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Currently Recommended for Different Uses, If I had to Pick One Today for Each Use (May 2019): Long - New Balance 1080 v9 Tempo, Interval - Nike ZoomFly Flyknit Hills - Skechers Razor 3 Easy - Nike Vomero 14 All Around - New Balance Beacon Races - Vaporfly 4% Other Shoes Adidas Prime Parley  Reebok Sweet Road 2 Reebok Floatride Forever Energy Reebok Floatride Run Fast Shoes in consideration this months/last month Skechers GoRun 7 (returned) - Believed this would be the evolution of the Hyper foam beyond the Razor 3, but the upper fit is horrible.  Had to return the shoe.  Adidas Boston 7 (redundant) - Some reviewers believe Sonic RA and Reebok Floatride Run Fast are better shoes than the Boston 7.  Additionally, the Reebok Forever Energy is approx. the same weight and bounce, but more cushioning.  I have removed it from my list of shoes to consider. Salomon Sonic RA/ RA 2 - Similar shoe to Adidas Boston 7, and other lightweight, firm, racing-like shoes.

It has been 3 weeks since the Coastal Delaware Marathon.  I thought I could accelerate recovery, but that didn't happen.  Week 1 was bad from a soreness perspective.  In week 2, pain started in one calf muscle.  It felt like a cramp but not full-on pain.  This slowly resolved itself in week 3.  I am back to 15+ miles long and tempo runs at target marathon paces.  I am still at 2 off days a week so plan on getting back to normal training weeks starting next week (40-50 miles a week, 2 tempo/hill/internal workouts a week).  I have continued to reduce paces to target zone 2 heart rates for non-aggressive workouts.  Over the summer, this will be the approach to see if I can increase endurance at marathon race pace.  If I can maintain marathon pace of 8:15 minute miles from mile 20 to 26.2, based on  the Coastal Delaware Marathon, I can recover 4.5 minutes.  This would put me on track for the goal time of 3:30 minutes.

Most running shoes have removable insoles since everyone's feet are different.  The exception seems to be (1) inexpensive shoes -- to potentially reduce costs and (2) high-end lightweight racers -- to reduce weight.  I have been able to run in these shoes without needing my aftermarket insole but haven't run longer distances for fear of creating problems for my feet.  Today, I decided to take the insole out of my Razor 3.  I want to use these shoes for more distances beyond 10K and there is little arch support in the glued insole.  Slowly removing them was not too difficult, but I needed to take a screwdriver to the "glued" on foam that stayed in the shoe to make the interior flat.  This worked well and I am trying my different remaining aftermarket and OEM insoles.  Normal insoles seem to weight .5 to .6 oz.  The heaviest insole was an ortholite insole at 1 oz.  The removed insole weighed about .3 oz.  That said, I will likely do this adjustment to my Reebok Forever