The "Official" Runners thread...

My spartan sprint is this saturday. Im really stoked! The website says "around 4 miles" but ive seen other people post its about 5.5 so we will see.

Has anyone else tried Inov8 shoes? Ive got a pair recently and love them.

 

I ran 28.25 last week. Not only trying to get to 36 for this week, but I also need to incorporate some speed work into the mix. Easier said than done...


Only had 20 miles the week before, so I'm WAY behind schedule...

 

which ones? I'm thinking about trying some 255's-I need something w/ a little more protection than the PureGrits for a couple of my mountain races

I tried on several shoes and have eliminated Cascadia 8's, Altra LonePeaks and Saucony Exodus- still in the running are Pearl Izumi N1's, hoping to try on a pair of LaSportiva Helios tomorrow, but also thinking about ordering a pair of Inov-8 255's no one carries them in Montana, so thinking about ordering a pair through roadrunner as they have a try it for 90 day return poilcy

 

Im in the Bare xs-210's, Very minimal. I got mine through Amazon as thats where I found the best price. I do want to get another pair with a little more sole and grip for my trail running.

This is my main running shoe right now though, the merrell barefoot acess 2
http://www.merrell.com/US/en-US/Pro.../Mens/Barefoot-Run-Bare-Access-2?dimensions=0


This will be my next pair of inov8's for trail runs

Inov-8 Unisex-Adult F-LITE 195-U-U, White/Black, 10 M US

http://www.amazon.com/Inov-8-F-lite...F8&qid=1368716370&sr=8-6&keywords=inov8+trail


Also if you havent yet, check out http://www.theclymb.com/
THey post great deals on activewear. They usualy have a few brands of shoes on sale at a time.

 

ahhhh- yeah will need something a wee more sturdy for the mountains

 

Understood. No mountains around me

 

REI has a 25% off sale, so I ordered a pair of Sportiva Helio's- nice thing about REI is if the shoes don't work I can send them back- even after running in them

 

Hot tip about the 25% discount, thanks!

 

Running my first half in July. Really excited.

 

^Right on ! You will get hooked, and Good luck

 

^ +1

had a very productive week, 42.4 miles- 16 miles (7/9) earlier in the week in the mountains w/ some good elevation gains/loss- a really good 16 mile long run on Saturday w/ lots of hills

going to have to get very friendly w/ hill work the next couple of months

 

I think it's just a matter of slowly adding miles, you definitely don't want to feel like digging your grave when you're done - I'd guess too fast of a pace, slow it down or even add some walking in

I started with a 3 mile loop (3 times a week), at first I walked more than half of it, slowly it went the other way and eventually I could run the entire route- I then started adding in a slightly longer run during the week and eventually added a couple of more days of running- this was done very slowly and methodically, running is definitely something you don't want to rush

 

I had a blast at the Burnet Spartan sprint. It was 4.4 miles with 27 obstacles and took me 1:44 to complete.


The pic is post run, post taking a dip in the lake to rinse off all the mud.

I think I could have knocked off 20 mins no problem, I waited around a lot for the guys I was running with. I wasnt going for time, more for fun but next year I will plan on destroying that time

 

Never done that race but looks intense.

New to this thread. I ran all 4 years in high school and I'm now going to be on scholarship in the fall for cross country. It's addictive.

 

^ yikes- a real runner

 

Hahaha what classifies someone as a "real" runner?

 

Basicaly getting paid to run

 

I guess! But it's just kind of a bonus, getting do something I love and get to go to school for it

 

if you're getting a scholarship for running, I put that in the class of "real" runner, aka the guys that smoke you at every event

 

All you have to do is run... And keep running... And keep running..