Marathon in Flats?

Training Advice/Discussion Marathon

6 years ago 04/18/2018 9:25pm EDT

So I ran Boston on Monday. It was just my second marathon, and decided to wear flats. My qualifier I ran 2:41 in trainers, and went out at a comparable pace for this one, 1:19 through the half.

I felt really good for the first half, and then around mile 17 or so, I noticed that my legs were feeling sore. Not a feeling that I usually get during runs. Usually in the second half of a long run, legs can feel a bit heavy but not sore. Then hills went awful. 6 min miles turned to 6:30s, then 7s, then 7:30s. Just couldn’t feel like I could get the legs opened up at all.

Anyways, I ran 1:29 for the second half en route to a 2:48. What impact, if any, do you think the flats had on my performance? I’m certainly not blaming it on that, but I think it played a factor, maybe even more than the conditions did.

PS: I don’t run in my flats very often.

6 years ago 04/18/2018 9:31pm EDT

re: BostonFlats

so you ran in flats for the first time, without testing them in long runs with significant MP segments? and you think wearing flats impacted you more than the objectively terrible conditions? are you stupid?

6 years ago 04/18/2018 9:41pm EDT

re: BostonFlats

BostonFlats wrote:
PS: I don’t run in my flats very often.

This would be why you felt like poop. Flats have a fraction of the cushioning and support your trainers have. Combined with the fact you rarely wear them, and then decided to do a marathon in them??

6 years ago 04/18/2018 10:20pm EDT

re: Come on, mannn

No you just suck at training. Flats shouldn’t have impacting that much depending on what type flats you wore.

6 years ago 04/19/2018 8:27am EDT

re: good at spotting trolls

Not a troll. Yes I realize now it was not a great idea. Hence the post.

I'm a bit confused though. You seem to be contradicting yourself a bit. What do you think impacted more, the conditions or the flats?

6 years ago 04/19/2018 11:11am EDT

re: BostonFlats

What are your normal trainers and what were the flats?

I always get a good number of long runs in whatever racing flats I will wear for the marathon.

6 years ago 04/19/2018 11:19am EDT

re: BostonFlats

BostonFlats wrote:
Not a troll. Yes I realize now it was not a great idea. Hence the post.

Other posters are idiots. The race has a lot of downhill. Wet shoes can affect a lot of things. Running in flats is fine usually, but the conditions and course together made the difference.

I ran a marathon, and my Runners World friends were flipping out that I took the trainers right out of the box.

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