I have a Bonati - love it. Unless specific requirements forces your hand, try and ride it out until a new version comes out... and it's about this time of year I bought mine, maybe a bit later. They tend to then want to get rid of the old one. Fortunately they had my size... (And I actually preferred the colour to the then new one!)
We were trail running once and I was wearing my Superiors - a first timer in the group also wearing Altra said her brother refers to them as the crocs of running! That says it all... they are just comfortable. I suppose it's not cool to say I am wearing my Altra Instincts (which is past their running days) at the office currently!
Sorry to hear, tjommies... take it easy and recover well. And know you're not alone. Also must've done something weird on my run Saturday. Sat afternoon started feeling stiffness in my one foot, but no worries, just a little tweakish feeling. Sunday morning was rainy and the foot was a bit worse, but towards evening it was quite manageable - walked quite a bit to try and get it working. Went for a run this morning and about a k in, it started giving notice. And by now it's is bleating like a wounded sheep, with this morning's pills having worn off. I'll definitely lay off running for a couple of days before the weekend's trailrun.
F5 ONLY uses your VO2Max values, nothing else. Not age, not experience, not all the other training data they have gathered. JUST VO2Max. I have the same predicted time than a 20-year-old who happens to have the same VO2Max as mine. About as accurate as saying I'm a musician based on the fact that I run with an ipod... (And this is not intended to get that debate started again!)
...and in the light of getting it horribly wrong - when in that level of trouble, we mostly revert to the hope (belief, at that stage!) that there's beer at the end.
I went through a couple of pairs of Altras already and no issues wrt suppliers? The suppliers aren't an issue, I even spoke to them directly and got very prompt and good feedback. Biggest problem is finding a shop that actually stocks them - but we're a bit more fortunate in Stellies with that. ​DJuice, similarly I have a hard time believing that HOKA has no supplier in SA any more. If you want to, I can find out from somebody I know - he's a brand ambassador for HOKA last time we spoke. And if I look at RUN store feeds, it very often features HOKA products.
Candz, it was a very lekker run! Well organized, except I do not think they expected the numbers - not enough portapotties by far! We were early, so no issues. But the people were still in a looong queue (decision time!) when the race was about to start. Only other mild issue was parking - having to cross the route right before the finish to get out. Run itself was great! Beautiful for a road run! Quite chilly but we expected to warm up quickly - and Red Hill provided this. Going up was fun and chatting pace - but my buddy is an out and out road runner. The moment it flattened out and/or we got the downhill, he was klapping it. So much fun to run with somebody for a change. We went through dips at different times - and then the other one was feeling strong and it was just gritting it and keeping up. So despite the discussion in the car being "just cruising for a sub-3", I told him at that uphill drag (the one you come flying down in Argus time in reverse direction, between the trees) that if this was his idea of cruising I picked the wrong day for a cruise. Big fun, first long run after Oceans, done. Feeling the legs a little this morning.
I am currently blessed with a lovely thick head. Head cold/sinus/allergy/whatever... And sore-ish throat to go. Early morning runs doesn't help much, but... pffff... Running a 30 with a buddy on Sunday, first long run I can remember since Oceans! He dragged me into it - Somewhere in Simons Town, incl Red hill. Will be a first for me, so looking forward to it. Except for the early rise to get there from Paarl!
That's weird... I also run in WC and have been using Saucony Peregrines (old 5's!) for over 850 k's now. Still going strong and I'm perfectly happy with them. Used my 8's for the first time the weekend and they felt just as awesome. Not sure what the diffs are between Peregrine and Xodus.
Sorry, but I had a jol, stopped everywhere. There were unadvertised wine at the second stop as well... and banana bread. Trust me, I had some. It was good. Also coke, water, powerade, jelly sweets, peanuts & raisins, fruit, squirt... what more is required? Oh, and chocolate at (at least) one point.
I may not be the most experienced runner and might get shot for this advise. But what I do is to run out and back on the same physical side of the road. That way I counter the camber since your one hip drops on going out, the other on return. Welcome to the club!
I'm not on this bus. You have to be able to run far to race far. And you can't race fast without ever having run fast. But you can't just do one thing/pace/terrain.
For me about 20s... but haven't run a 5k in anger in ages. That 5k was part of a half marathon (ironically not my best half) dating back more than a year.
Did Bastille a couple of years ago - awesome race! Just the shorter one though... 35? The pre-race drinks were essential! Was in the same valley this weekend on a much shorter run - and pretty glad I did not have to do river crossings on Sat morning!
Mudsimus, I love my Peregrines. Still wringing last k's out of my 5's and just got the 8's. (Thanks yellow ticket and shoe booster respectively!) But then, Saucony is one of the brands that seems to make my feet smile. I started off in the Sense Pro's, went well for a while, but they were too narrow and I used them on short runs only in the end.
I only saw one pair of other runners as I was returning from my run - bugger that was... "fresh". Think I could have had a cold water shower and it would have felt warm. Not in Johies, but inbetween the snowy mountain tops in the cape. (Haha shaper, I also ran in shorts!)
Same story as Carpet. I used to have Kinvara's. The salesman was dumbfounded when I bought my Freedom's and told him I got 800-odd k's (from memory) on the Kinvaras. Most he's ever heard of was 600. (Admittedly the last was just wringing the life out of it on short mileage-eating runs!) I am combining Freedom (freakin' lovely shoe!) with NB Fresh Foam Zante (which I use more for day-to-day training now). I still have to take any of them on any longer than 30 k run, so do not know whether they'll be suitable for something like Oceans (or even a marathon). Used to run marathon+ distances in Saucony Triumph ISO's. But they are now... what's a polite term for moertoe?!... worthy of being fishing shoes for somebody who fishes. Zante's was an interesting story. Bought the original version at yellow ticket for a ridiculous price. Thought it was worth the risk. And just got myself a pair of V4 on the NB sale beacause I liked them so much. Have not taken the V4 for an outing yet, but they feel like slippers! Take note, these comments come from a non-pro gently jogging along and not breaking any land speed or distance records!
