100 mile pair or the new ones

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Hills of Death (HOD) Mar 2016 5:46pm, 31 Mar 2016 32,011 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) I love my Lunar Tempo I find these great for halfs and above. Hopefully fingers crossed I'll be ok to run Manchester Marathon Sunday week. Now the question is do I run in the worn in pair (130 miles) or the brand new pair I can put about (20 miles on) hmmmm
FenlandRunner Mar 2016 6:53pm, 31 Mar 2016 8,078 posts	0 FenlandRunner Ran a 50k PB last week in box fresh shoes
Dvorak Mar 2016 7:20pm, 31 Mar 2016 11,592 posts	0 Dvorak The old pair. 130 miles and they shouldn't have much wear, surely? I know people who have run good races in box fresh shoes (usually like you, a model they wore already), but its a risk and why take it? A few miles into a marathon would be a really bad time to find out you had got it wrong
FenlandRunner Mar 2016 7:28pm, 31 Mar 2016 8,081 posts	0 FenlandRunner To my (very) recent cost (as in yesterday), I think terrain is important in the decision making process. I take it that the Manchester Marathon is boring tarmac, in my experience there is little to go wrong with wearing box-fresh of a make/model you have experience. Off-road it is a totally different ball-game.
Hills of Death (HOD) Mar 2016 8:24pm, 31 Mar 2016 32,013 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) On saying that the 130 mile pair when new caused my calf to cramp (or at least accessory to it) during ELY 10k