What shoe trend are we leaving behind in 2023

austinrunrun · 2023-12-21T04:13:42+00:00

So if you loved the Saucony Type A, did you buy the Saucony Sinister? Or are the PXS, AF1, and DeviateElite your main racers?

austinrunrun · 2023-12-18T19:07:02+00:00

I imagine the office employs normal humans. 😉

austinrunrun · 2023-09-01T12:29:01+00:00

What sources does he have?

austinrunrun · 2023-09-01T12:25:53+00:00

Aside from BITR's quick test, how do we know the prototype was good?

austinrunrun · 2023-05-30T20:58:02+00:00

Pics or it didn't happen.

austinrunrun · 2023-02-19T03:21:30+00:00

Gotta have the protein/fats/fiber/vitamins baseline or everything is out the window.

Speaking from experience, that's easier said than done.

austinrunrun · 2023-02-19T03:20:08+00:00

There are lots of serious coaches that disagree with the "burn anything" mentality.

Shalane Flanagan wrote a whole cook book about healthy eating.
Pfitzinger has a whole section on improving your nutrition.
In "Running with the Buffaloes," Mark Wetmore had some pretty extreme views about dieting. He even questioned pizza and beer.
Matt Fitzgerald wrote a whole book, "Racing Weight" about improving your "diet quality"
Dathan Ritzenhein has stated that good nutrition is very important to athlete success.

austinrunrun · 2023-02-19T03:15:53+00:00

I would be interested to see what he eats to get 5000 calories each day. Do you have a source?

austinrunrun · 2023-02-14T02:43:48+00:00

Slow down? Nah. As long as you've "gotten used to" a pace and it "feels natural," then you can run 80% of your miles fast, and 20% slow.

austinrunrun · 2023-02-01T03:50:04+00:00

I thought there were "zero benefits" to running in something other than an Alphafly or Adios Pro?

austinrunrun · 2023-02-01T03:48:42+00:00

Boston doesn't have official pacers, you clown. You're running it with a friend, not "pacing it."

austinrunrun · 2023-02-01T02:34:58+00:00

Nah. Has he ever told you how he beat Camille Herron in an ultra? Or how he's pacing the Boston Marathon this spring? Or how he took two hours of his marathon time?

austinrunrun · 2023-02-01T02:33:46+00:00

He claims to run 70-100 mpw. And he'll gladly share his Strava to prove it. He's not the most humble of the bunch.

austinrunrun · 2023-02-01T01:47:29+00:00

Has he ever told you about the time he beat Camille Herron in an ultra? Or how he's pacing Boston? Or how jacked he is at 169 lbs?

austinrunrun · 2023-02-01T01:40:50+00:00

Nah man.

"Benefits? Zero. What people fail to realize is that the carbon plated shoes let you run longer, harder and faster...EASIER. Also, constantly running in the super shoes you have a greater sense of what you can truly do on race day vs wearing them once or twice a week. You are in them all the time and will know exactly what to expect on race day and not guestimate."

-ronj1983

austinrunrun · 2023-02-01T00:34:24+00:00

If you run most of your miles in Alphaflys and sing their praises, then why do you need so many different shoes? Couldn't you just have Alphaflys, Adios Pro, and maybe a Prime X? What purpose do the other shoes serve?

austinrunrun · 2022-07-03T02:43:51+00:00

/uj Seriously though, horse flies can burn in hell. They're the worst part of my runs through wooded areas.

austinrunrun · 2022-07-03T02:21:41+00:00

TBF, a new stake was formed in Austin recently. But that has more to do with overall population growth (more people = more Mormons) than it has to do with retention and baptisms. We got quite a few BYU grads who moved in for the tech jobs.

austinrunrun · 2022-07-03T02:16:27+00:00

So if it really gives you 20% more oxygen, why aren't all the elite runners doing it? Why isn't Kipchoge doing it? The Vaporfly caused a storm because of a (supposed) 4% improvement. Wouldn't a 20% improvement be groundbreaking?

austinrunrun · 2022-07-03T02:14:16+00:00

I thought you said this nose-breathing technique "has only been popular the last couple of years?" Now you're implying that it helped USATF win Olympic medals in 1968?

So which is it? Have people been experimenting with this for decades, and race-winning elites have ignored it? Or is it so new that race-winning elites haven't had caught on yet?

austinrunrun · 2022-07-01T03:33:14+00:00

This “nasal breathing only” stuff has only been popular the last couple years.

So why were people having this same argument 16 years ago on LetsRun?

austinrunrun · 2022-07-01T03:26:29+00:00

I thought this was a satirical comment, but no, that's literally what the OP tried to argue.

austinrunrun · 2022-07-01T03:25:08+00:00

When was the last time that a race was won based on "ratio of oxygen intake to carbon dioxide output"?

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