Buff Unboxing. May 8, 2024

I show you a very close up picture of a shoe. You name that shoe! This will be a good one to watch as a video podcast or on youtube.

got a refill on my favorite gels, and we talk a bit about the Spring Energy debacle.

a friend put out some merch. I had to support.

unboxing a new shoe from Altra. plus, some Hoka conspirary theories at the end

there was a lot of track news last weekend. let's how closely you've been paying attention.

haven't tested new earbuds in a while. Let's see how these are.

I went to Strava Camp. AMA

got a new shoe in from La Sportiva. I might actually be able to run in this one

I ran Tiger Claw 50k 2024. It was hard.

London Marathon didn't quite go as I had hoped, and I finally sit down with my coaches to debrief and troubleshoot. The early elevated HR definitely signaled that something was wrong. What exactly it signaled, I'm still not sure. But we go over some things that it could have been that, either alone or taken as a whole, could help explain what went wrong. 0:00 intro 2:59 headspace going in to the race 6:38 working during a taper 10:30 how I felt during the race 14:53 elevated HR 18:14 feeling cold 20:20 I'm a half tights guy 22:40 poor meal planning 27:54 too many beers? 30:59 tweaking the training plan 35:35 plan moving forward For further detail: Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/11231514057 London Marathon Race video: https://youtu.be/flAQNO5CGJ0?si=y9Ip2z9QS_jlTDaO London Marathon Runner's Weekend: https://youtu.be/ClfMSlVzi64?si=CmNmyeds1NkBIn0F Find Sage and Sandi: Coaching at Higher Running https://higherrunning.com Sage on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh_w_vLvlZNBeTAP8qaWhoA Sandi on IG https://www.instagram.com/sandinypaver/