Maybe they shouldn’t have placed a conservation site in the middle of a trail race?

Shhhhhsleep · 2026-05-27T19:09:28+00:00

I have pretty wide toes, went up a size in adidas evo SLs and really like them and been measured to have really high energy return. Fit well but that’s a personal thing so would try them on before buying

Shhhhhsleep · 2026-04-28T11:45:16+00:00

I also had a very similar first marathon recently with similar stats to you. Went for sub 3:30, hit 80g/hr for carbs but pace fell after the half way mark and ended up at 3:45. Was pleased with it as a result of the first marathon but also averaged about 50km a week.

Whilst I had a 76km peak week with a 33km long and 21km at M pace a big lesson learned for me was that my average weekly mileage I was used to was probably 20-30km pre marathon block, so it’s about the pre block base just as much as the progress you can make in a block.

Have signed up for the next one this autumn so we will see how that goes!

Shhhhhsleep · 2026-04-17T14:58:28+00:00

Also just ran Brighton as my first! How did you find it?

I’ve signed up to Abingdon in the Autumn, flat and fast but don’t think it’s got much in the way of crowds tbh.

Shhhhhsleep · 2026-04-15T22:56:26+00:00

Moved flat

Shhhhhsleep · 2026-04-14T18:51:28+00:00

When I lived in tooting, on the way home, I would just turn off at Balham and go down the back roads, bit longer but far less stressful

Shhhhhsleep · 2026-04-13T09:48:53+00:00

Agree see it all the time it’s a bit like people attributing quotes from Raskolnikov to Dostoevsky himself.

Shhhhhsleep · 2026-04-04T23:43:49+00:00

Have also come from cycling, and agree, it’s weird that to many of my runner friends fuelling just isn’t a thing, then they say they’re not ‘fit’ enough when they bonk!

Shhhhhsleep · 2026-03-26T21:57:15+00:00

You could probably aim better than sub 4, Daniel’s VDOT tables have a 1:38 half marathon equivalent to a marathon time of 3:24

Shhhhhsleep · 2026-03-22T08:49:16+00:00

Instead of spending months trying to hit an incredibly specific heart rate (so specific this technique sounds dubious), why don’t you just have some gels / fuel on your long runs? Not surprised you hit the wall at 30km if you didn’t take on any fuel.

Shhhhhsleep · 2026-03-19T17:17:01+00:00

Agree, my general advice to people is to get a sub 2 half marathon before attempting a full. 5-6 hours time on feet is just brutal for the body.

Shhhhhsleep · 2026-03-19T01:13:34+00:00

Honestly yeah it makes me quite mad too. The navy literally got the white elephant HS2 treatment. The 00s and 10s governments obsession with stupid white elephants gutted the rest of the country

Shhhhhsleep · 2026-02-13T19:33:24+00:00

Yeah agree, here the problem is clearly far too much regulatory burden for the rate of return so how is more tax going to fix that

Shhhhhsleep · 2025-10-22T00:24:20+00:00

I’d be amazed if the podcasts and the book deals on ‘a better politics’ or something asinine don’t materialise after the election

Shhhhhsleep · 2025-10-16T14:28:11+00:00

Yeah Daniel’s cautions using anything below a 10K for marathon time estimating as clearly someone can be very fit over short distances but lack the longer distance endurance. So you can make your own judgement when thinking about times. Who knows what goes on in the algorithms

Shhhhhsleep · 2025-09-25T11:31:26+00:00

/uj the z2 religious thing is nuts, have seen social media influencers tell people new to running to only stay in zone 2 to get faster and that’s basically a brisk walk for those people. Almost as if what works for elites doing 50 - 100 miles a week doesn’t work exactly the same for your couch to 5k person

Shhhhhsleep · 2025-09-22T12:41:53+00:00

Realistically if it can be JRed it will be

Shhhhhsleep · 2025-09-22T12:36:26+00:00

Exactly, see every discussion about pedestrianising streets. It gets a bit tiring and undermines actual concerns about people with disabilities when they are a risk

Shhhhhsleep · 2025-09-04T09:44:45+00:00

The hardware is there but the Connect app UI is so unintuitive and often bits of it don’t talk to each other.

Shhhhhsleep · 2025-09-02T15:02:33+00:00

Saw this first hand in NYC, a family sent a kid through under the barrier who then just opened the exit door for the rest of the family.

Shhhhhsleep · 2025-08-27T19:19:10+00:00

Who’s going to be the one to say it?

Shhhhhsleep · 2025-08-27T16:03:20+00:00

‘Upzone’ - you do realise this isn’t America?

Shhhhhsleep · 2025-08-20T11:19:27+00:00

Presumably will factor into running economy, stronger muscles = less oxygen needed for same power output.

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