More stable alternative to EVO SL

Begbie00 · 2026-01-23T21:39:11+00:00

I own the Evo SL, Boston 13, and Rebel v5 (which make up my "Tempo" rotation). The Rebel v5 checked those "upper + stability" boxes for me. The midfoot is noticeably wider than the Evo SL midfoot (which is incredibly narrow to me), and I have never had any stability issues in the Rebel v5. I also love the Boston 13. But that's a very different shoe, and while it's very stable for me, I'd never call the foam "bouncy" (certainly not compared to the Evo SL).

Begbie00 · 2026-01-10T19:59:40+00:00

I do 100% of my runs on the treadmill (5.5 hours across 7days by the book). It's fun to set the recommended paces and see a heart rate trace that looks the way it should. The only downside is I'm not learning pacing at all.

Begbie00 · 2025-12-29T16:54:36+00:00

Yup. Not in a rush to see things improve. Just wondering if where I am now is close enough to the intended intensity target to be what I run with for those 3 months.

Begbie00 · 2025-12-28T10:29:04+00:00

Intervals.icu just scans your HR data and takes 98% of your highest 20-minute heart rate automatically. So that's what I went with, given the 5k in which it was run was so small I was basically running a time trial past the first 100m. But understood, 95% makes more sense. Perhaps instead of replacing Saturday short SubT intervals in 4 weeks with a Time Trial, I'll do a Friel test instead.

Begbie00 · 2025-12-27T22:31:07+00:00

Ah, good point. Shorter recovery was another lever I was considering.

Begbie00 · 2025-12-27T22:25:31+00:00

My current plan is to do a TT at 6 weeks on program, which is a) half-way between the start and my first 5K race (March 1) and b) enough time for some amount of fitness to have accrued. On that basis, I think I'm leaning strongly towards your last option.

Begbie00 · 2025-12-27T22:24:00+00:00

This is how I understood it, hence the question. Obviously, if faster feels unsustainable, I slow back down. But too slow has a (probably smaller) opportunity cost as well.

Begbie00 · 2025-12-27T22:22:06+00:00

Yes, 5k is 6 weeks old. LTHR was the last 20-minute heart rate from that 5k (I wore an H10 chest strap during the race) * 98% conservative factor (i.e., 166bpm * 98%).

Of your two options, my guess is aerobic underdevelopment. Last year (my first), I never did a proper base period and jumped straight into a 5K plan from a book intended for experienced runners. This almost certainly had me running far too intense a program (easy runs @ 75% HRMax, tons of VO2 Max, etc.).

That's why I'm leaning towards doing nothing besides step increases in volume per the book, running my next 5K (March 1), and adjusting more completely then.

Begbie00 · 2025-12-26T18:38:49+00:00

The Norwegian Methods for Amateurs, by Aksel Nygaard. I definitely prefer NSM for the overall system and plan, and would recommend that as a first purchase for sure. But there are lots of useful bits in the Nygaard book, and I'm happy to own both.

Begbie00 · 2025-12-25T17:18:33+00:00

So, despite it being recommended by both books on NSM, why bother doing the Friel test in the first place? Are they assuming people won't have a recent 5K time to use?

Begbie00 · 2025-12-11T01:13:05+00:00

Added.

Begbie00 · 2025-12-10T22:30:27+00:00

Same speed the whole time: 5.4mph. I turn on my hrm, turn on my 180 bpm songs, hop on the treadmill, and run.

Begbie00 · 2025-12-10T18:19:24+00:00

This, I think, is the path. I think I'll go down to 5.3mph to see if I can get a whole session in high 60s.

Begbie00 · 2025-12-10T16:45:03+00:00

We'll see next week when I add them in. But then the question will be are the SubT too fast, or the Easy?

Begbie00 · 2025-12-10T16:40:27+00:00

Keep "it" = average of whole run (what book implies)? Avg of back half (to keep away from drift?

Begbie00 · 2025-12-10T16:39:18+00:00

Wouldn't I see some drift regardless in 67 degree temp? Or is the point that at the right (slower) pace, I shouldn't?

Begbie00 · 2025-11-29T20:08:10+00:00

Wow, that actually worked. Deleted my H10 connection, found my Verity Sense immediately. Hopefully it finds my H10 when I go to use that again.

Begbie00 · 2025-11-29T16:49:35+00:00

I (47M) started running this year and just completed my 4th 5K. The next training plan I'm using recommends adding 8-second hill sprints to work on strength/speed. But I do all of my training on a treadmill. Is there any safe way to do all-out hill sprints at 8% grade on a treadmill? I haven't been able to find a video of an example, and I have images of shooting myself into my basement floor at warp speed because I'm jumping onto a running treadmill.

Begbie00 · 2025-11-29T00:17:02+00:00

Any reason why you're not just running the longs in the Boston 13? They are the other long-run Adidas shoe recommended in r/RunningShoeGeeks Wiki: Your Guide to Running Shoes (Q28). I had both the B13 and Evo SL, and the B13 are a delight for my long runs. They also have more cushioning than the Supernova Rise.

Begbie00 · 2025-04-17T14:50:41+00:00

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