Most of my life, I have run in Asics shoes. In between I have tried a few other brands like Merrell, Reebok etc. None of them suited me much. The last experiment with ON was worse. I was getting hurt regularly. Switched back to Asics again. The run today felt lot more natural. I think my feet have gotten used to the gel-based soles.

Contrast this with 2015. Every month used to have at least 15 of these runs. And the speed has dramatically dropped too. Today took nearly 70 minutes.

Most of the time I could use the asphalt since the roads were empty. Other times, I had to jump on to the concrete.