How many people wear spikes in the workouts? mainly wondering about the 800m and up runners. Personally I often wear them when I'm doing any workout thats at 1500m pace or less. I got a new pair of spikes this year and I'm kind of paranoid that I'll wear them down too much and by next year they won't be in great shape. Basically just wondering what the good and bad there is to wearing them and who does it.
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I only wear spikes during workouts when I haven't raced in a while and I need to get used to them before an upcoming race. I do it so they don't f*** up my feet (example: blisters) during a race. Other than that I don't really see the benefit of wearing spikes during a workout. I've always thought that it's better to train "heavy" and race "light".
Wear them out? Come on. I wear my spikes all the time - even on road races. Takes a good 15 seconds off a 5k.
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How many people wear spikes in the workouts? mainly wondering about the 800m and up runners. Personally I often wear them when I'm doing any workout thats at 1500m pace or less. I got a new pair of spikes this year and I'm kind of paranoid that I'll wear them down too much and by next year they won't be in great shape. Basically just wondering what the good and bad there is to wearing them and who does it.
Thanks
i wear mine in pretty much every workout thats about 65 sec quarters or faster.
and i dont think wearing them in track workouts is going to wear them down, i wore the same pair for two years, and only changed because they got spiked and tore.
you should really only be looking to get a season out of spikes. they normally fall apart by then. i do all my track work outs in spikes unless i'm freshing up or sore and then i wear flats.
"If you want to run damn 57 second quarters then you have to wear damn spikes."
Steve Prefontaine
I'm fine in racing flats for anything down to about 60 second pace. At 65 or 70 second pace, I don't notice much difference between spikes and flats. Faster than that and I start needing to really push off with my toes and spikes make a huge difference. A 55 in spikes feels like a 60 in flats for me.
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