Marathon Racing Shoes

donothoponpop

Currently training in Brooks Adrenaline and Asics Kinsei, both of which are on the heavy side, and I'm wondering what the consensus is on running the marathon in specific racing shoes. Do most people (like me) run marathons in their training shoes? Anyone notice a performance difference in racing shoes? Does anyone feel the light weight is worth trading off cushioning? etc.

Thanks,

-donothoponpop

hunnymonster

I'm quite heavy so I'm always going to stick to plenty of cushioning but several of the faster whippets I train with have played around with racing flats for marathons. However, I think they have all now decided to stick with a bit more cushioning. Their reasoning is that the extra seconds (and that's all they reckon it is) are not worth the injury risks.

Peckham

Think I read somewhere that unless you're going sub-2:45 or so, that the risks of racing flats massively outweigh any potential benefits.

Have run both of my marathons in Brooks Adrenaline, and no plans to change that this time.

tunney

Peckham wrote: »

Think I read somewhere that unless you're going sub-2:45 or so, that the risks of racing flats massively outweigh any potential benefits.

Have run both of my marathons in Brooks Adrenaline, and no plans to change that this time.

The risk from racing flats comes from being overweight and/or having bad technique. If you're a lightweight technically good runner regardless of time what risk is there?

I do all my training and racing in racing flats. Suits me better than anything else. I get less injuries and feel better running.

TheRoadRunner

anything up to a half marathon I may wear racing flats. However I'm running Longford half in a few weeks and won't wear flats as it takes me longer to recover. Don't want to miss any of my Dublin marathon training.

I personally couldn't wear flats in a marathon. I need the cushioning as I'm big for a runner.

cfitz

tunney wrote: »

The risk from racing flats comes from being overweight and/or having bad technique. If you're a lightweight technically good runner regardless of time what risk is there?

I do all my training and racing in racing flats. Suits me better than anything else. I get less injuries and feel better running.

Maybe the original quote comes from someone who figures anyone who is a lightweight technically good runner will break 2:45.

tunney

cfitz wrote: »

Maybe the original quote comes from someone who figures anyone who is a lightweight technically good runner will break 2:45.

Good point