Runners

[T4920]

Really pleased with myself this morning!

Ran religiously during the first year of the COVID lockdowns and got myself to a level of fitness I was genuinely proud of, but fell out of the habit for the past few years...

Postponed getting started again through fear of having to go through those awful first few months again, but finally threw myself back into it two weeks ago.

Today I got my 5k PB @ 22:18, feels good to be back in the game.

[Nik]

Great work

[T4920]

Half marathon PB on the books this morning, 1:51:45, marathon next stop!

[jerkules]

Good time @T4920 ! Love hitting a PB. Was it a race or under your own steam?

[T4920]

@jerkules just out on the streets, I've never actually ran a proper race. Ran for my sanity's sake during COVID, and got myself back into it 5/6 weeks ago...

Body seems to have taken to it well, and I'm breaking previous PBs with minimal effort. Kinda makes me want to take it seriously and follow a marathon training plan over the summer, my friends who's a serious runner reckons I can do one in 3:30 with commitment to the cause...

[jerkules]

Good for you man, sounds like it’s going well. A 3:30 marathon would be a serious achievement, only thing to do now is sign up for one and give it a shot.

I’m looking to sign up for another marathon soon, if my wife’ll let me . Now I know I can finish one, I want to try to beat my time and get the sub- 4hour I wanted. Funnily my PB half-marathon occurred at miles 3 to 16 in my actual marathon, with 1 hour 42 minutes. Goes to show how shit the tail end of the marathon went that I exceeded the 4 hour point

[Dmart]

Had a 10 mile race on a hilly course today. Finished in 1:14. Quite happy so far but it wasn’t an all out effort. Felt comfortably hard all the way.
Never did a 10mile race before so I had no idea how fast I should take it.

[Nik]

Good work 10 miles is a fun distance. There's an old 10 mile event here in Portsmouth called the Great South Run. I find 10 miles less all out than 10k and more like the half marathon.

[Dmart]

It is indeed, 10k are brutally hard, at least to me, because you run well faster than threshold.
Yesterday was tricky since the course had lots of cobblestone and a total of 200m elevation.
I like the distance, I took it as a good tempo run.

[goosehd]

Question for you guys: Do you have different shoes for different distances and races?

[Dmart]

@goosehd I don’t think I can count them anymore
Different shoes for different purposes. Easy/recovery runs, long runs, speed work, trail and race. For races I differentiate between races up to 10k and everything above. I don’t do track races, but the guys that do obviously have track shoes as well.

[Nik]

Yeah I’m a multi shoe runner. Nike Vaporfly 2 is my race shoe, Nike invincible 2 is my slow shoe, hoka speedgoat 5 is my trail shoe, and currently don’t have a fast training shoe, the Nike tempo next would do that but it is due a refresh. Actually tried on the streakfly today but wasn’t convinced.

[Dmart]

If you look for a great speed work, 5k/10k shoe, Adidas Takumi Sen, either 8 or 9 they are almost identical.
If you just want a good speed work shoe, Saucony endorphin speed 3 works great for me. Actually from easy over long to fast paces.

[goosehd]

Which leads me to another question: When you are racing do you have a pair that are relatively new (50-100 miles) or do you run with shoes that are completely broken in and you have trained in them for that kind of distance?

[Dmart]

I typically have one or two key sessions prior to a race in the shoes. I wear them for a couple of races or around 150miles and then they become my workout shoes (long runs with goal pace).

[Nik]

I only race in shoes that are broken in and I replace them when they feel dead. I keep track of mileage on strava.

[Dmart]

Just some pics from the race! We need IH singlets and split shorts, but preferably in a light denim

[Nik]

Good pictures looking strong

[T4920]

Thanks for the advice on the other thread @Nik

How do you typically pace the consumption of something like Clif Bloks? During a half marathon for example?

[Nik]

They come in a pack of six. I have one right before the race (having eaten breakfast a couple hours before), then one every 30 mins after that.