Which shoes for half this weekend?

Triathlon Forum
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I’ve got my first major race of the season coming up this weekend.

I’m basically undertrained, and I’m going mainly because I’ve already paid. I think I’ve averaged about 10hrs/week since New Years, so I’m not expecting any personal bests. I’ve gone through the motions and done the longish workouts, including a couple of 80-100 mile rides and 15-18 mile runs.

Here’s the question: Given these circumstances, would you wear Asics Kayanos or DS Trainers for the run? I do 99% of my training in the Kayanos, but I know the Trainers are faster.

If you must ask, I’m 6 feet tall and weigh 146 pounds. No major injuries in the last year. I wear hard orthotics in both shoes.

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Humm, you must be doing Liberty, which I am also doing. I’ll tell you what I did last year. I got the ds after liberty after researching about “faster/lighter” shoes…and wore them for waconia/lifetime/steelhead, and clearwater. They just make you feel so fast that if you think that your run training is at a good point I’d wear them (ie not peaking yet but decent run milage). Also, the liberty course is just smooth pavement for the most part so I wouldn’t be worried about having extra support or anything. See you saturday.

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You could win the Liberty tri in Flip flops

Wear the orange DT trainers. That way we’ll be on even footing so to speak. Although I’ve got 20 years on you.

See you there

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given that you’ve been doing the long stuff i bet you surprise yourself.

What are you worried about with the lighter shoes? Risk of injury? Do you have a more important race coming up?

Dan
www.aiatriathlon.com

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What are you worried about with the lighter shoes? Risk of injury? Do you have a more important race coming up?

It’s June, which means that I just put away my skis here in MN :slight_smile:

Worried about injury, and I’d like to race the remainder of the season. No reason to blow it for 30 seconds at this point.

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You could win the Liberty tri in Flip flops

Long Course
Male - Danny Morwood 4:17:07 ('06)
Female - Marlo Crosby 4:41:53 ('06)

I can’t go anywhere close to 4:17, even in running shoes.

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sounds like sound logic to me…

Dan
www.aiatriathlon.com

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Buy a pair of Newtons at the expo and run in them. (JK) I saw a lot of people doing that at Florida 70.3. Wonder how that worked out for them?

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Run in whatever shoe you have used for that distance and conditions. I just ran the World’s Toughest Half run in old T4s without socks. I have done it in practice though, so I was not worried. As it turns out, I did get a blister on one toe from the steep downhills, but it did not slow me down in the race.
Chad