Marching Out In New Running Shoes

The last weekend of March snuck up on me—how is it almost April?? While our March weather continued to be fickle, I invested in spring running by getting new running shoes!

First run in my new Asics!

New Running Shoes

I went to my local running store and tried on a few different models, but the updated version of my current pair felt the best. I came close to getting Hokas but the plastic plate providing reinforcement around the lace holes on the top of the shoe bothered me—it’s crazy how tiny design features can have such a big impact! I also got new shoes for treadmill running—I haven’t worn New Balance in a while but so far, so good.

The colors are pretty bland, but I like the neon accents.

In other fitness gear news, Peloton and Garmin are finally communicating with each other, which means I can push my Peloton workouts to Garmin.

I’ve learned that if I use my Garmin to track a Peloton class, it gets counted twice. I’ve decided to keep the original Garmin data for runs, and keep the Peloton data for rides—or not use my Garmin during a Peloton cycling class at all. I like that Garmin lists my workouts in the order taken from top-to-bottom, but I wish it included more information on the specific class, especially which date it was recorded.

Weekly Run Down

Despite having new running shoes, I didn’t do much running this week. I did hit my 900th Peloton ride—and scheduled my Saturday morning around that instead of taking Scooby out for a run. Also, today marks my 2100th daily Peloton streak!

Sunday I started with a 30 min full body strength workout with Jess Sims and then took a 30 min climb ride with CDE. Some climb rides have intervals with breaks in between, but this one was one long climb! 🥵

Monday I was eager to try out my new treadmill running shoes and took a 30 min treadmill class with Robin (12/20/2025 intervals). It had a good format so I bookmarked it to do again.

Tuesday I finally took the Jess Sims upper body class I had too much DOMS to face last week and it was a doozy! I paired that with CDE’s St. Patrick’s Day ride—she always has a great Irish playlist. 

The second walk was later in the day!

Wednesday I finally tried my new outdoor running shoes—see the top photo above. I was working from home and thought waiting until 6 am to head out would give me some daylight, but most of my run was in the dark until the last mile or so.

Thursday I took Hannah F’s new PowerZone endurance ride. You’d think 6 min at level 3 wouldn’t be too hard, but it added up. She mixed up the efforts with different cadence/resistance combinations targeting the same output—you can see where my cadence and resistance sort of mirror each other.

Friday I was low on energy after working late and then staying up late to wind down from working late, so I let myself sleep in before squeezing in a short workout. Jess’s Flash 15s are perfect when you are short on time and need a boost. After that I hopped on my tread for a hike with Jon—walking at 6% incline.

Saturday I was torn between going for a run and doing my 900th ride in Hannah’s live class at 8:00 am. After hitting the snooze button one too many times, the 8:00 am ride won out. I warmed up with RK’s new 15 min core class—she has you use a yoga block to help engage pelvic floor muscles and make sure you use your core and not your hip flexors doing dead bugs, etc.

I don’t usually choose Hannah’s R&B rides figuring the music will be too slow, but I should  have known that her programming would be spot-on.

A huge thank you to Deborah and Kim for hosting the Weekly Run Down link up.

I can’t believe this just about wraps up March! I hope April brings more time in my new running shoes than rain showers.