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Feb 2020
12:45pm, 17 Feb 2020
15,946 posts
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Bazoaxe
Agreed. That minute was compared to using heavier road shoes and arguably could have been achieved at lead in part by going to any lighter shoe.
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Feb 2020
12:48pm, 17 Feb 2020
68,617 posts
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Gobi
You'd take it for sure JR
I bought them as I wear Nike anyway and have friends who are running a lot faster in these shoes.
I'd happily blame the shoes if I started seeing 16.xx 5km times.
I'm going to test this weekend, right now trying to decide on 4% (nearly new) 4% (old and worn) or Active 88(new light and minimal) the 88s have performed very well in training.
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Feb 2020
1:06pm, 17 Feb 2020
44 posts
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JR
The issue is though Gob - someone who cant afford to splash out on £240 shoes may miss out to someone who can. AS I said _ I am well within my GFA time so hopefully shouldnt impact. However, it concerns me a bit re age group prizes. I confess to being competitive so do think I might feel a bit hard done by if someone who has never beaten me before rocks up in VFs and beats me.
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Feb 2020
1:06pm, 17 Feb 2020
45 posts
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JR
oops - Gobi not Gob! 
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Feb 2020
1:20pm, 17 Feb 2020
68,618 posts
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Gobi
Si can live with Gob , like I say I come from cycling.
This is normal
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Feb 2020
1:25pm, 17 Feb 2020
47 posts
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JR
Which is why I don't do triathlon
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Feb 2020
1:31pm, 17 Feb 2020
6,381 posts
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jda
VF is just about the cheapest way of gaining speed in a tri! I wore mine for a duathlon and won a woolly hat, I hope no-one else felt too hard done by but I did probably have the cheapest bike by a country mile.
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Feb 2020
1:42pm, 17 Feb 2020
8,459 posts
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ITG
240 quid on shoes is undoubtedly a lot - more than double what I usually pay.
But - for GFA athletes, adding up all the kit, entry fees, travel and overnight stays, it doesn't strike me as a huge marginal difference overall per race. You're not going to train in them year round. (I can only realistically wear mine for a few good weather months a year.)
Maybe because I live in Iceland where everything is expensive.
I'll be in new vaporflys with my asics sweater picked up for a fiver in the Red Cross shop. Best running top I ever got!
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Feb 2020
1:43pm, 17 Feb 2020
8,460 posts
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ITG
I'll also be middle of the pack. Not threatening anyone's GFA place and just trying to get under 4 hours!
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Feb 2020
2:38pm, 17 Feb 2020
68,619 posts
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Gobi
Lol JR
I want my 60 second improvement over 5km
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