Runners
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@Nik I recently got some Saucony speed 3s and am really happy with them. I noticed a massive improvement on my speed when I moved over to them. I’d love to try some of the Vapor or alphafly to see what they do for me, but suspect I’m too much of a plodder for them to do much for me.
I’ve yet to get a running watch but might reward myself for completing the marathon. I want to maintain my running after I’ve completed it, and hope that a new gadget will keep me motivated.@AdamC thank you! It’s really encouraging when you see effort converted to something tangible. I’m going to attempt a 22 miler this weekend before tapering down, then we’ll see what I’m really made of
. I’m juvenile when it comes to calories burned - just see it as permission to gorge for the rest of the day -
@Nik I run the Vaporfly 2 and Alphafly 1 in races and for the key workouts. Tempted to go for the Vaporfly 3 but will wait for some reviews. I love the 2‘s and if they go on sale I will get another pair.
Speed days I run the Takumi Sen 8 or Saucony Speed 3. For easy and recovery days it depends on my mood
I have the 955 so won’t upgrade although I am a bit pissed that they just released the 965 after only 9 months or so… -
I work for a local running store in the DMV area and luckily, I have a great relationship with our Nike Rep. I got a pair of the Vaporfly 3s to test and honestly didn't feel much difference from the 2's. The new Endorphin Elite's are probably my favorite carbon plated shoe that I've ever had, but all thesuper shoes are pretty subjective. The new Garmin Forerunner line is interesting, I upgraded to a Fenix 7 a couple months ago, I considered getting an Epix as it is just the same watch but with an amoled screen. Ended up choosing the Fenix because the battery life was so much better. The amoled does look so much better, but I think I will always chose battery life, but that's just me.
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Tried out my District Vision kit, think it’ll be good for race day on 2 April in Paris
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I visited the Tracksmith London pop up on Saturday hoping they would have the grey 'Amateur' tee but apparently they are sold out everywhere. Will be cool when they have a permanent London shop, although I think DV's style is a bit more playful
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Have a great run! Paris for me tomorrow
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3:05 garmin time 3:07 chip time
3414/50000
Fun day
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Amazing work guys, incredible times. Should both be proud.
My more humble Marathon time was 4:04. If I’m honest, miles 18-24 were horrendous. My pace up to that point was between 8:15 and 8:30 per mile and I felt pretty good. At mile 18 something happened, my legs felt strong but I just had no “juice”. Pace went down to like 10 minutes per mild, sometimes slower.
Fucking knackered now though.
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Well done @Dmart and @jerkules for struggling through the challenges to finish.
I’ve had to quit a race before due to hypothermia and that shit is no joke. If you kept going and finished @Dmart thats a job really well done. There will always be another race to get better conditions and wear different kit to be able to have a good time. And @jerkules I agree it sounds like you might have needed more carbs and salt, but again if you had no juice and despite that still ran for four hours that is a huge achievement. With the injury and training issues to still finish is massive.
I am moving very slowly today and developed a runny nose yesterday so now time to see how recovery goes. We’re in Paris for the week so there may or not be multiple baguette traditions consumed daily. Might also check out Distance Running Shop, looks like it might be cool.
Hope your recovery goes well.
