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Willo_ said:
Back around the black Friday sales I was just looking for good deals as you do, somehow found myself on that RunnerInn site with Puma Deviate Nitro 2 on sale for $164.. Was $22 shipping but I use that Honey plug in at work that found and applied a coupon for $24 off so it made the shipping free and the shoes slightly cheaper.. I excitedly pulled the trigger and ordered some, sizes had to converted to US sizing so I knew it was from Europe.

Was potentially reckless as I normally research the site first and can be wary, I got overexcited by the price and just ordered.

Then I read the reviews, which are by and large absolutely terrible... Not like the shoes aren't legit, just shipping is terrible and they often never show....But I figured I'd paid via PayPal so worst case I'd complain and they'd get the money back anyway.

Got sent a shipping number which reassuringly had a photo of the parcel, and waited... And waited... And waited... I think it was about 10 days after the order they said shipped, about 20 days after that they'd arrived in the country.
Then the geniuses at Aus Post attempted delivery in Wodonga, I'm in Geelong... Lodged a request to follow up a touch panicked because it was saying return to sender. Aus Post could see the address I had was correct on their end and they had no idea how it had ended up going out for delivery in the wrong town..
This was December 23..

Shoes arrived today, well it's after midnight.. So yesterday.. With some trepidation I ripped open the bag, and the box looked like it had had the s**t kicked out of it.. But inside the shoes were in absolutely perfect new as they should be condition.


Couldn't wait to get home to try them on and go test them out,
First impressions trying on... These feel bloody awesome, light, comfy but good pop.. Like I'd go as far as saying they are the most "Ohh wow nice" feeling I've had as a first impression for a shoe.. Obviously no running or anything and that is the test but just feel on foot stuff.

Went out for 7.5k and wowee absolutely blown away, they just felt absolutely fantastic.. I cruised along quicker than I planned or expected but felt good the entire way. Comfy right out of the box. Could not be happier, happy to cop the delays getting them cos I mean Xmas and they were $120 cheaper than retail here

And they look sick, apologies for the long post but it's been quite the wait and adventure! Had been keen to try some Pumas, don't think these will disappoint (and to be fair literally every review I read on the shoe or YT I watched was glowing in praise for them)



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Even though my running sucks at the moment, the need for new runners hasn't waned :D
I've been tempted to try RunnersInn on more than 1 occasion but also read the reviews and stuck to the usual RunningWarehouse and UpThere Athletics.
I've got a pir of the first Deviate Nitro's and 2 pairs of the Nitro Elite 2's. The original Deviate Nitro's are fantastic to run in, albeit i suffered blisters and slippage as described in a ton of reviews. A pair of Balega blister proof socks fixed that.
I haven't been able to take the Nitro Elite's out yet but apparently the slippage issues have been fixed.
I'm all over Puma at the moment, want to be tempted into getting the Fast-R but $400 AUS is a bit much
 
Dan Moody said:
Even though my running sucks at the moment, the need for new runners hasn't waned :D
I've been tempted to try RunnersInn on more than 1 occasion but also read the reviews and stuck to the usual RunningWarehouse and UpThere Athletics.
I've got a pir of the first Deviate Nitro's and 2 pairs of the Nitro Elite 2's. The original Deviate Nitro's are fantastic to run in, albeit i suffered blisters and slippage as described in a ton of reviews. A pair of Balega blister proof socks fixed that.
I haven't been able to take the Nitro Elite's out yet but apparently the slippage issues have been fixed.
I'm all over Puma at the moment, want to be tempted into getting the Fast-R but $400 AUS is a bit much
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Yeah I potentially am fortunate that it worked out but obviously I'm happy with the outcome haha, I did feel much better about it when I double checked and saw I had paid via PayPal though.
From what I've read the Deviate 2s seem to have corrected the heel and slippage and I have to say I had no issues at all.. They feel like the type of shoe I want to put on again and go out for a run in just because I enjoyed it.
 
I did my first run of the year this morning after 150km in December and completed the Capital City Trail (29.6km). I ran counter clockwise starting at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre/Crown Casino traffic intersection.

The run kicked the shit out of me (3hrs). Felt great after 12km, then the rain and wind hit, and the trail became more undulated in the middle section and I took a couple of wrong turns which meant doubling back short distances. I could barely get my feet off the ground by the end and had spent all my petrol tickets but shuffled in to finish.

The trail is a beautiful way to see Melbourne but there wasn’t a lot of joy in the last 5km through the underpasses and construction sites of western Melbourne, unfortunately.

When I started at the Exhibition Centre, there was a giant poster advertising a David Goggins talk. That was motivation enough not to let that dude down by failing to complete the run. 😂
 
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192k for January...all of it slow jogging, 4 days a week.
the long run is out to 16k which i'm pretty happy about considering that's more than my weekly mileage from mid November.

the next step is to add in another day and maybe some strides.
 

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London and Chicago Marathons for me this year to round out the 6 WMMs.. pretty excited and hopefully can reach both start lines in decent shape.
 
267k for Feb from 19 runs, longest was 20k

i think i've found my training sweet spot, both in terms of mileage and time/life management.
now to just keep stacking the weeks together and look for some races in the second half of the year :D
 
I've done just over 200km so far for the year. Most are between 4-10km I'd say, but I have to start building now into longer distances.
 
rfctigerarmy said:
I've done just over 200km so far for the year. Most are between 4-10km I'd say, but I have to start building now into longer distances.
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Definitely buy new shoes just for those longer runs. And maybe another pair for the shorter runs. Then maybe another pair for faster runs. Plus another for running on trails.
 
owen87 said:
Definitely buy new shoes just for those longer runs. And maybe another pair for the shorter runs. Then maybe another pair for faster runs. Plus another for running on trails.
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I don't run trails (I'd probably like to), but I have a few shoes on rotation :D
 
owen87 said:
Definitely buy new shoes just for those longer runs. And maybe another pair for the shorter runs. Then maybe another pair for faster runs. Plus another for running on trails.
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I think for safety reasons you should have separate pairs for the 1st of the month, and the 2nd of the month, 3rd, 4th.... :p So basically 31 pairs plus some extras for coverage/contingencies.
 
Ive run 300km this year which is a less than normal and I think I've found a good spot, all my runs are around 12km/1hour (3-4 times a week) and I'm finding recovery and maintenance so much easier than last years 14-20km runs.

I don't train for anything in particular so I will stick to this, seems once I get past an hour that's when the extra effort and wear and tear really extrapolate, running fasted probably doesn't help.
 

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Alberto_Magnifico said:
Ive run 300km this year which is a less than normal and I think I've found a good spot, all my runs are around 12km/1hour (3-4 times a week) and I'm finding recovery and maintenance so much easier than last years 14-20km runs.

I don't train for anything in particular so I will stick to this, seems once I get past an hour that's when the extra effort and wear and tear really extrapolate, running fasted probably doesn't help.
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I definitely feel like 90+ mins is where I start getting a lot more fatigue after a run, but also where I felt a lot of benefits came from.
 
Alberto_Magnifico said:
Ive run 300km this year which is a less than normal and I think I've found a good spot, all my runs are around 12km/1hour (3-4 times a week) and I'm finding recovery and maintenance so much easier than last years 14-20km runs.

I don't train for anything in particular so I will stick to this, seems once I get past an hour that's when the extra effort and wear and tear really extrapolate, running fasted probably doesn't help.
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I often find that if I want to run a longer distance, then going slower fixes the recovery and maintenance issues. It enables me to focus more on technique and posture which reduces problems with injuries (ITBS etc.).

If you’re running 5min per km over 10km, then I bet your body would respond fine if you ran (for eg.) 5:15-5:30min per km over 15-20km.

I suppose it depends on what you enjoy and how much time you have at your disposal.

I prefer longer slower runs, than shorter intense runs. Others will say the opposite.
 
Got myself a pair of the Superblast. Went TTS. The sizing is... weird. ASICS tends to run slightly short and narrow through the toebox for me when I go TTS, yet this is enormously long but probably OK width wise.

With the high stack they're rockered, which means due to the length the rocker then sits slightly forward of the ball of the foot.

If I go down half a size they might be OK, but they then might be too narrow for any kind of longer runs.

Meanwhile also got a pair of the SC Trainer for $200 and they fit perfectly in TTS unlike the Rebel v1 and RC Elite v2 which needed half a size for the volume in the toebox.

Go figure.
 
Wetdog said:
I often find that if I want to run a longer distance, then going slower fixes the recovery and maintenance issues. It enables me to focus more on technique and posture which reduces problems with injuries (ITBS etc.).

If you’re running 5min per km over 10km, then I bet your body would respond fine if you ran (for eg.) 5:15-5:30min per km over 15-20km.

I suppose it depends on what you enjoy and how much time you have at your disposal.

I prefer longer slower runs, than shorter intense runs. Others will say the opposite.
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I do find it awkward to slow down as well as speed up, I like to run at a casual/fun pace I can control my breathing through my nose and maintain a proper form, where I can smile and have a chat.
Doesn't matter if it's 5km, 10km or 20km I always seem to run around 5km/min, it just feels good.

I guess it would take some practice to change pace, if I had the motivation.
 
Alberto_Magnifico said:
I do find it awkward to slow down as well as speed up, I like to run at a casual/fun pace I can control my breathing through my nose and maintain a proper form, where I can smile and have a chat.
Doesn't matter if it's 5km, 10km or 20km I always seem to run around 5km/min, it just feels good.

I guess it would take some practice to change pace, if I had the motivation.
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If you haven't read 80/20 Running it's worth a read, he talks about running 'uncomfortably slow' at first as you get used to slowing down and keeping out of the mid-range dead zone of not running fast enough when you run fast, or slow enough when you run slow.

I see people all the time out doing 'slow' runs on their Strava at paces that are significantly faster than I'd do a recovery run, yet their fast runs are significantly slower than my fast runs.

Following a few elite runners on Strava has been quite informative, Izzy Batt-Doyle has a really good public profile with descriptive sessions, heaps of her 'slower' runs are around the 4:40 mark and she's a 1:09 half-marathoner! For what she's capable of it's really quite slow.

Not necessarily applicable to your case, just some thoughts.
 

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listening to this weeks IRP episode and some guy named Courtney Carter got a shout out from Andy Buchanan for his support in Hamburg.
I reckon Jess Stenson also said he was a half decent bloke a while back cause he gave her a place to stay when she went over there for the race. [/stalking]

I’ve been sitting out the last week with a calf niggle which is a surprise to absolutely nobody.
 
PoopingHindi said:
listening to this weeks IRP episode and some guy named Courtney Carter got a shout out from Andy Buchanan for his support in Hamburg.
I reckon Jess Stenson also said he was a half decent bloke a while back cause he gave her a place to stay when she went over there for the race. [/stalking]

I’ve been sitting out the last week with a calf niggle which is a surprise to absolutely nobody.
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Sounds like a decent bloke!
 
London mara done, sensational crowd noise and support, stoked with a 2:52:14.
 
wadistance said:
Sounds like a decent bloke!
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In all honestly though - Hamburg is one of the most underrated marathons in Europe. Fast course, usually fantastic weather, huge crowd support, very flat, small city so easy to get in and out of, plus a great place to holiday before and after.

If any of you are considering it next year or the following years get in touch, happy to help out with anything I can.
 

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