On Sunday, May 14th, I went back to the store where I bought my Mizunos to return them. When I asked if they sold the Brooks Pure Flow, the sales guy took me right over to a rack called, “Lightweight Running” and grabbed a black and blue pair off the shelf. My first impression of the black (with blue trim) model was mediocre at best. I really thought that the neon green ones Carlos had me try out were pretty snazzy. I told him that I needed a size 12, but asked if they had any other color combinations. He said that he’d look for the 12, but definitely didn’t have any other colors. Bummer, but at this point, my main concern was getting a pair of shoes that fit great and allowed me to run well, not necessarily the color. After a few minutes, the dude comes back out and tells me that they don’t have any in my size at all, so he leads me over to the in-store computer that has access to their website. He tells me that I would have more color options if I ordered it from their main warehouse too. The first pair to pop up on the screen was a super cool orange and grey that mirrored our team colors. “I’ll take those!” I said. After he informed me that those were women’s, my enthusiasm took another hit. After he finally pulled up the men’s models, I told him that I’d take those sweet neon yellow ones after all. He clicks on them only to find out that they don’t have any either. Wow, another blow. The next best color was neon blue, so I settled for those. He took down the necessary info and walked me over to the register to complete the process with a nice young lady behind the counter. After processing my return, we focused on my new neon blue Pure Flow purchase. She entered everything correctly and got it all set up for purchase when she informed me that they were back ordered until June 1st. Well, that wasn’t going to work as I needed ‘em now. BOOM! Yet another blow!!! Ultimately, I had to settle for the original black with blue trimmed model that I originally saw. After she rung me up, I realized that these shoes were about $40 cheaper than the Mizunos, so my enthusiasm shot back up pretty quickly.
They finally arrived at my house just 3 short days later. I quickly put ‘em on and headed to the YMCA for a treadmill workout. After a 30 min run, I was cautiously optimistic. I say cautious because I was also optimistic about those Nikes Lunar Elites too. At any rate, they felt light, fast, and didn’t give me any kind of problems. Granted, it was only 30 minutes, but still. Since then, I’ve put four more runs in for a total of almost 23 miles. I’ve been on the black top, the sidewalk, and on trails too. I’m happy to report that the shoes have performed great thus far. Brooks website says that they weigh in at a scant 8.7oz (again, I have no idea what size shoe that weight is for).
The color is growing on me, but I really need to get some black socks as my white ones just aren't cutting it with these:
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