Running thread

gaz76 said:
See he was right all along, you can easily knock another 20 mins off that...... you won't die.........get a bike
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Just catching up with the thread. There seems to be a load of nonsense over the last few pages.

So I'll add some more.

You asked about another bike with gravel tyres? I can't find that thread now. But it was a steel frame with gravel tyres? I know nowt about gravel tyres. A steel frame is good.

Another tip I remembered is get a track pump and regularly inflate those tyres to 110 psi.

As for running 5k. I only ever ran two 5k races over 20 years ago now. Both about 19 minutes. After that thought they were too short and couldn't be bothered with them anymore.

Not much training for them though...apart from cycling about 200 miles a week... including a couple of time trials....
 
Tommy_Catons_Perm said:
Just catching up with the thread. There seems to be a load of nonsense over the last few pages.

So I'll add some more.

You asked about another bike with gravel tyres? I can't find that thread now. But it was a steel frame with gravel tyres? I know nowt about gravel tyres. A steel frame is good.

Another tip I remembered is get a track pump and regularly inflate those tyres to 110 psi.

As for running 5k. I only ever ran two 5k races over 20 years ago now. Both about 19 minutes. After that thought they were too short and couldn't be bothered with them anymore.

Not much training for them though...apart from cycling about 200 miles a week... including a couple of time trials....
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Thanks mate, yep I'm still in the research stage for the bike, the original ribble I was looking at simply isn't available, them ribble bikes are difficult to get off the shelf, and you have to wait months for them(far beyond my shiney new toy patience threshold) I'm currently looking between a cube gravel and some endurance bikes.
Back on topic ish, my reasoning behind the bike is to add another string to the fitness bow to hopefully improve my running, I do use the watt bike at the gym a bit, but would always prefer to be outside.
Running wise I'm currently in a bit of a rut, haven't raced at all this year since Boston/London and have been in a spiral of fitness/motivation/injury/work/family kind of pickle, I probably just need to start setting a few targets to whet the appetite.
As with anything everything's rosey in the garden when your training well but once you take the foot off the pedal it's tricky to get going again, the Mrs and work don't help with that tbh, she's no interest at all in it and makes out like my running is a hindrance to our family, even though I run before any of them get out of bed, go figure!!
 
I need some new shoes. Training for a marathon, mainly road running (I have trail shoes too). I have up to £150 to spend.

Any suggestions?
 
Manchester33 said:
I want to train and run the marathon in them. Long run, comfortable and durable. Not so bothered about speed.
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Have a look at the asics novablasts they a decent enough all rounder for the long stuff, also the saucony speed 3 are getting a lot of good things said about them, I've had the speed 1 and 2 and they are decent.
If you want all out comfort, I do a lot of my long steady ones in the saucony triumph, they are a touch heavier than the others but you get a lot of responsive cushion and they last forever, my first pair have over 900km in them and still going
 
Manchester33 said:
I need some new shoes. Training for a marathon, mainly road running (I have trail shoes too). I have up to £150 to spend.

Any suggestions?
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Can pick up the saucony triumphs dirt cheap if you don't go for the latest model, I have the 18 and 19 and they both good, tempted to get a pair of the 20's now as they v cheap for what they are
 
Manchester33 said:
I need some new shoes. Training for a marathon, mainly road running (I have trail shoes too). I have up to £150 to spend.

Any suggestions?
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The thing with shoes is that we all have different feet, gait etc., so what good for one person may be shite for another.

The usual advice is to go to a specialist running shop (hopefully the guys on here can recommend one in Manchester) and try on a number of pairs to see which ones suit you best. A good shop will do a 'gait analysis' where they look at how your feet hit the ground etc. and make recommendations based on that. For example, I overpronate on my left foot so I wear trainers that give extra support.

The bad news is that you're likely to need more than one pair of trainers if you're going to train for, and run, a marathon...
 
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