Running

I was there for that event in Italy, only lasted a couple of days due to injury*, brought Wayne a lot of those burgers he's talking about and spent the evenings pleasantly getting through many bottles of red wine and crewing. Happy days.

*did the bike leg in my lufguss shark pits jersey.

Lovely final longish run today before Jungfrau Marathon, just what I needed as a confidence booster.

10 miles at 7.00 m/mile pace, with the last two at 6.50 just for fun. Haven't felt that good on a run since i got injured before London Marathon.

If I can get through Jungfrau in good shape I might just be coming into some fitness for Snowdon :)

https://vimeo.com/137094867

Had a wicked good time messing about in the mountains back in the spring. My buddy Chris came along and we shot a wee film. Sitting back behind a desk in the office, missing the mountains :-(

Is there a running shoe recommendations thread or similar? I've not bought a pair in years, but need to now... Not sure where to start.

Opinions will vary wildly. If you don't have time to visit a running shop and have your running analysed, you could always go for a popular neutral shoe. Nike Pegasus is a safe bet.

I have had some Nike Pegasus for 60km now and like them. cushioned, no nonsense stuff.

One easy self check (It helped me realise that I had been sold the wrong shoes a number of years ago) is this.

I was originally sold 'stability' shoes, after doing the arch test (i have high) I read that it is very unlikely that I overpronate and therefore I really shouldn't wear stability. Paid a specialist who confirmed this (without prompting) and I'm much happier in my cushioned shoes now.

^exact same thing for me.

high arches but was sold stability, fucked my foot running a hard 10k because stability shoes forced me to run on outside edge of my foot which is already very narrow thanks to my high arches, went back to a shop to buy some neutral and the salesman refused to sell me some after I reluctantly did another gait test because he wouldnt let me try any shoes on until I did. left without buying shoes and in a foul mood, bought some neutral shoes online and after taking it easy while i broke them in got on much better with them

all my shoes are neutral now contrary to the 'advice' of the shoe salesmen who 'did a course' and the only injuries i tend to get now are from over training if anything.

Is there a running shoe recommendations thread or similar? I've not bought a pair in years, but need to now... Not sure where to start.

I recommend $BRAND because I purchased $BRAND and have no problems with them. Specifically I recommend $BRAND $MODEL because that's what I've got.

Depending on where you are someone will hopefully recommend a good running shop that won't recommend whatever they've overstocked and want to get rid of.

I paid cash money for an analysis at Profeet in fulham to avoid dick head salesmen. I'd recommend them if you have the sufficient anxiety to fork out, if not do the wet test and make sure that when you try them on they fit well leaving room in the toe box. You still might get it wrong, if so, don't stress it, suck up the loss and buy some new ones.

@_Leon in for the Dorset 3 Peaks again this year? 25th Oct

Everything about my gait, and foot shape shouts high stability shoe. But I seem to get on loads bet With low stability shoes. I cant believe folk in shops can make a brilliant decision in a minute or two.

I got a little carried away With the pace bare foot running seemed to allow. Now my left achilles is pretty screwed.

Went back to a descent amount of stability. But it just doesnt feel Natural any more.

Is there a descent middle ground shoe?

Will my running trainers survive a trip through the washing machine? They smell absolutely horrendous.

Wow I'm such a charmer.

Will my running trainers survive a trip through the washing machine? They smell absolutely horrendous.

Remove the laces and put the shoes in a pillow case (or a mesh bag if you've got one of those already). Low temp (30 or 40 deg) wash should be fine.

Off to Switzerland tomorrow for the Jungfrau Marathon on Saturday. I should be nervous but although I'm undertrained for it, it's actually the first big race I've gone into this year without an injury.

My plan is destroy myself to 16 miles ( mostly flat ) and then just try and stay ahead of my wife whose been doing 80+ mile weeks with 7000+ feet of climbing.

Off to watch Heidi on YouTube while eating Toblerones.

@Pifko mate its our Dorset delight that day, 300+ runners there in wareham forest. is that a year? fuck where did tat year go, oh doing some of this stuff i guess.
http://www.wimborne-orienteers.org.uk/wim/15%20Club%20Events/Badbury%20Rings/Badbury%20Rings%20MTBO%20results/index.html

http://www.devonorienteering.co.uk/results-archive/2015-16/6.9.15_Caddihoe_Chase_Overall_Results/m40s.html

@Jones you sound like a proper fucking whippet. come orienteering

Thanks @Pifko @dst @Greenbank @HatBeard some good advice there.

I hadn't realised there were shoe fitting services! I actually haven't bought running shoes since 2007, and then it was in the states. That said, since then I have been slowly wearing out my current shoes (Saucony Trigon 4 Guide) and have no complaints, so perhaps I will try to get something similar to them. Whatever they are, I have no idea. :)

Take your current shoes with you to the shoe fitting, so that you can (a) see how your feet are moving with them on and (b) find a new pair that do the same thing, assuming that what they are doing is all good.

If I'm in the market for a new pair of shoes and not just simply buying another pair of the same thing (fcuk you, Nike, and your totally redesigned Zoom Elite!) I tend to go to my local Runner's Need, not because they're particularly experts on gait analysis, but because I can try the shoes on, wear them for a quick bash on the treadmill, AND they will price-match an online retailer. (I even bought my last Garmin this way, price-matching evil Amazon. Yay!)

Then it's back to internet bargains and TK Maxx (seriously worth keeping an eye out) for repeat purchases of the same shoe. Current favourite: Brooks Defyance, £30 from Start Fitness a few months ago.

Did 5km in my skora bare foot shoes last night. Felt fine. Left calf tight today. But don't think it's anything beyond adaptation.

Great success.

Since I took 5 weeks off running sue to injury I've been suffering with sore feet both feeling hot while running and then tingling afterwards, this less noticeable in my asics noosa fasts than it is in my innov road 255s - should I be worried or have my feet become precious and sensitive since I had a break?

Anybody want a place on the Bacchus Half-Marathon on sunday? (start time 11am) Running around the Denbies wine estate near Dorking.

I won't be using taking my place and the only options are to transfer to someone else or not use it, there is no cost to transfer so this will be free to whoever wants it.

Cheers.

Any other recommendations for shops that can help with fitting in central London? My current shortlist is Runners Need and Run and Become.

Minimal salesperson banter preferred.

Edit: I just read back through some of the thread - those two shops are mentioned on the first page, from 7 years ago, so I'm guessing I've got it figured already.

Run and Become is good in respect of having a very good selection across different brands, particularly for non-standard stuff like spikes and off-road shoes, but road shoes as well. My experiences of sales staff have been generally positive, non-pushy, but can't vouch for their expertise from the point of view of advice on fitting since I've only been in there to try different shoes for size after knowing pretty much what I was after.

I would just avoid Sweatshop, because they're not independent. Sales staff are on commission to try to sell you Karrimor products, which apparently are a bit pants.

Sweatshop are owned by SportsDirect who also own the Karrimor brand so that could be the case. Saying that, I went to the one off Oxford St and they ended up recommending a pair of Nike that were half price in the sale.