The vaporfly thread
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Jan 2022
9:19pm, 1 Jan 2022
627 posts
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fuzzyduck79
Ouch Will be out in the morning doing a marathon pace session in AF, not fancying my chances of getting round unscathed after all this carnage |
Jan 2022
9:30pm, 1 Jan 2022
482 posts
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Minimag
I did a parkrun today in AF's that had sharp turnaround points (180 degree's). I took it easy around the turnarounds, but didnt have any issues. I am a very 'flatfooted' runner though (did notice the slapping noise of the AF's on the ground, they are not quiet!) I didnt beat my time of last week where I used the saucony (was very close though), but today was very windy and wasnt a good comparison, may try again next week. |
Jan 2022
9:41pm, 1 Jan 2022
75,426 posts
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Gobi
Mine was at a parkrun that has mud. I could have gone over in trail shoes. Pure lack of concentration while not running flat out. instagram.com |
Jan 2022
10:33pm, 1 Jan 2022
5,332 posts
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Windsor Wool
Nasty Gobi. Look after yourself, we are getting too old for this falling over thing. They look nice Gus. I’ll take a look for some of those. I like my Hoka Rocket X but I don’t think they are fast like the Nike although they are lower / more like a normal shoe. Apologies if I’ve put anyone off the AF. I’ve never fallen over in a pair of 4% or next% if that helps anyone!! |
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Jan 2022
2:16pm, 2 Jan 2022
75,427 posts
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Gobi
I like the alpha
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Jan 2022
4:19pm, 2 Jan 2022
36,158 posts
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Hills of Death (HOD)
I ran a muddy 10k in AF Seemed to work ok it was 50/50 trail and road
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Jan 2022
5:07pm, 2 Jan 2022
628 posts
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fuzzyduck79
Survived 18 miles in AF this morning, all on road but some bits covered in floodskank from recent deluges. I suspect my footstrike would look similar to WW's picture |
Jan 2022
5:09pm, 2 Jan 2022
13,235 posts
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chunkywizard
first finisher at Dinton parkrun yesterday was in Next %. It's rather muddy at this time of year but he said there was only one stretch that was challenging (around the 1km mark I guess, but you do it twice).
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Jan 2022
6:07pm, 2 Jan 2022
1,477 posts
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Tizer
Have you ever tried to fix that foot strike WW? Interested because I land in exactly the same way and wondered if there's a way to train yourself out of it. I can't run at all at the moment anyway so I've got time to think about it 
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Jan 2022
6:09pm, 2 Jan 2022
55,760 posts
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Velociraptor
Half marathon in my VF4% this morning (240 miles on them now). There were some sections where the road was covered in a mixture of gritty mud and slippy mud. The shoes weren't impressed.
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