Planning to do a marathon in 10 days. I train in Asics 2130's. Wanted to get something lighter for the marathon, as I am hoping to get a Boston Qualifying time, but I'll really need to run a fast race for me to make it. Ordered the Asics DS Trainer and I realized when it showed up on my door that one of the ways they made it lighter was by making the sizing smaller. Sent those back and got a bigger size, and they arrived yesterday. Weight of one shoe on my scale is only 1.25 ounces lighter than my 2130 - my size 11 2310 weighs 13 oz, and the DS Trainer in 11.5 is 11.75 oz.
So I need to decide if I will stick with my training shoes for the race, or try the DS Trainers. I am planning a 10 mile run tomorrow so I was originally planning to try the DS Trainer for that run. But now I'm thinking that it is risky to switch to an unknown (for me) shoe this close to a race for only 1.25 oz per shoe weight savings. Any thoughts? Thanks.
So I need to decide if I will stick with my training shoes for the race, or try the DS Trainers. I am planning a 10 mile run tomorrow so I was originally planning to try the DS Trainer for that run. But now I'm thinking that it is risky to switch to an unknown (for me) shoe this close to a race for only 1.25 oz per shoe weight savings. Any thoughts? Thanks.