The Running Thread Vol 2

[Cybertronian]

johnwilliams77 said:

Goodness, plenty of runners hit over 2000 miles a year, that's a lot of shoes at those mileages!

Indeed!

I'm just finishing up my current marathon schedule and I've gone through 3 pairs of my long run shoes over the 5 months. Thankfully, I run in Nike Pegasus, which are pretty reasonably priced new, but I tend to bulk buy them when a sale is on (2 of the recent 3 pairs were bought last year, 40% off).

As my main hobby, I don't quibble too much as man maths means I'm getting fit, enjoying what I'm doing, and not needing to constantly pay out for a gym membership etc, though race fees more or less offsets the last point.

[The jiffle king]

I have put all my shoes on strava for the past year and about 350 miles, the shoes are starting to be very worn on the heel on the left shoe. They then have to become "recovery run" shoes for about 50-100 miles then they are relegated to "going to see the horse" shoes

99% of the time I wear Mizuno wave riders and usually have a pair which has done 10-40 miles for if I need them for a race... once above 40 miles, they become general running shoes.

I also have a pair of Wave Sayonaras which are my first attempt at a lighter race shoe and I've worn them for a couple of races in cluding a half last week. They are only on 50 miles so not sure how long they will last.

[johnwilliams77]

Cybertronian said:

Indeed!

I'm just finishing up my current marathon schedule and I've gone through 3 pairs of my long run shoes over the 5 months. Thankfully, I run in Nike Pegasus, which are pretty reasonably priced new, but I tend to bulk buy them when a sale is on (2 of the recent 3 pairs were bought last year, 40% off).

As my main hobby, I don't quibble too much as man maths means I'm getting fit, enjoying what I'm doing, and not needing to constantly pay out for a gym membership etc, though race fees more or less offsets the last point.

Race travel and hotels soon makes it a very near 500 quid weekend each time I have been away.

[tenohfive]

johnwilliams77 said:

Race travel and hotels soon makes it a very near 500 quid weekend each time I have been away.

Ouch. My last race total weekend cost (including accomodation, fuel, meals and race cost) was about £450. But £150 of that was the race, and the driving was about 1000 miles round trip so fuel costs were substantial. That was my years focus race though; most races I can drive to and from in a day (or I club together with others to save on driving and accomodation.)

That's not to say running is cheap. I shudder to think how much I've spent on my ultra-lightweight everything minimum kit list stuff, plus shoes for different terrains - but I take the simple view of, "f**k it, running makes me happy."

(And I make sure the wifes kit is every bit as good as my own. That helps.)

[Cybertronian]

johnwilliams77 said:

Race travel and hotels soon makes it a very near 500 quid weekend each time I have been away.

As tenohfive said above, to keep costs down, most of my races are either local, or I try and ensure I pick races that are at least driveable the morning of and don't require an overnight stay. Maybe two or three races a year are worthy of an overnight stay.

[anonymous-user]

I’ve not had an overnight stay for a race since I started running around 1979!
Think i’ll break my duck next year, will do a proper job & do a marathon in US.
Time to do some research..

[SpydieNut]

Smitters said:

Cybertronian said:

Smitters said:

Now trying to plan the autumn fun races, winter plans and my long term plan for Comrades and when I need to commit to it.

Wow. Good luck with Comrades! Will next year be the up or down route?

Aiming for 2020, my 40th year. Long term plan for both money and training. My best trail 50 mile is 11.20 odd, so I should be capable but the road, hills, heat, well, they add up. Hence looong term plan.

Very nice - it's an awesome race

Unbelievable atmosphere from the pre-race 'Expo' and registration, to the support from other runners and spectators (virtually the whole race is lined with people and some stand out all day cheering the runners on) and the race itself. When you think back to the start, I guarantee you'll get goosebumps.

Put the training in (and more hill work than you ever imagine) - you'll be ok. It should be a down run in 2020 - you'll not walk down stairs naturally, or pain free, for some days afterwards

But enjoy - it is spectacular

Edited by SpydieNut on Thursday 28th September 18:48

[The jiffle king]

Jimboka said:

I’ve not had an overnight stay for a race since I started running around 1979!
Think i’ll break my duck next year, will do a proper job & do a marathon in US.
Time to do some research..

Shout if I can help. Until 2 weeks ago I lived in the US and know a lot of marathon runners. Some I know not to recommend e.g. Key West which is always 35C

If you have any possibles let me know

[egor110]

Cybertronian said:

johnwilliams77 said:

Race travel and hotels soon makes it a very near 500 quid weekend each time I have been away.

As tenohfive said above, to keep costs down, most of my races are either local, or I try and ensure I pick races that are at least driveable the morning of and don't require an overnight stay. Maybe two or three races a year are worthy of an overnight stay.

I quite often stay the night before a race , think i paid £80 for a hotel in bristol and around £40 for air bnb's for the grizzly , ham-lyme ultra and city to sea ultra .

Balls to getting up early

[bigandclever]

Jimboka said:

I’ve not had an overnight stay for a race since I started running around 1979!
Think i’ll break my duck next year, will do a proper job & do a marathon in US.
Time to do some research..

Big sur international marathon is my favourite US one by, er, miles

[bigandclever]

johnwilliams77 said:

Race travel and hotels soon makes it a very near 500 quid weekend each time I have been away.

The trick is to do ironman type distances for a couple of seasons, everything else then looks positively frugal in comparison.

[anonymous-user]

The jiffle king said:

Jimboka said:

I’ve not had an overnight stay for a race since I started running around 1979!
Think i’ll break my duck next year, will do a proper job & do a marathon in US.
Time to do some research..

Shout if I can help. Until 2 weeks ago I lived in the US and know a lot of marathon runners. Some I know not to recommend e.g. Key West which is always 35C

If you have any possibles let me know

Always fancied Boston, but too late for 2018 it seems. Will aim for the year after..

[RizzoTheRat]

johnwilliams77 said:

Race travel and hotels soon makes it a very near 500 quid weekend each time I have been away.

My wife got me in to running so if we're both going it's a weekend away and the costs don't seem to bad. It does mean we tend to pick holiday destinations by whether or not they have a parkrun though, Paris and Bordeaux earlier in the year and Copenhagen in a few weeks

[The jiffle king]

Jimboka said:

Always fancied Boston, but too late for 2018 it seems. Will aim for the year after..

Yes, 2019 Boston is the only option now and I would aim for 4-5 minutes inside the qualifying time as it usually is over subscribed so you need to be faster.

Phoenix is a good marathon, Calloway gardens is nice, Atlanta is very hilly (Think 1500ft of elevation), MIssissippi was amazing last December and super flat and run along the coast road on a point to point. I did the half and gained about 34 ft in the whole race.

And there is the Grand Canyon marathon.... pretty hilly

[Cybertronian]

Jimboka said:

Always fancied Boston, but too late for 2018 it seems. Will aim for the year after..

I saw a report last night that claimed runners for 2018 had to be typically 3 minutes and 23 seconds faster than the Boston Qualifying time to be be in with a chance. 2017 needed 2 minutes and 9 seconds or faster to be eligible, and 2015 was just 1 minute and 2 seconds or faster!

[anonymous-user]

Cybertronian said:

Jimboka said:

Always fancied Boston, but too late for 2018 it seems. Will aim for the year after..

I saw a report last night that claimed runners for 2018 had to be typically 3 minutes and 23 seconds faster than the Boston Qualifying time to be be in with a chance. 2017 needed 2 minutes and 9 seconds or faster to be eligible, and 2015 was just 1 minute and 2 seconds or faster!

I saw that too!
I’d get in comfortably on recent time, seems easier for the older age groups, 55-60 in my case.
I’ll need to check out the qualifying window for 2019...

Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 29th September 17:27

[Mothersruin]

So, my first proper run since the half marathon last weekend.

I was pretty tired after that and this week just had a very gentle walk/jog (the wife's first C25K session!) on Tuesday, an unplanned jaunt up Pen Y Fan on Wednesday and I thought I'd have a nice stretch out around a 4 mile loop from home. Set off with no other expectations other than to just let the legs turn over at their own rate and take it easy.

Just PBd everything up to and including 5k (and the loop)!

WTF!

I felt great! Tons of energy and a really nice flow. Breathing and heart rate stayed really low until I hit the inclines at the 3km mark - even then I still felt good. Then it was uphill pretty much but just powered up it.

Obviously all relative compared to many of you guys, but that just blew my mind - actually felt like a proper runner for a bit

[KTF]

For those wanting to know if they have a London place, apparently if you log in to the realbuzz registrations site and it shows a bib number then you have a place.

https://www.realbuzzregistrations.com/

I dont know anyone who has a place yet to confirm is this is actually true or not though

[AbzST64]

KTF said:

For those wanting to know if they have a London place, apparently if you log in to the realbuzz registrations site and it shows a bib number then you have a place.

https://www.realbuzzregistrations.com/

I dont know anyone who has a place yet to confirm is this is actually true or not though

Had a look under my entry...no sign of a bib number anywhere so assuming it's a no! Ah well that's my 6th year entering and wont do it again...wasn't going to do it this year but though ah one last go!

Looks like it'll have to be Edinburgh for me to get my GFA for next year, hoping to get into Boston so will be looking at a 3hr time! Joys...!

[Smitters]

Same - enter year after year, but to no avail. Ah well. Will wait for official confirmation, but such is life. Plenty of other races, but I'd like to have a go one day.