Brooks Adrenaline GTS8 Review - RUN #1

Tonight I went out the door not really knowing how far I'd run.

I just banged out 10.11 miles.

It's these shoes. They're just what the doc ordered.

Run: 10.11 miles; mostly flat with just a few hills; paved roads or sidewalks the whole way.
Initial Reaction: The first few steps felt a bit heavy, but the Adrenalines have more control than I have used this summer. Even the Nike Trail Pegasus hasn't been that great of a stability shoe, considering the quick rate it broke down at.
400 Meters In: It didn't take long to find a rhythm, and to truly appreciate the lightness of this shoe.
Overall Run Experience: This is the best I've felt all summer. Even my "good" runs this summer could not compare to tonight's run. I did start to feel a bit tired at about a mile and a half, but I felt no worse at nine and a half. The shoes created a smooth ride the whole way. I easily convinced myself to add a loop with a nice hill to my typical eight mile run because I felt that darn good. The slight pain I normally start feeling on the inside of my right foot/ankle, especially in the Oberons, did not occur tonight. Well, I did start to feel a bit of a strain on the inside of my right ankle, but that was because my sock fell down in the last two miles and was rubbing the back of my heel and I started running funny. (There was blood...saweet!) I had a fair amount of get-up-and-go, even after sharp turns and hills, and at the end of my run I felt smooth and powerful, not clumsy and desperate like I have been lately.
Post-Run Feelings: My feet feel relatively good, though I do feel a little bit of tightness in my right heel (remnants of a bout with plantar fasciitis (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/plantar-fasciitis/DS00508). The real test will be tomorrow morning when I wake up. It's been typical for me to not be able to walk normally when I first wake up, or after sitting for a long period of time, not just because of heel pain, but due to achiness in my entire feet. My legs feel refreshed and like I could go out for another five.
What May Have Made the Shoes Seem Too Good to Be True:
1. Self-fulfilling prophecy - I expected these shoes to work magic.
2. I always feel my best running at night.
3. I took the past two days off.
What May Have Tainted Tonight's Running Experience:
1. I cross-trained late this afternoon and did some light leg lifting.
2. The venison burger I ate but an hour and a half earler

They already have lost that New Shoe Smell. (I apparently have powerful foot odor.)