FWIW if you can slow down and handle the increased pressure drop you might try a valved n95 for smoke days, there's a lot of cumulative damage you get from repeated PM10 and PM2.5 inhalation.
My coach has us adjust. Colorado seems to be in the thick of things when there are wildfires in Canada, the PNW, SoCal and Arizona. Today is very hazy and I have exercise induced asthma. For now I’m pushing my run to tomorrow to see if the air quality improves.
Did they make changes to every shoe they sell? Their Glycerins were my first marathon shoe in 2019 and at some point they made a change that resulted in me needing to go up TWO sizes (i made the mistake of only going up one and just suffered through it) and the heel was higher and causing me problems there. I was really bummed but as a result I switched to Hoka, which might be better for me.
Yeah and they keep changing it Year to year
Every single year, the toe box has gotten smaller. I didn't need to switch until last year. With the Ghost 15 I had to go up 2 sizes and they're still too narrow compared to the Brooks I wore as recently as two years ago.
Try the wides, I had to swap into wide shoes because of this exact issue.
Thankfully, we don’t get a lot of smoky days here, so it’s easy enough to rearrange the schedule. I could never run in a mask. And if it’s going to be a prolonged issue, there’s an indoor track that could use, but it would have to be an emergency, because it’s 8 loops/mile, which could get really tedious on a 10 mile day
Much better weather for that one this year than last—it was freezing when I did the 10 Miler. I decided not to run it this year because there wasn’t much of a brunch selection left by the time the slow 10 Milers finished, and it’s a bit of a hassle for me to get there.
And not necessarily for the better.
I generally run in the mornings. If I wait until later in the day, I won't get to it or it will be a struggle to get it in. In the mornings, I can get my run in before any scheduling items get in the way.
During the work week, I like to weight train in the morning when I'm usually at my community fitness center by myself. That way, I don't have to fight over the one bench and the dumbbells that I want to use. Otherwise, it's hit or miss if I go to lift after work. Hence, I run around the same time as you between 6 and 6:30 pm. Likewise, I try to get out early on the weekends to avoid the South Florida sun.
. Now that I've joined a couple of run groups, runs are at 6pm, and right now we've missed a few because we're in a cycle of constant thunderstorms in the afternoon. If we can get the run done when it's just raining, we try to.
