Yeah it's amazing. I used to run is Asics but they started giving me blisters due to the seams in the shoes. Now I run in Nike Lunarglide 4s with dual layer anti-blister socks and it's made a massive difference. My feet used to cry after about 2-3km but now I never even notice them.
I'm good with blisters so far, but again I haven't ran more than 5k. Never get blisters playing sports, only wearing dress shoes does it ever happen and 99% of the time only at a wedding or club (dancing does it, obviously). I put some desenex powder into my socks before I run and it's worked since i was a teen.
Hilariously, however, just over a month ago at the beach I burned the bottom of the middle of both my feet while playing volleyball. Not like sunburn, like a first degree burn or something from the hot sand. Each foot developed a massive blister and I could barely walk at all. I couldn't run for around 10 days after that; hell walking without shoes on was a chore in itself. I'd gotten sunburned on the top of my feet before, but that had never happened to me and I've been at the beach hundreds of times. I still have discoloration from it, I wonder if it is a permanent scar.
Part of it is mental but you also build up your leg strength & endurance as well which makes a difference.
Good luck with it, once you can do 5-7km regularly the longer distances are just mentally challenging, not physically.
It's definitely mental. I just did a run, 2 miles non-stop, 2 halves to 5k. Fuck, it was brutal. I don't know if it was the heat, running back to back days, running too soon after eating or what but I felt like shit almost the entire time. yesterday felt so good and accomplished, today I had to mentally push myself through it. I originally quit after the first 1/2 mile stretch but changed my mind and the final 1/2 actually felt good.
When I made my first post last night I thought for sure I'd do a 5k on Sunday. Now, not so sure. Running regimen is like being bipolar.
I also think Nike+ is shortchanging my runs because I go through a lot of dead end turnabouts. Not by some huge number of course, but enough to matter pace-wise. I think I will go to a park on Sunday where I know the exact distance a loop makes. I hope I'm right cuz that means my pace is a lot better. It also will mean my 1 mile time challenge was way off which I suspected at the time.
They weren't that terrible until they become big.
To each their own, but I've always felt every song of theirs sounds the same. Learn a 3rd chord, please.
