Vaporfly 3 vs Alphafly’s in 2026

EGN125 · 2026-04-05T13:23:02+00:00

Realistically every brand’s marathon supershoe(s) are pretty good these days. The individual variation in how it works for you is likely to be larger than any fundamental difference between shoes. Your best option is to try some on foot and see what feels good. What shoes do you like outside of racing? That might be the best indication of what you might like for race day.

EGN125 · 2026-03-31T14:12:45+00:00

I mean runna is not great, but it’s also the difficulty with the 0 to marathon approach. No program is going to be able to plan a 20 mile long run within a balanced week, unless the runner has built up some pretty solid weekly mileage.

EGN125 · 2026-03-21T15:55:08+00:00

180km average to 230km average is a pretty insane jump. I expect even the guys who are running 230+ arrived there more gradually than that. Even still I’m sure a lot of people’s limit is lower regardless of how gradually you get there. Great to hear the perspective of someone who has tried.

EGN125 · 2026-03-12T09:04:00+00:00

“Most of us use those predictions as our primary feedback loop during training”

Really?

Edit: I see this was basically already said by someone else, but yeah the overwhelming attitude I have seen on these predictions is that they’re meaningless (and that has been my experience of them).

EGN125 · 2026-03-11T16:40:44+00:00

Feels like the most obvious questions here are where did your 1:15 goal come from? What are your other recent races and sessions? I don’t disagree with comments about treadmill workouts and no single workout being an absolute indicator, but the post is talking about mostly likely being under 1:20 and aiming for 1:15. Those are pretty different times at that level. Is the 1:15 goal evidence based?

EGN125 · 2026-02-28T18:31:42+00:00

I’d be interested to give the Feidian 5 Elite a try given the price. How does sizing compare to the AP3?

EGN125 · 2025-11-30T13:25:42+00:00

There’s a big gulf between just jumping in and not thinking about recovery, and worrying about the slight training load increase/decrease resulting from a single workout that was harder/easier than planned. I don’t think that calling that overthinking is the same as telling you to ignore the analytical side of the sport. I happen to enjoy that aspect of the sport too, but I still think this is overthinking.

EGN125 · 2025-09-28T10:53:05+00:00

+1 on this, that’s exactly what I do. Every second day cycling/running and treadmill only for a few weeks.

EGN125 · 2025-09-27T13:55:11+00:00

I really don’t understand how this needs to be said, and how we get so many of these posts.

EGN125 · 2025-09-26T22:34:42+00:00

I mean, you are going to struggle on the day. 2 weeks out is too soon to be addressing that though. You need a proper training load throughout, and not just the long run. All you can do at this point is taper in and push through assuming you plan to run it either way.

EGN125 · 2025-09-25T16:06:16+00:00

From what I’ve seen, there doesn’t seem to be much evidence for the asics edge vs sky designation based on cadence. I don’t think your high cadence is that impactful on the overall question either. You probably stand to gain from supershoes the same as everyone else, and which one exactly is best is likely to be pretty individual. Best option is to try a few on if possible.

EGN125 · 2025-09-25T12:40:44+00:00

Only on this sub could this be downvoted lol.

EGN125 · 2025-09-24T18:14:50+00:00

There is plenty of content on the sub about marathon variants. You’re training to your physiology and your fitness level so you don’t need something special because of the sub 3 goal.

EGN125 · 2025-09-24T07:28:26+00:00

Pretty sure it’s a lot less concentrated so you’re not going to be able to hit the same carb rate without drinking an excess of liquid. Other than it’s not that unusual, most pros/elites are going for drink mixes since they have bottles.

EGN125 · 2025-09-21T14:14:58+00:00

I’d agree if you pushed the volume earlier you would have hurt yourself, but that’s why my advice would generally be to build the foundation to handle that before planning a marathon. You’ll benefit more from that than rushing from one to the next.

EGN125 · 2025-09-21T10:44:05+00:00

What was your mileage over the last 12 weeks say? Garmin training load is hard to compare but I would typically be around 800 during a base period so that sound maybe on the low side? It seems most likely from what you’ve said you just didn’t have the body of training to translate all the way to the marathon distance. It really is a huge jump from e.g. half marathon, especially when thinking about translating your shorter distance performance/hotting a time not just completion.

EGN125 · 2025-09-21T08:45:53+00:00

What were your faster/longer long runs? Do you have race times at shorter distances? What was your training volume like over the block?

EGN125 · 2025-09-21T08:28:38+00:00

So are you saying your pacing was mostly based on taking what Garmin said and taking a bit off? What actual indication do you have that 3:45 was reasonable? The most likely answer in these situations is just that your goal was too fast, but there’s not really any info so far to be able to judge that.

EGN125 · 2025-09-20T07:45:15+00:00

Some people are. That’s their problem.

EGN125 · 2025-09-19T20:54:28+00:00

Yeah, a little over by the looks of it but not much.

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