For those that have done it would you recommend switching to trail shoes on the Appalachian trail portion and switching back to road shoes afterwards or not waste time and just run that portion in the same road shoes?
For those that have done it would you recommend switching to trail shoes on the Appalachian trail portion and switching back to road shoes afterwards or not waste time and just run that portion in the same road shoes?
I just wore my regular training shoes the whole way, and it was fine, but with 20-20 hindsight I might recommend the first strategy you mention -- trail shoes could have been good on the AT -- lots of rocks and roots to say the least.
If I'm not mistaken, I think some of the top runners in the field have alluded to switching shoes for the towpath. The wasted time is not that much in context of such a long race.
Good luck with the race. I hope you get great weather and that all goes smoothly.
Depends on your brand, but I'd change into Next% after the AT for the remaining 34+ miles.
Have you been on the course yet? I am going for my first stab this fall, but went out to the AT twice this summer to run (actually power hike a lot as I found much of it unrunnable) and wore my Topo trail shoes. I'm doing a 20 miler on the towpath this Saturday and I'll likely try it in my trail shoes to see how I feel. But no way would I try the AT in my road shoes. Disclaimer- I'm 61 years old and bot as spry as I used to be.
Somewhat local and have done Weverton a couple times and many many miles on the towpath, including a virtual marathon in Next%. I'd go trail shoes on the AT section for sure and switch to your favorite marathon shoe for the C&O. Any road shoe would work with the newer surface and I use pretty much everything from Endorphin Speeds to Hyperion Tempos for faster paces. Better cushioning and a plate will be well worth a switch imho.
Well, obviously the AT can be run in road shoes... my sub-6:15 happened in ASICS DS-Trainers.. the likes of Nippert and pre-2014 or so were all in road flats/shoes/trainer before "trail" shoes became a thing. Look up what Matt Carpenter used to run.. even Josh Cox back in the day at Masochist was in road shoes. I still the AT in lightweight road shoes like the DS-Trainer, although now I am primarily in Salomon S/LAB Ultra 3.
I think Saucony now makes and Endorphin Pro trail shoe. That might be the best bet
I wore the trainers for both sections the two years I ran it. Kinvara (‘20) and Cumulus(‘15). If you are going to run on super shoes maybe switch into them after the AT but I didn’t have issues in regular trainers on the AT.
I would guess it depends if your road shoes are traditional road shoes, those will work for trails (if you are comfortable running on trails in them). If your road shoes are the newer generation of "super shoes" with the super high stack, I'd be very wary of rolling an ankle and would think doing a quick shoe switch would be best.
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