5.6 miles in 45 minutes, completed.  My last run of the year.  It was a good ride.

 

My family had three german shepherds while I was a yute; Duke, Queeny and another Duke. I would like to have another someday, they are inherently intelligent.

 

Oh, and happy fucked up running week. I am celebrating it as well. lol

German shepherds are the best.  I have a 9.5 year old female shepherd named Mayzie who I got at 8 weeks old. So this new guy, Bruno is my second.

 

I still have 2 unopened pairs of the 1s. Hopefully I won't get injured or lazy and will grab some 2s on discount near the end of 2015.

The colors on the male 2s are awesome.  I'm buying that black and red.  Hoping to race a marathon in them in 2015.

 

Interesting, all my base layers are synthetic, but often though about getting a wool one, since wool is supposed to keep you warm even when wet. What don't you like about it? The new one you got - is that sort of a waffley weave? I have one like that, I do like it & think it keeps me a bit warmer than normal tech shirt material. Or I imagine it does anyway.

 

For gloves - I wear standard running gloves, but when cold enough I put my Sugoi Wind Mitts on top. Usually after a few miles I take them off, but at the start of a run the double layer is key.

When wool gets wet, it gets heavy. Not so heavy that it bugs me, but heavy because it seems to be full of water. Maybe I'll appreciate my merinos shirt more once I try the other one, but when it's really cold, and the wool is all wet, I'm not sure about the keeps you warm even when wet part. I'm thinking synthetic will do a better job. I'll see. If I prefer merinos, well I have one!
The does not stink part is true. It does not stink of sweat, but I think it smells a bit like a wet animal when wet.

To me it's not as comfy as synthetic or cotton. It does not itch like normal wool, but there's a little something, especially when I wear it a second or third day in a row without washing it. Maybe that's gross, but I only own one of those, and when I run every day like nowadays, I'm not going to do laundry every day. Since it doesn' stink, I put it on for two  and sometimes three days before washing. But thenit's not as comfortable.

I paid like over 100$ for the merinos base layer. I'm thinking it will be a great base layer for outdoor activities other than running. The brand is Icebraker. Don't know if they're good or not.

I have two pairs of smartwool socks, and I love those. That's what I run with all winter long.

Icebreaker is a good brand.   I've never had my wool feel "wet" - in fact, I find it wicks just as good as the synthetics.  Maybe you just sweat weird lol

I haven't but I want to!

 

4 miles to and from Pilates.  Now off to party at our friend's house.

Would that be Pitbull's party at the Thompson Hotel?

Sure. They're barely thicker than my cheap liner gloves (probably worth less than $2), but they have all these features like gore windstopper and the like. I might have made quite a bad move ($85, yikes), but all the running gloves they had at the store looked thin and light also, and they only had them in S, M, L and XL. The pair I liked, the XL were a bit too tight on my hands.  So I switched to the skiing rack and I found these. It was a christmas present I spent on a shirt and gloves instead of a pair of shoes.

I spent $40 on a pair of wind blocker gloves online once and they turned out to be completely useless. Since then I have to have them in my hands before I will even consider buying them.