MRC LONGWY

In 2013 I was lucky enough to win a place on Operation Ultra as part of Women’s Running magazine, and as part of my prize I received two pairs of asics trainers. I fell in love. I rotated and looked after those beauties (well, Dan did the cleaning of them!) and they saw me right through to Christmas just gone. But by that point I knew I was desperate for another pair. The trainers I had received as part of my winnings were trail shoes, but also competing in a lot of road events I saw the benefits of having a pair of road shoes as well. I’d just never spent so much on a pair of trainers before. I was used to previous pairs costing me £19.99.

Luckily Dan recognised my fear of spending and knew how much better for me the proper running shoes had been, as well as how much longer they had lasted and on Christmas day I received a shoebox containing a brand new pair of asics gel lyte v trails in a size 10.5. (Ahem, yes, I have rather big feet and wear a size 9 shoe normally. No comment please!)

A few people had given me money for Christmas and put together I worked out that I could afford a new pair of road shoes. I tried a few on in store and fell in love with the red asics gel lyte iii. Two days later, they arrived on my doorstep and my feet were super happy.Imagine how excited I was to receive an email from SportsShoes last month asking if I would review a pair of their Asics trainers in return for getting to keep the pair. What does every runner always need? A supply of beautiful trainers! So erm, yes please!