Comments on: Kona Diaries 2010 – Day 10 – The Final Session

By: russ

russ — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:54:43 +0000

Cheers Scott,

I’ll drop you a mail after the race. I’ve been impressed with kinesio taping so far – if it gets me back running well I’m a convert.

Russ

By: Scott@rocktape.com

Scott@rocktape.com — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:50:03 +0000

Hopefully tape works for you! When you’re done crushing Kona, shoot me an email (scott@rocktape.com) with your address and I’ll get some free ROCKTAPE out to you to try. You’ll like how it will stick to you for a whole IM! Good luck!!!! Scott

By: russ

russ — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:14:36 +0000

David –

Well common advice is don’t and I know that if someone asked me I’d be cautious in telling them to try anything new on race day. On the other hand I’ve never had a problem with any race shoe before except in one instance when it obviously didn’t fit.

The K-Swiss look great, but it’s the feel of them – very responsive and bouncy. Not just the new shoe factor either. We’ll see I found today’s run very positive – 4K at race pace and they felt great.

The Spidertech stuff seems to work too – no calf issues. I’d be happy with that on race day so I’ll be getting it reapplied Friday. Of course when you try new shoes, spidertech tape and are having daily massages and treatment it’s hard to say what’s making the difference.

Russ

By: David Rowe

David Rowe — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:18:26 +0000

Surely you can’t switch brand to new shoes for race day? Surely you need a few (30-80) miles in them before race day. Much that they K-Swiss look lovely, I’d be very very tempted to save them for post-race.

Hope the Spidertech tape does wonders, placebo or not.