I believe a few places in Europe do the following but Iād only seen Inov-8 offer it on a very small range of their shoes. I was online today and ended up on Brooks running shoes website. Basically they have a 90 days returns policy. That sounds fine but the policy actually means you can buy shoes from them, wear them as much as you want and if youāre not happy send them back. Might be handy for any of ye out there looking for new shoes. Gives you a chance to give them a proper test drive.
On the potentially negative side,
youāre buying direct from Brooks so youāre paying full whack
Iām not sure of the environmental side of schemes like this
how bloody cheap is it to make them in the first place?
Has anyone ever done the Clontarf Half Marathon? Takes in Clontarf seafront/prom, out onto Bill Island, up to Sutton and loops back. An area I run in a bit. I should be capable of doing a half by November, @fenwaypark?
The Waterford half marathon is a good one, usually on at start of December but not sure if itās going ahead as races seem to be very slow to start back here.
True enough @fenwaypark. Late November on Bull Island with a howling wind coming in from the sea could be tough alright. I was looking at this one, @Wexford1996, as itās local to me and would be very handy.
Sensational. Iād have no doubt youād be well capable of doing a half marathon. I think you would beat the majority of the lads who post on this thread (myself included) over that distance.
Running is nice, often enjoyable but racing is pure misery alright, Iām sure if @Bandage is to do a half marathon heāll want to give it his best, I think sub 1:45 is on the cards, or is that too conservative?
My first ever race was a half marathon. I was doing nowhere near the volume or the quality of training @Bandage is doing. I was 1ā46. I think @Bandage could deffo go quicker than that but anything can happen on race day
Need to respect the distance. The man has barely gone over 10 miles, half marathons are no joke, especially when you havenāt done one before. Half marathons get inside your head.
Nonsense. Iād say Iād only ran 10 miles twice before doing a half marathon race and @Thomas_Brady was only doing 20 laps of a football pitch in Adidas Sambas before hitting 1ā30 for a half.
