I wish there was a way I could put them on quickly so that I could use them in triathlons. I occasionally run in other socks to try to harden my feel, and every time I get blisters, with the Injinji’s I never have any issues
I’d say you’d want to be sub 1:50 on a flat course for it to be comfortable.
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haha! i know what you mean. I have wonky toes as well, so they take a flippin age to get on!!!
Interesting! My mum bought me some non-running socks like that, we were all a bit freaked out by them tbh.
I‘ll get a pair of the “lightweight” if I can find em.
I might get RockTape as a back up then, I think it was RockTape I borrowed and worked great last Brighton attempt.
Interesting. Glad he commented on the course profile issue in Q&A as that was the thing that immediately jumped to my mind. I imagine his point about the opening 10k is the key takeaway, the 3rd split being variable depending on the course.
I ran my numbers for Malaga. 3:59/km overall pace…
10k = 1.000
21.1k = 0.987
30k = 0.996
42.2k = 1.013
With that in mind, I executed my goal of running the opening 10k deliberately slower rather well. I used the phrase in my race report of feeling like I was “riding the handbrake the opening 10k”. And it really did pay dividends.
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Maybe I was too tired last night but I tried to watch this and couldn’t get past the first 10 mins. he says ‘right’ way too much and it seemed to focus on how people ran a downhill marathon, rather than actual pacing advice.
Maybe I didn’t watch it for long enough?
Yes, the guy has a technical presentation and seems unsure of his audience. I didn’t get what I was looking for - how to pace hills in a marathon - but I did think his analysis of pacing was interesting, in particular separating the different categories of runners.
The key points for me were;
- the importance of pacing the first 10k well
- that very successful runners pace differently
- that older runners pace better than younger
Yeah I was surprised how ‘easy’ the elite runners took the first 10-20km.
I remember reading something ages ago that indicated negatively splitting a marathon is quite rare, even among the elites.
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Pacing hills? Well, there are two general approaches to run pacing: even pace or even effort. Even effort generally works out better! I find shortening the stride & raising cadence on hills definitely helps.
That’s the triathlete way for sure isn’t it? Certainly the way we talk about cycling. I’m just not sure that’s the way for runners - I’ve only ever seen “pure” runners attack hills the same way “pure” cyclists attack hills.
It’s different though isn’t it? Running costs more both up and down - up, more effort, down, more damage.
This is what I tend to do and it works for me.
For me it is about keeping my heart rate in the zone and not burning too many matches.
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Maybe in a XC race, or even a HM, but I definitely held back on the up hills in my marathon. Consistent effort. Ultimately thats the theory behind running power meters in the same way with cycling power meters
How is everyone doing?
I did 19 miles yesterday made up of…
1 x easy
4 x MP
4 x easy
4 x MP
3 x easy
2 x MP
1 x easy
Found it a struggle getting back up to MP for miles 17 and 18 but just managed it.
Overall felt better than last weeks 16 mile run as my easier miles were easier this week but overall I was actually slightly quicker.
In the week I ran on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for a total of 19 miles so a 38 mile weekly total which is high for me.
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I think my mileage is going ok. Have to admit, I find it harder to longer runs that switch the pacing around so much. Maybe it’s a mental thing but I seem better wired to a complete run at approx ‘x’ pace, rather than on again off agains (having said that, I can cope with it on the treadmill).
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Haha @FatPom your mileage is going more than ok, you are smashing it out!
I find the switching of pacing tough but the upside is that it breaks the run down into segments and that helps me get through it mentally.
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Wore them Saturday, sadly they haven’t worked - not a disaster, but a significantly worse blister than last week in that area, plus a couple of smaller ones appeared.
Woolie Boolies
Cons:
I didn’t hit my paces in the Tempo or Long runs this week.
Pros:
I got in all my sessions, including cross training, weight training and an extra swim lesson.
Twinge in the left knee on Tempo day had recovered by Interval day, and no sign after Long day either.
I know graphs exaggerate things but relatively smooth routes isn’t happening:
I may move my long run indoors…2h45 next week, Zwift has better bloody work this time!
EDIT
Oh shit, it’s 32km at 6:09/km next week so well over 3hrs. Maybe not the day for my first multi-hour treadmill session 
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Sorry, panic over - sort of, that’s the following week.
27.5km at 5:59/km this Saturday. But still a pain in the ass.