Ultra Marathons
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Feb 2017
1:27am, 5 Feb 2017
16,795 posts
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flanker
SS, spot on. I was planning to race L100 hard this year as a final swansong, wanting to be sub-30. I was expecting to be trashed for weeks after. The way training is going (or not!) it'll be a case of finishing. And probably still being the same! 
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Feb 2017
9:10pm, 5 Feb 2017
228 posts
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zp
I appreciate these things are highly individual, and my only 100s are Lakeland 100s .. but I definitely didn't need 2-3 months to fully recover, let alone race well. I tapered down and then back up again, so even including the race July was a very light month - 223 total miles in July 2015 for example. Considering the pace L100 is 'run' at (ie ridiculous amounts of walking) such a long recovery period seems a bizarre. But maybe it's just me FR, if you're specifically interesting in L100, it is hard to pace evenly as the hills determine what you can run and what you should walk; I was told by a few people to treat Dalemain as halfway. In 2014, I took 13:33 from start to Dalemain and 13:23 from their to the finish; in 2015 I had 13:31/12:33 splits. I guess take it easy over the first half is my advice
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Feb 2017
3:56pm, 6 Feb 2017
416 posts
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pedro
Does anyone run in Hokas? I want to but someone some Hoka One One Bondi off the internet size 5 but hear Hokas size small? So should I go for 5.5 or 6? Anyone know? Thanks
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Feb 2017
3:59pm, 6 Feb 2017
7,787 posts
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mrs shanksi
I wear Hokas in my usual shoe size and don't have any problems
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Feb 2017
4:15pm, 6 Feb 2017
2,051 posts
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K5 Gus
For me, Hoka sizing is same as Salomon, New Balance and Brooks, but Inov8 I go half a size smaller. It might depend on how wide your feet are though - Hokas have been notoriously narrow at the forefoot, although some of the very latest models are getting a wider forefoot last. |
Feb 2017
4:33pm, 6 Feb 2017
736 posts
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flyingfinn
Pedro, I'm the same as K5 Gus. In all my Inov8s I'm UK 6/Eu 39.5 but in Hokas I go half a size larger UK 7/Eu 40.
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Feb 2017
4:41pm, 6 Feb 2017
11,350 posts
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Fenland (Fenners) Runner
I think Hoka's have slightly changed in sizing. When I first got some it was advised to go half a size up. But my latest pair are a bit on the big size. If you can try before you buy.
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Feb 2017
9:11am, 7 Feb 2017
3,456 posts
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Mr. K.
Thoughts about this event please......thanks sussextrailevents.com |
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Feb 2017
9:56am, 7 Feb 2017
417 posts
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pedro
Thanks folks
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Feb 2017
10:47am, 7 Feb 2017
7,068 posts
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becca7
Looks like a nice event, Mr K. Date doesn't work for me and probably beyond my navigational competence anyway, though.
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