Hey everyone you're watching another episode of up-tempo talks or listening to it depends on the format but I'm coach Roy Moynihan and I'm coach Dylan Bellis.

Yeah, thanks for tuning in and we got a good episode another episode of why do runners do that first question I guess I'll toss this one to you.

Why do a lot of runners wear race flats and workouts?

And I want to add on to this because the hot shoe in the past years the vapor fly.

Obviously this retails at nearly $300.

So it's a big investment to use this beyond racing.

I know some runners, we've talked about

athletes that even wear it as an everyday trainer now. So what's the idea behind

runners doing this and not saving the shoe for racing.

Sure.

So I think there's a few reasons

and I can obviously speak from experience with this.

I personally like to go with a lighter shoe so that can get a better feel for the workout, the effort, the pace.

A lot of times if I'm running in my trainer, which I'm usually wearing like a heavier model shoe.

I've gone through the hocas, like bigger hokey shoes and like the more cushioned

brook shoes as well. I like to have something that I can transition between my easy runs and

a workout so that I can feel good, run a little bit faster and just have a nice response off the road.

A lot of times if I was to work out and just my everyday trainers, it's a bit clunky, you don't feel as efficient I certainly don't I'm not able to run as fast.

So for myself personally I like to have a rotation of lighter shoes that I can switch into so that I can do those workouts during the week.

Agreed and it sounds like you're kind of touching on the mental aspect. I think just mentally it really

It's almost like you're flipping a switch even just going from the

warm up for your workout when you put on that lighter shoe you usually wear in races it almost

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