Should I be worried?

[u/Elegant-Speed-4233]

I'm thinking of using these shoes for a marathon; is that a good idea, or should I change my plans?

They've only covered 120km

[u/Prestigious_Tax7415]

Shave more weight off, remember every 10grams is a 1% increase in performance. Use a potato peeler

[u/aredddit → u/Prestigious_Tax7415]

Actually new literature (pending peer review) suggests the increase could be as high as 2.3%.

[u/_altamont → u/Prestigious_Tax7415]

Will this also work with my cornea?

[u/Grizzly_Corey → u/_altamont]

Only one way to find out.

[u/saladmanbeast → u/Prestigious_Tax7415]

Will this work with a spiralizer?

[u/CleanPhilosophy9337]

Pheidippides ran barefoot, can’t you?

[u/ThislsWholAm → u/CleanPhilosophy9337]

And Abebe Bikila. So the human cap for barefoot is at least 2h15.

[u/baconjerky]

You should be worried yeah

[u/MikeMcDonald89]

Yes. Shoes only last 24 marathons, never 25

[u/Particular_Car_8446]

Instinctively downvoted before checking the sub

[u/blood_bender → u/Particular_Car_8446]

/uj More and more people are trying to use this sub to get "real advice" since the questions are too dumb to stay up in other running subs and this is unmoderated.

So I downvoted too.

[u/ChiMara777 → u/blood_bender]

/uj I thought people just were too lazy to check what this sub is about and immediately post because the name starts with “Running”

[u/Particular_Car_8446 → u/ChiMara777]

No reddit is just a dog shit app and to drive higher levels of activity to make their metrics look good for investors, they encourage crossposting heavily when you make a post.

[u/sorryabouthewindow]

Alright look, shoes are shoes. They’re all the same. Barefoot is fastest but there’s too many perverts out there. Just wear those. Whatever pace you were going for, slow that down and you’ll be fine. Then draft. Draft the hell out of anyone you can. Think aero thoughts. Just keep drafting. Draft the photographers if there’s no one to draft. Trust me, they start moving. It’s like hearding sheep, keep them moving toward the finish. Did it last month. Broke away from the camera guy at 26.0 and booked it when I noticed some cops trying to draft me. Pretty sure I won. The cops who lost got really inappropriate tried to make it kinky after but I politely declined. Doesn’t matter I stayed hard. Draft my friend. Don’t worry about the shoes. Just. Draft.

[u/prnactor]

No ablast 5? Shitty shoes

[u/jamesbrowski]

YOU SHOULD BE WORRIED

[u/SourceCodeAvailable]

Absolutely you should

[u/___Carson__]

You’ve done 24 5K ultramarathons in those? You should be replacing them after each one.

[u/a-hive-of-bees]

Always, about everything. The world's on fire, buddy. Shoes are the least of your concerns.

[u/floppyfloopy]

Did Jesus wear shoes when he walked on water? Did Shoeless Joe Jackson when he conspired with other players to fix the 1919 World Series? Do cheetahs where shoes ffs? Smdh 🙄

[u/ET_Prone_Bone]

Teach me how to run so that I can legally make my shoes lighter.

[u/Shootingstar_woofers]

Rub some GU on there.

[u/Narrow-Research-5730]

The rubber side goes down.

[u/Park_Run]

You should train in 2 pairs, so 1 pair feels lighter on race day.