing is i am good to report that i did not have to adjust my new sony headphone thru out the run, looks like the over the ear headphone is really the solution!

After the run i had my gatorade and it gave me a stomachache. Not sure why maybe i should not have drank it down in one shot. We had our warmdown before heading down to the sting ray shop for makan. Seems they have changed ownership, the noodle aren't as tasty as before.

This time the run was from boat quay to marina south. Well not my favourite route coz running thru the CBD with all the pollution isnt good for my breathing.

Short review of Nike Airmax 360
The Nike airmax 360, construction is rather simple, instead of having foam as the sole. It is subsituted with a block of air encased in a PVC and weighing in at 340gms. During the run i felt the cushioning was rather good as compared to my mizuno waverider. It has a bouncy feel to it liken to running on a large basketball. Ventilation wasn't well that good, you can noticablely see that there anit much of ventilation holes or meshed fabric around the shoe. Also the traction on the shoe was slippery on a wet surface such as semi smooth tiles, maybe its becoz its new.

Just a final word on the shoe is, try not to run in any trail route. You might puncture the pvc and that won't be nice. There is almost no protection at the center of the sole( the rest of the sole is covered with a layer of ABS rubber but not the center bit). Well i did enjoyed my run with it and extended my run to have a better feel of it. So If you are looking for a cushion shoe to run on a road terrain then this will be sufficient despite some flaws.

Distance : 9.4km
Timing : 47mins 22s
Pace : 5 mins/km
HR : 178-181


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