This is my newest run-purchase. I decided to try these puppies out to help with recovery after long runs. It took me several months of going back and forward to decide if these would really help me and if it was worth spending the money. After watching the New York marathon a few weeks ago I decided to take the plunge. So far I have run 3.5 miles, an 8 miler, and on Saturday I used them in my 16.67 mile run. On Saturday afternoon I noticed a big difference in the fatigue in my legs, yes they were still tired but they were not sore nor did they feel the beating they took in that run. So I am very happy with my purchase. They are very tight to put on, but I felt like my calves held in place and were not bouncing around. And then even tell you which foot they go on. Great purchase. I also recently purchased an Xterra wetsuit during a promotion for $99. Tonight in South Texas it is possible that it will be about 55 degrees when I hit the outdoor slightly heated pool, so I will taking along the wetsuit to see how it swims. Hope to see you on the roads soon!
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I wore these all day after my marathon yesterday and I feel sure they made a difference in recovery. I am wondering if I should have tried wearing them for the marathon itself. I'm going to try them out on a few long runs before my Disney marathon January. I have a friend who swears by them for her long runs and she is very happy with them.
do you have the active or the recovery? I hear you can use the active for both, but you don't want to use the recovery while you are running.. not sure if that is true but you may want to find out if you only have the recovery ones. So how was San Antonio? I heard it was really hot.
I'll don't know about the socks but I'll check and let you know. I think they're exactly the ones from the ad picture. I didn't know there were different ones for active and recovery.
It did get warm, but I didn't think it was it was hot, especially compared to a lot of what we train in. It could partly be that I treated it as a training pace run and not a race pace run.
Those are the same socks as the picture you posted, but I can't see any markings as to recovery or active, but I am pretty sure I originally bought them with recovery in mind.
These look interesting. I'll have to keep my eye out for them. So they are Zoot recovery socks, right?
Yes they are made by Zoot. I have the active ones that you can run in. They also have soem that are for recovery only.
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