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something i'm sending to New Balance .. trying to find out wtf to do if I can't find v2's anymore:

First the feedback: This is by far my favorite running shoe, and has unfortunately become my measuring stick for all other running shoes. I've put over 500 miles on my first pair & ran 25 miles in them, plus many ~12-15 milers. So they definitely aren't just limited to 5k/10k. This review sums it up: http://fellrnr.com/wiki/New_Balance_RC5000v2  ... "My calculated cushioning-to-weight ratio (AKA Benefit) is 9.1, far higher than any other shoe. It's as well cushioned as some shoes that weigh nearly three times as much". I use my MRC5000v2's for speed work, mile runs, 5k's, long runs etc.. Easily the most versatile shoe i've worn.

So now to my question.. Will there be a v3? Or do I have to stock up on v2's? :/ I hear the v1 was actually "better" than the v2, but i've never been able to find those online.

I really hope NB doesn't completely stop making this shoe.. It's the most impressive running shoe i've ever put on. Also, Brenda Martinez has recommended them many times, wearing them during her NY 5th Ave mile races for example.

If NB does stop making them ... what is the recommended NB replacement shoe? I don't see anything that's similar. The only thing I see that is somewhat similar, is the Saucony Endorphin Racer.

Finally, I just received a pair of Adidas Adios Boost 3's; I am used to running in my NB MRC5000v2's, so these Adidas felt like heavy pillows. I'm astonished that people can run as fast as they do in shoes like that. I'm returning them ASAP and getting more 5000v2's.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Andrew

Happy new year everyone!!!

Did almost nothing except surf and relax the last week. Haven't surfed for at least 3-4 years and it was fantastic/unsettling at the same time. As much as I love surfing I am mildly terrified by deep ocean water. The fear is 100% related to my current level of fitness/perceived level of fitness and my fear of floating to Tasmania. Anyway, I surfed beach breaks fro the most part and was never too far away. Here's my boards in case anyone is interested. I used the McTavish (8'1) as the surf really wasn't big enough for the shorter board. I'm also more partial to longboarding at the moment.

what about great white sharks? you didn't mention those..

i don't like the ocean much.. i would especially not like it in your parts. lmao!!

sounds like some serious fun tho.. must feel great to 'ride nature'.

Was a great week though and has rekindled my want to surf and be fit enough for surfing. A large part of 2017 for me will be getting fit enough to do things. I've neglected "cardio" for long enough even though I can run out a game of basketball I'm really not that fit for too many other activities. I bought into the whole cardio eats muscle dogma many years ago and as a skinny guy who has struggled to build muscle it rang true. Anyway, I expect to be logging much more on my efforts to bring my overall fitness capabilities up a notch. Alongside that the gymnastics training will stay, select weightlifting and some basketball and martial arts will work their way in. And stretching of course.

ya .. cardio only 'eats muscle' if 'you aren't eating'. etc.. eat good/normal, lift, and you can do some serious cardio & not experience any muscle loss.

2017 is going to be an exciting year.

Edit- my motto for 2017 is Action. Instead of trying to plan the perfect situation, just fucking do something.

That's a good plan ^^

Also trying to avoid injuries. It seems every time you bump your squat up, something eventually breaks down.. How to bump it up more slowly? or back off for only a week then come back etc? Or just not care about bumping it up once things start to show signs of breakdown.. stuff like that.. If you could figure out a good solution to that puzzle, you'll probably make more progress - those injuries that creep up really wreck great progress that you are making.

First session for the year. It was a small one but glad to be back into it and I certainly worked up a sweat. Probably more to do with the 34 degrees than the workout but whatever lol

Shoulder warm up and scap preparation & Ido’s squat clinic routine

20m Circuit-
Chin up ecc (ALAP), Ring dip ecc (ALAP), Cuban rotation x 5

Got through 8 rounds. Sweating bullets. Decent fatigue on dips and Cuban rotations.

Will stretch and do some SMR later.

Still working on a plan. It’s pretty much set but I’m going to just start doing it and if I like it will formalise something on paper as far as goals/intentions go. The overriding plan is to do whatever I want to do. I have set myself constraints in the past depending on what sport/activity I was doing. I’m not setting those limits on myself now which feels pretty cool.

nice!!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HUpUfrNuzA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HUpUfrNuzA</a>

ran in them tonight.. not too happy with them. Also, they were probably a hair too small ... so i'm returning them.

Instead of getting the next 1/2 size up, i'm just going with what I know works: NB MRC5000v2's ...

http://fellrnr.com/wiki/New_Balance_RC5000v2

The RC5000v2 is one of the best shoes I've tested. It offers remarkable cushioning for its weight, given it's so light. My calculated cushioning-to-weight ratio (AKA Benefit) is 9.1, far higher than any other shoe. It's as well cushioned as some shoes that weigh nearly three times as much, and while it's upper is unpadded, it's not uncomfortable. I'd recommend trying the RC5000v2 out as it's a surprising shoe and it carries my "best of the best rating". (I use The Science of Running Shoes as the basis of how I test running shoes and what you should look for in a running shoe.)

This is exactly what i've experienced.. There's no reason I couldn't run the same mileage in these shoes, as I would in Adios's.. I've run ~25 miles in my NB RC5000v2's and I was fine. I've run several 12-15 milers in them, no problem. The Adios's felt like heavy pillows.

Back to what I know works.. not wasting another run in these adios's. Plus a few of my toenails feel wrecked.

run day. waiting for my shoes to arrive.


01/05/2017

Bio: Morning

last night's sleep: 8.5 hours
last night fell asleep: ~3 AM
wakeup = 12:30 PM
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bw = 157 lb.
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morning resting heart rate = didn't measure
soreness = quads slightly, hamstring slightly, glutes alot
aches = right achilles got tight - only for a few minutes
injuries = left shoulder slightly, toes on right foot hurt - very weird (same issue as a week+ ago, just came out of nowhere).
quad stretches throughout the day = not much
standing desk (when on computer): no
feel = tired
water = alot
mosquito bites: 0



Food

12:30 PM

- green tea



Food

3 PM

- huge bowl of cereal + 2% milk + honey
- banana
- green tea



Session: Evening

6:30 PM

long run: 17.6 mi in 2h:30m:28s @ 8:30 min/mi
- continuous distance: 17.6 (+2.2?)
- strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/822611698
- moderate to light to very light to last mile hard
- got new shoes.. i wanted some heavier/more protective ones for long runs. Feels so much different running in 8 oz shoes vs 3.6 oz. They might be a few millimeters too small though, two toenails bugging out. dno.






I might have to return these shoes.. dno yet.. they felt good for the most part while i was running, but by mile 13 or so, i felt a few toenails freaking out.. and they felt a hair small before i ran. dno.

the only interesting thing about this run is, how good my form felt when i pushed it on that last mile.. i was really relaxed/moving good, even though legs were completely dead.

 




Food

9 PM

- 2 x 2% milk
- propel



Food

9 PM

- grilled chicken + mediterranean couscous + serrano pepper
- coconut chips (damn good! my dog is obsessed with them too..)
- water w/ lemon



Food

2:30 AM

- 2 x 2% milk
- 4 x banana
- gatorade



Food

3:30 AM

- gatorade



Stretch

3 AM

- good light stretch




my feet & body feel wrecked from that run... also fuck adidas adios's. felt like i was running with pillows on my feet, my body definitely didn't respond well to it.

instead i'm just going to return them, get another pair of NB MRC5000v2's AND a heart rate monitor strap.. mostly to collect HR data when i'm doing my "heavy barbell conditioning". I'm curious to see how my HR responds to such sessions. I'll also wear it occasionally when I run to get some data there too.

no idea if this runiq watch is any good.. but it debut today

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y5fhknWOO8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y5fhknWOO8</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l0jylpsWCs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l0jylpsWCs</a>

really nice vertec jump at the end