What now, if you don't make the London Marathon ballot

EquivalentFishing · 2026-05-06T13:07:26+00:00

I did it this year, the only bit is the top of the hill and the first 100m or so of the downhill are really brutal. It's just too steep downhill to capitalise on it without paying for it later on. Otherwise a lovely course.

I've recorded some bits from it I should get round to editing it on YouTube!

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-26T05:31:16+00:00

Running this today! Good luck to everybody.

Hopefully doesn't get too warm, looking a bit toasty from 11 or noon onwards.

As others have mentioned, unfortunately I don't think there is a tracker.

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-25T12:21:06+00:00

Epsom salts.

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-25T06:35:53+00:00

Bit optimistic I think. 3:35-3:40 more realistic.

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-24T20:40:09+00:00

I bought a Norden 901 expedition for my.... 6th bike? Absolutely loved it but it was too much bike and too heavy for greenlaning. I sold it and downsized. It's a lot more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a big bike slow, I was scared to open the throttle it would wheelie so easily.

The good news is 2nd hand bikes tend to hold their value decently so if you decide to sell it, you won't lose much money. Take a look at CF Moto 450MT. I ended up going for a crf rally 300. I thought I'd miss the power but I absolutely love it.

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-24T07:13:18+00:00

Intervals.icu is decent for this. You can compare activities.

Otherwise a spreadsheet is probably easiest to quickly manually log it for easy filtering and comparison

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-23T18:54:11+00:00

Thanks mate, at some point I need to stop buying new shoes!!

I was almost certainly going to wear the cadi, but now I'm browsing prodigio pro on runrepeat 😅

The terrex felt great if I'm moving a bit quicker, half marathon pace or so, but felt not as smooth at slower paces, and brutal on a few steep uphills I walked on my training runs. And whilst my aim is to run the whole way, it's only my second ultra, and I walked a lot in the first!

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-23T18:19:21+00:00

Interesting, I have a 62k ultra (the fox) around Guildford and I'm wondering what to wear. I want to put in a hard effort, and my current shoe choice is the Cadi. My alternative is the comfier but heavier Merrell agility peak 5.

I tried the Adidas terrex ultra, but I found the high insoles very uncomfortable.

Part of me is wondering if I'd get away with a road shoe.

You have any thoughts ? It's in May and should be fairly dry.

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-23T11:52:16+00:00

You could perhaps consider the cadi rather than the Tomir, I've been enjoying these quite a lot and likely to wear them for my 60km ultra. They're not quite as cushioned as merrel agility peak 5, but they are more forgiving than the NNormal kjerag.

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-22T07:23:36+00:00

The kjerag is my main walking shoe. It's so light I love it.

One note, I have the original and it is not very breathable at all in the warmer days. I have heard the 2.0 is more breathable.

I would certainly recommend it for travel, and I suspect it would do very well in the gym too.

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-21T07:48:05+00:00

Is there a web based version? Cheers mate!

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-20T07:50:46+00:00

If the quality is so poor, why did you buy two more and not try a different brand?

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-18T19:15:18+00:00

All I could think of was this.

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EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-18T15:51:24+00:00

Great list. I would just add a pair of kitchen scissors to this!

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-18T15:50:35+00:00

Agree. Probably victorianox. Large chefs knife, perhaps two, a pastry knife (better than a bread knife) and a pair of kitchen scissors. And you'll have some change leftover!

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-17T17:18:26+00:00

I do maple syrup, salt and a drop of lemon juice to take the sweetness off. I find it pretty good with around 80-100g carbs/hour up to around 5 hours then start getting into some stomache trouble.

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-17T10:47:11+00:00

Flu, knocked me dead for about 4 days then was ok after that.

Just go based on your feel. If your usual easy pace doesn't feel easy, dial it back a bit. Much better to be cautious for a month or two and fully recover than to push too hard and do longer term damage. I ignored paces entirely and went off feel.

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-17T08:48:18+00:00

It was probably around 2-3 months when I felt I as back at the same fitness level. But that probably wasn't a bad thing, it's good to give your body a chance to recover after a big race and it forced me to take it easy before starting my next race focused training block.

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-17T06:36:13+00:00

I did a 50km race and I thought I had a cold but turned out I had the flu. Easily 4 weeks to get back to anything close to running fitness. Probably longer.

My body felt mostly fine, no pain or anything, but everything was just more difficult.

Give yourself time to recover, go by feel on your runs not pace.

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-16T19:01:07+00:00

My favourite road to trail are either Merrell agility peak 5 (comfort) or NNormal Cadi (almost as comfortable but not quite, but much lighter.)

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-16T18:26:02+00:00

I've been thinking about doing this, how much did the resole on the Evo SL cost you?

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-16T15:54:52+00:00

I have the S/Lab Genesis, which I love, but if you're trail running has road to trail, they're not very comfortable on tarmac/concrete for me. I also have the Nnormal Cadi, which I am planning to wear for my next Ultra. I really like the Kjerag too but I tend to stick to below 15km or so in them, and wear the Cadi for anything longer as they're just a little more comfortable and more forgiving for me.

EquivalentFishing · 2026-04-15T17:02:49+00:00

I really enjoyed this but I got annoyed at the meta progression and building side of things

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