I got my spikes! I got my spikes!

I'm not a shoe fetish guy. For most of my life, I owned 2 pairs of shoes: one pair of running shoes and one pair of dress shoes. And I didn't run in the running shoes; I just wore them everywhere, summer, winter, snow, rain.

Well, one pair of running shoes doesn't cut it in the sprinting game.

First I had to get a pair of light trainers. Something to use for those 2-3 mile warm up runs (more about those another time). I got a pair of DS Trainer XII. They look like my other shoes, but weigh about 1/2 as much. The first time I ran in them, it felt like magic...

Until I tried sprinting.

Then I could feel how heavy they really are (probably only about 12 ounces!).

So, next, I got a pair of indoor training shoes -- actually some cross-country waffles. Specifically, Nike Zoom Waffle Racers. 7.5 ounces. Amazing.

But then I got my racing spikes. I've I thought they looked cool in the pictures, but the reality of these gold/green (metallic chartreuse, to be exact) Nike Powercats, with neon yellow laces and black trim and sole... at barely more than 6 ounces...

I'm in love.

I show them to everyone who enters my house (they all oooh and aaaah). I want to wear them all the time. I want to get a new wardrobe to match. I bemoan the fact that Ric Rojas's team colors are red and white (CLASH!).

Tonight is the first time I get to see how it feels to run in them.

Can't wait.