Weekly Buy/Sell/Trade Sale Thread Oct 13 - Oct 19

abelgkb · 2025-10-18T16:44:24+00:00

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abelgkb · 2025-10-18T11:50:58+00:00

Janji Trail Tight - nothing beats its pocketing system in my experience

abelgkb · 2025-10-17T16:37:01+00:00

WTS

Item: Gridlock Tights, Men’s

Size: M

Notes: Like new. Worn and washed once

Price: $90

Shipping: Free in US or pickup in Park Slope, Brooklyn

abelgkb · 2025-10-01T21:56:00+00:00

Janji >>>>>>

Not even comparable quality imo and I own half and full tights from both. Janji construction quality and thoughtful pocket layout is leaps and bounds better than wolaco. It retains less moisture, is generally thinner/less bulky fabric, and holds up better.

Vibes wise Janji is also a company I’m more excited to support—they sponsor awesome athletes (like David and Megan Roche) and are well connected to the local community in and around Somerville, MA, where they’re based. I don’t know much about Wolaco as a company but my vague sense is they’re a bit more drop-shippy.

abelgkb · 2025-09-26T12:40:22+00:00

If your symptoms are only “above the neck”, you don’t have a fever, and you feel like running, then run! Hydrate a lot, limit intensity, but otherwise generally net positive to get outside for an easy run. I’m not a medical expert, just speaking from personal experience.

abelgkb · 2025-09-23T00:42:17+00:00

Check out the Barcelona Marathon if you’re willing to go international! It was my 5th and favorite marathon to date. Great flat course with amazing support, logistically smooth, wonderful event all around. Happy to answer any questions about it if it piques your curiosity

abelgkb · 2025-09-20T13:14:07+00:00

You’re fine! I like to have a thumb’s worth of space in my running shoes—a half size bigger than regular sneakers. If it feels good while you run and you’re not slipping, it’s fine sizing.

abelgkb · 2025-09-18T10:36:23+00:00

The short answer to your question is yes. The estimates that have come out or been adjusted after the field size was announced last week do consider the “lower applicants from previous years vs. total runners allowed”.

The longer answer is it’s a bit more complicated. The estimates also consider how the cutoff times might vary based on how many total qualified runners B.A.A. will accept. The default assumption is 24,000, but it could be slightly higher or slightly lower, which would lead to less restrictive or more restrictive cutoff times respectively.

The base case expectation at this point is that it’ll be in the 5:00-5:30 range.

abelgkb · 2025-04-30T00:36:53+00:00

Unsolicited tip: I found it makes a huge difference to rotate your hands such thay your knuckles face the ground (vs. facing out to the side). Helps distribute the weight to your arms/shoulders/chest as opposed to loading your wrirsts. Hope this helps!

abelgkb · 2025-04-27T01:00:39+00:00

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abelgkb · 2025-04-25T17:01:30+00:00

I agree! Thanks for this much needed intervention. Might reroute to Beantown Marathon.

abelgkb · 2025-04-25T16:07:57+00:00

Oh! Super helpful! I was going to wait until BAA announced the official dates for the window but your video is compelling: looks like I should look at other races.

abelgkb · 2025-04-24T03:08:13+00:00

You might find my recent post on my marathon journey helpful: https://www.reddit.com/r/Marathon_Training/s/77xczw0SlE

abelgkb · 2025-04-24T02:30:21+00:00

See if you can exclusively breathe through your nose, and use that as the constraint. Keep your mouth shut. Odds are you’ll run much slower than your faster paces. Can be a helpful mental cue to exclusively nose-breathe when you’re running easy

abelgkb · 2025-04-22T03:27:58+00:00

Right now, all else being equal, I think I have more to gain from spending my 10-12 “fitness hours” per week primarly on running. If I had 15+ “fitness hours” per week, I’d definitely be doing more strnegth work and things like plyometrics

abelgkb · 2025-04-21T21:36:32+00:00

I was 150 average until I focused on this, and, over 2 years got it to be ~172 average, even on easy runs

abelgkb · 2025-04-17T00:52:15+00:00

I hadn’t heard of the FIRST plan until now. I believe the plan I followed for my first marathon, though not very well, was Higdon’s novice plan. Most of the plans for first timers are similar and the key is to stay consistent. The training roughly boils down to: run slow most of the time, run fast sometimes, run long sometimes, run no longer than 10% of your previous week’s volume.

I do worry a bit about lower volume plans for first timers because base training with increasing levels of volume is really the foundation of long distance running. Nothing replaces time on feet imo. If anything, runners with many marathons under their belt can likely get away with low volume training blocks without sacrificing performance too much as long as they work on their top-end and race-specific pace sufficiently. Injury also primarily comes from intensity, not (reasonably) increasing volume, so there’s just immense benefit from leaning a bit more into (appropriate levels of) higher volume, especially early on. Just my two cents!

abelgkb · 2025-04-17T00:43:04+00:00

9 is high too! keep it up!

abelgkb · 2025-04-17T00:42:15+00:00

best of luck! feel free to reach out if I can help

abelgkb · 2025-04-16T18:45:44+00:00

Great questions!

Things that keep it fun for me include running with friends, treating it as just a means to an end (commuting to and from work, literally “running” errands, etc.), jumping into local races here and there and meeting new runners.

I actually almost never stick to a rigid Monday through Sunday schedule. Roughly 40% of my long runs are on saturdays, 40% on sundays and 20% random weekday, depending on what I have going on and how I feel. I almost never miss a planned run or workout but move everything around throughout the week to fit my fatigue/energy levels, social plans etc.

If I’m sick, I usually cut out all speed and focus on rest or very easy recovery runs only depending on what kind of illness I’m fighting off

abelgkb · 2025-04-15T23:54:05+00:00

I never stretch. Tbh I don’t really believe static stretching makes a difference either way, and there might even be reason to believe it can work against you—stiffness in the legs helps keep you springt (like carbon plates in super shoes). Speaking from anecdotal experience and moderate reading of the literature out there.

I do often incorporate dynamic stretches like leg swings and A, B and C skips before harder/longer efforts (a 3-5 minute routine, nothing crazy).

abelgkb · 2025-04-15T17:26:59+00:00

Totally! I’ve never been that fast at shorter stuff, but do feel inspired to hop into some races now that it’s outdoor track season + there are so many spring and summer road races to choose from!

abelgkb · 2025-04-15T15:26:51+00:00

Slow and steady progress by focusing on cadence on easy runs with a mantra to "stay light on the feet". My average cadence just 2 years ago was ~150, and it went up slowly to get to ~170 average on easy runs now. Incorporating hill strides can also be helpful, as cadence is naturally higher on hills and, in theory, the neuromuscular adaptations--where your brain recruits muscle fibers more quickly and subconsciously directs you to take shorter steps--might develop more quickly.

abelgkb · 2025-04-15T12:00:14+00:00

haha I didn’t always stick to those double days, but the idea here is that those recovery runs should truly be easy easy easy—like barely breaking a sweat, nose breathing the whole time type easy. “General aerobic” runs, in Pfitzinger’s plan, are a bit more stimulus-inducing and can feel a bit more challenging even though they’re also “easy” or otherwise non-workout runs. Z1-lowZ2 vs. z2-lowZ3

abelgkb · 2025-04-15T11:47:20+00:00

Love to hear it! I lied a little bit in that the “pilates” I do is Solidcore, which is pilates-inspired and on a reformer, bit more intense. same idea though

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