The Running Thread Vol 2
Discussion
Jimboka said:
S1KRR said:
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All other Nike runners in "Mango" Next%'s (which have pretty much sold out after being launched this morning
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I thought that the ‘pros’ could only run in shoes available to Joe Public for a certain period. A few months. Maybe that only applies to Olympics/Records etc ?All other Nike runners in "Mango" Next%'s (which have pretty much sold out after being launched this morning
)Edited by S1KRR on Sunday 4th October 16:26
https://www.worldathletics.org/news/press-releases...
RobM77 said:
Jimboka said:
S1KRR said:
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All other Nike runners in "Mango" Next%'s (which have pretty much sold out after being launched this morning )
I thought that the ‘pros’ could only run in shoes available to Joe Public for a certain period. A few months. Maybe that only applies to Olympics/Records etc ?All other Nike runners in "Mango" Next%'s (which have pretty much sold out after being launched this morning
)Edited by S1KRR on Sunday 4th October 16:26
https://www.worldathletics.org/news/press-releases...
Out of the top 25 male runners 9 were wearing the Alphafly Next% and 6 were in the Vaporfly Next%.
S1KRR said:
All other Nike runners in "Mango" Next%'s (which have pretty much sold out after being launched this morning )
I bagged a pair of the mango Vaporfly NEXT% on Sunday, and surprisingly they’re still available in everything but a size 9. )Just a shame that after three runs last week my shin is hurting again. Time to get a proper scan on it.
Braveheart300 said:
The women were running in Mango Alphafly Next%.
Out of the top 25 male runners 9 were wearing the Alphafly Next% and 6 were in the Vaporfly Next%.
How are you figuring those numbers? Is there a link somewhere?Out of the top 25 male runners 9 were wearing the Alphafly Next% and 6 were in the Vaporfly Next%.
Looks awfully like the majority in VF Next%
BTW Heres the quote from Bekele prior to the race about Alphaflys
Bekele said:
It's really difficult to adapt to (the Alphafly), especially with speed workouts. Several times I had some minor injuries, like a muscle stretch. Because the shoe is not stable under the foot. It's really unshaped. It's really soft. The muscle needs to adjust to the movement under it. It's really difficult. Anybody cannot use the shoes. For walking or normal life it's OK, you can do it. But to perform hard work in the shoe it's really difficult. Eliud already had these shoes before one year ago. All of us other athletes got them maybe six months ago. Many of us were locked at home. Because of Covid you could not train as you wanted. So I had some problems with the shoes because I couldn't adapt to it. Your muscles have to adjust to these shoes. It's not like normal shoes. It's really difficult. I tried to investigate it with other athletes and most of them had problems with these shoes, too."
Would explain why so many nike athletes went with the VF next% instead.
smn159 said:
How are you guys working out your max HR's? Everything that I've seen suggests that true Max HR can only be held for a few minutes at best
Used to be: strap a monitor on, warm up sensibly and then run 800m time trial as if in a race (could also do on towpath etc). Series of reps up a 3-400m hill would work as well (that's length, not altitude gained)S1KRR said:
Feels like whoever did that graph is wrong. (Wheres it from?)
I can see 9 pairs of VF N% in the above pic alone!
Plus EKs AFs (white) and there's another pair (pink/mango) nearer the back
Well some will be pacers who don't finish and 29 runners finished and that's the top 25 so who knows! Doesn't really matter anyway really i guess I can see 9 pairs of VF N% in the above pic alone!
Plus EKs AFs (white) and there's another pair (pink/mango) nearer the back
TyrannosauRoss Lex said:
Joshua Cheptegei going after Bekele's 10,000m WR tonight in Valencia.
Predictions, anyone?
Watchable herePredictions, anyone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6hLgmgoPp4
Bekeles record stands for 15 years!
Got to assume Nike will have some special shoes to make sure. (The ones Farah broke the hour record in?)
S1KRR said:
TyrannosauRoss Lex said:
Joshua Cheptegei going after Bekele's 10,000m WR tonight in Valencia.
Predictions, anyone?
Watchable herePredictions, anyone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6hLgmgoPp4
Bekeles record stands for 15 years!
Got to assume Nike will have some special shoes to make sure. (The ones Farah broke the hour record in?)
I'm not sure how I feel about the trackside lights.... Clearly they offer a huge pacing advantage. That said, you've still got to run it.....
Paul_M3 said:
TyrannosauRoss Lex said:
Well I guess you were wrong 
26:11.02, nuts! Fair play to him, that's incredible.
I just simply can’t comprehend it. I couldn’t run 100m at that pace, never mind 10km. 26:11.02, nuts! Fair play to him, that's incredible.
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