Random Running Questions

Can't agree with that at all. If you pay for something then you need to receive something, that's pretty fundamental.

Deferrals I can understand if they are genuine, because they are still attempting to provide you with the service you paid for.

But to take your money and provide nothing? Thats a four letter word, starts with S, ends with M.

To clarify, I don't consider virtual runs to be any way equivalent to an actual organised race.

The goal is to complete those 2 particular marathons, because they were 2 that I always wanted to do

thank you, this was the type of response I was hoping to get..

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I've been getting a lot of sweat in my eyes over the summering running. Been taking of the sun glasses and mopping the brow with the t-shirt as a solution but I'll still wind up at some stage getting in my eyes. I know it's (relatively) hot at the moment but i'm thinking about DCM and not really wanting that to be an issue... A possible solution might be a visor but would I look like a bit of a k**b wearing a visor? Any other possible solution?

I had the same issue. Started wearing a running/baseball cap and haven’t looked back since.

The one I use is the Nike Featherlight. Also wear a sweatband on my wrist to wipe my forehead if needs be. Both got me through the Paris marathon in April!

Your head should be relaxed and preferably over your torso. You don't want it to "strained" in either extended or flexed position, as this could cause muscles to fatigue , and in turn ache. It could also cause you to "tighten up" and as a result you'll be less efficient and may have a negative impact on you gait.

Apart from that, no real impact of running form 😂

Try to stay relaxed and neutral 😉

You also need to get compression calf guards to look super cool😜😜

As long as they match my arm warmers I fine with that!

Hot summer or cold winter. I always build up a sweat!

couple of options. Sweat band on your wrist, rub your forehead with it as required.

bring a small sweat towel. I use micro fibre towel from decathlon, it’s smaller than a face towel and is grand in the pocket. In recent times (holidays, this was great when I soaked it in cold water and just stuck on my head as I ran.

and then a good old fashioned (or modern equivalent of a head sweat band) these are actually not that easy to find (nice ones). Tennis shops have options, but I found a great one in the running shop (can’t remember name) in Ashtown . Decathlon also have some grand ones.

Jumping in, but for me it's the feel of the shoe. I've just retired a pair of Nb 880's that I have 800Km on. They are actually fine in terms of wear and tear on the shoe itself but the foam has really started to harden up and I can feel it in my legs when doing the runs in them. They have just become hard work if that makes any sense. I've had other shoes that I kept for 1,000k and others that I swapped out at 600K, just depends on the shoe itself. I track mine in strava as well but generally you know when the shoe is past it's best and no longer giving the support or cushioning needed.

For me, I start to get pains in my feet. Anytime I've changed shoes, it goes away.

I've gone back and forth on that one over the past couple of years. My own opinion is you lose the race boost but not necessarily the training benefit. I'm very much a run on effort person in training. Training in the carbon plates might often mean I get better return for the same effort level but the effort is still the same. However I do think there's less leg fatigue regardless , so maybe....

I wouldn't train in the high end supershoes all that often in training though. So I still get some boost on race day.

I see quite a few professionals training in carbon plated shoes, claiming less leg fatigue and therefore faster recovery.

I think it's at least beneficial to do race pace specific sessions in your race day shoes, some people adapt seamlessly to the specific shoe geometry, but for others there can be a learning curve.

You could check out the Bridgedale socks? They have padding and might work for you.