Moon shoes and blisters

I'm currently in Brisbane for work and decided to buy a new pair of running shoes the night before I jumped on the plane. I usually wear a particular shoe made by Mizuno, but when I dropped in to see my shoe guru Trent, he didn't have any in my size. So, time for me to make a choice - continue with my already long dead Mizuno shoes and wait until Trent got my size in, or try something else.

I really wanted some new runners and after a discussion with Trent, I tried on a brand of runners I haven't heard of before. (They're called Karhu and made in Finland). They were like no runners I've ever seen before, but they felt so comfortable and cushiony - however they look something like the moon shoes that Neil Armstrong would have worn when taking his famous walk. They're kind of puffy and large looking, with gaudy bright yellow detailing (photo to follow) - but they just felt so cushiony.

Decision time! I decided to buy the Karhu's after a quick trial run and put them in the suitcase for my Brisbane trip.

First run with the new shoes and they felt great (did I mention that they feel soft and cushiony?) - until I'd been running for about 30 minutes. I arrived at my turnaround point and my feet were burning. Decision time: Do I take the soft option and walk home, or run home and "feel the burn". I decided to try running home and after a couple of short pain breaks, a bit of swearing and a lot of teeth clenching, I made it back to my hotel.

They might come good but two 60 minute runs later I'm sporting blisters half the size of my feet and spending ten minutes before I run applying tons of elastoplast. Time for me to learn from one of my own lessons - stick with what you know works for you. I'm pretty certain that my next new pair of runners will be sporting a Mizuno logo.

There's nothing wrong with the moon shoes, I'm just not sure that they're the shoes for me.