more fun with wings

i met up with mr.k this morning for a zero dark thirty trail run in el moro.  those 5am starts really make for some groggy mornings.  i forgot food this morning.  good thing i packed my socks and underwear last night.

i thought i'd take the salomon xt wings out for another spin and see how they did on a shorter run.  again, they held up to the initial review i gave them after saturday's 18 miler on the pct.  they were solid on the steep downhils, no heel slip and great footing on the climbs. 

we ran from the ridge park access gate and down to the laguna coast wilderness center.  the return features a 1.5mi climb that has some pretty steep sections on it.  mr.k and i were feeling frisky this morning and we both ended up pushing pretty hard up the climb.  we also hammered the return back to the cars and i was pleased with how well the shoes responded when we switched over into high gear;  light enough for quick turnover and aggressive enough tread to handle the loose trail surface.

when we finished up the run.  mr.k was joking around about the colour of the shoes and how coordinated it made me.  i noticed that my garmin was red and so was my car.  i like how thoughtful salomon was in ensuring that the shoes matched everything else i own.

[quick aside, the above picture was taken with the nokia n82 and immediately uploaded to my flickr account.  super cool feature.  and, no, dmitri, it's a one at a time upload thing.  no batch uploads and no queuing.]

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