Need some help from some more experienced people here:
Currently training for a half in May & wanting to go sub-1:20 and wondering:
a) Should I even wear flats?
I've been training in Gel-Cumulus 16's with no issues, but they do feel heavy on longer runs. I know I'm not trying to go blazing fast, and my current pr is 1:24 in Gel-Cumulus. Not sure how much flats will help because of that.
b) Which flats do you recommend? HyperSpeed? DS Racer? Or something completely different?
Thanks!
Definitely don't wear two right-foot shoes! I did that once in a half. OUCH!!!!
That sounds awful... I think I'd rather go barefoot over that.
I run HM in flats. Currently wear the Brooks Green Silence, which are discontinued. For marathons, I wear a lightweight trainer. For HM, I think you could get away with either. Anything too light and I find it really fries the legs.
I ended up using the NB 1400 . They weight about the same as the hyper speed but I found the Hyperspeed beat me up after 40 minutes of running... I'm on a 40+ year old body running the same half times. Was able to adapt to the NB pretty quit.
Definitely wear flats. My go to road racing shoe is the Nike Zoom Streak LT 2. Cheap on Running Warehouse too.
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