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DeeGee May 2013 9:04pm, 1 May 2013 14,182 posts	Quote Pin DeeGee I think I asked this on Facebook, but I've lost the thread, so after today's Croxby Crawl, 4.44 miles of on-road hills, I've decided finally that I am going to have to buy new races for my racing shoes. New Year's Day, I was chasing 40 mins, when after 3 miles - kablammo - laces undone, needed redoing with cold fingers. Lost time. Today Croxby, on for the "gold-standard" of 30 mins, shoes undone not once but twice - came in at 30.11 I'm losing time when I'm running quickly with the laces in my Brooks ST5 - they're too satin-like. So I need some new laces, lightweight, which will "feel" fast but also feel fastened, in red, but which will stay fastened. I wear the racers for all distances up to fast marathon, so I need them to stay in place. I have Xtenex in my triathlon shoes, but I'm not sure about them over say 10k. I now only wear my tri shoes to the swimming pool with the boy! Any ideas?
DeeGee May 2013 9:05pm, 1 May 2013 14,183 posts	Quote Pin DeeGee "I am going to have to buy new races for my racing shoes"? Obviously, new laces, not races.
RunningInCircles May 2013 9:09pm, 1 May 2013 920 posts	Quote Pin RunningInCircles fieggen.com Better choice of knot perhaps...
JohnnyO May 2013 9:25pm, 1 May 2013 16,032 posts	Quote Pin JohnnyO I wore extenex for ages. Pretty sure I did a marathon in them.
Oysterboy May 2013 9:32pm, 1 May 2013 6,208 posts	Quote Pin Oysterboy You're probably tying them wrong. ted.com
JohnnyO May 2013 9:44pm, 1 May 2013 16,033 posts	Quote Pin JohnnyO There is that. I stopped using extenex when I learnt to tie them properly. Apparently I had been doing it wrong for 38 years.
Bazoaxe May 2013 9:51pm, 1 May 2013 5,537 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe Double knot ? I always do for races, despite my laces coming undone maybe 3 times in 13 years of running when tied in a single knot for training
Frobester May 2013 10:08pm, 1 May 2013 22,345 posts	Quote Pin Frobester I swear by Locklaces ever since my standard issue laces came undone during a race. locklaces.com
Craig_ May 2013 10:15pm, 1 May 2013 244 posts	Quote Pin Craig_ I always double knot...
DeeGee May 2013 10:19pm, 1 May 2013 14,185 posts	Quote Pin DeeGee Always double knot, Baz. Just these laces are made of a particularly slippery fabric - or maybe my main rival has vaselined my laces while I've not been watching.