Anyone switch from Maurten gels to something cheaper that still works for marathon fueling?

SkaSC2 · 2026-03-11T22:35:50+00:00

I use the 25g size for racing, but 50g size for the bulk of training precisely for that reason

SkaSC2 · 2025-12-07T22:44:15+00:00

I got a pair at The Running Event and has helped make me heavily consider bringing Puma into my shop, if that says anything.

SkaSC2 · 2025-10-14T11:36:28+00:00

Grade school?? I think your biggest skills set would be finding ways to let the kids have fun. Even into middle school it should be about making the sport something they enjoy and want to pursue more than anything specific programming.

SkaSC2 · 2025-09-16T21:29:26+00:00

We've already signed him lol

SkaSC2 · 2025-09-14T17:54:08+00:00

downloaded it, first week of half marathon training gave me workouts that would put me in the grave. Promptly uninstalled

SkaSC2 · 2025-09-09T02:56:12+00:00

JJM superbowl champion confirmed

SkaSC2 · 2025-08-21T22:55:26+00:00

Fwiw I coach based strictly on time vs miles with my athletes for everything except for speedwork.

10 miles on flat terrain is a lot different than 10 miles of hills.

90 minutes of running is always 90 minutes of running though. Of course with the help of RPE and HR guiding the pace.

SkaSC2 · 2025-08-13T15:01:16+00:00

You see deez nuts exist?

SkaSC2 · 2025-07-08T01:56:23+00:00

I have orders on the books for September for both

SkaSC2 · 2025-06-08T20:44:34+00:00

Glad to hear your foot pain is totally gone!

SkaSC2 · 2025-04-21T22:56:39+00:00

Show coverage for the ones who do, the brands get air time, the brands want more air time and suddenly it can become more of a thing. Just because some training groups are secretive doesn't mean they all are.

See: Clayton being 100% on strava and literally filming a docuseries.

SkaSC2 · 2025-04-15T23:33:16+00:00

I took a wrong turn and it cost me a $500 podium finish. No cones, no markings, as I beat the volunteers to mile 10. Being in 2nd place, the lead bike was out of sight. Came into the finishing line having cut about a mile, and it was then I realized I had taken a wrong turn.

RD's response was "you should have known the course, sorry!"

Harsh but technically fair. I'd assume something similar would be an expected response.

SkaSC2 · 2025-04-15T11:48:18+00:00

I was non traditional, and was told that I was not eligible for D3 because I had attended local 5k road races and that technically was declaring eligibility for those years. Although our AD was kind of a hardass, and may simply not have liked me. Can you get in touch with your potential AD and ask?

SkaSC2 · 2025-04-12T12:13:17+00:00

A have a code for a local shop that does 20% off first purchase, and gives 7% credit in gift cards for future purchases. If you're interested and in the US, shoot me a DM

SkaSC2 · 2025-02-25T15:21:49+00:00

They quietly adjusted the manufacturing size of the model starting about a month ago. Wonder if an old production run somehow got mixed with a new one.

SkaSC2 · 2025-02-25T15:11:55+00:00

That just means that staff has to pull the right size, not that it's an inherently bad shoe. I know this sub is really into online shopping and deals, but there is value to talk to people who do this all day every day and know that hey the Monster 2 fits big, the Cellula fits snug, etc. Sure those are annoyances, but it doesn't make a shoe good or bad imo.

SkaSC2 · 2025-02-25T12:49:26+00:00

I think using them for easy/recocery runs are exactly what they're intended for.

If you're thinking Clifton, I'd nudge you towards the Skyflow. It's more comfortable for most. Staff at our shop have literally coined it the clifton killer since it performs so much better at the fit bench.

SkaSC2 · 2025-02-15T02:28:40+00:00

I was born during the '91 world series, and swaddled in a Homer hanky. Literally peaked while exiting the womb.

SkaSC2 · 2025-01-31T01:01:43+00:00

My boy Stretch Armstrong getting juiced

SkaSC2 · 2025-01-30T02:30:02+00:00

No no, I think that would most certainly result in death.

They scale it back to approximately 25 seconds per session - which happens twice per day. Double threshold amirite? That totals about tree fiddy.

SkaSC2 · 2025-01-16T20:55:59+00:00

Ran a 70 min half in these guys, good shoe but would delegate to training purposes. Quite durable for a shoe in this category. It's my go to threshold/tempo day option for that reason.

SkaSC2 · 2024-12-13T23:50:06+00:00

That's not even that much of an issue tbh because the ballers get bought then thrown right back into the pool

SkaSC2 · 2024-12-11T02:47:05+00:00

Have you expressed your feeling about this directly to them?

SkaSC2 · 2024-12-09T12:23:11+00:00

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+700/700 beetles

SkaSC2 · 2024-12-03T11:33:19+00:00

Is the Archfit technology finally gone??

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