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~Gordo~
Prince of Fatness
Not at it at all.
Lia's Daddy
I'll take a flat concrete sidewalk over a cambered asphalt street any day. There's more to it than just the hardness of the surface. Don't worry about it.
With a shoe between you and the surface, it makes no difference, they are the same to you.
I'm with you on that. I choose to run on the sidewalk (concrete) instead of the road (asphalt) in several places on one of my regular runs because of this.
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