New Running Shoes - Fluke??

[JonnyBeGood]

I bought some Under Armour running shoes and wore them for the first time this morning, connected them to MMR and started out for a 5k, I have never run 5k in under 30mins, the best I’ve done is 31.28 minutes and I think to myself there is no way I’m beating that any time soon. Well, when I started running I was getting coaching tips as I was running saying my cadence is too low for the pace I was running and to shorten my stride length and quicken my step. I’m sure you can guess now that when I finished I ran my first sub 30 5k!! 5.1k in 29.58 woohoo!!

[packersruns]

I've seen them advertised on YouTube those shoes, they seem absolutely amazing! If I can fix my pronation (wearing shoes that support that currently) I would love to invest in some shoes like this!

[JonnyBeGood Graduate10 in reply to packersruns]

They are amazing, I shopped around and found them on Amazon for £63 instead of £105!! Well worth it!!

[Buddy34 Graduate10]

New shoes or not , congratulations on your sub 30 5k🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🥳🥳🥳🥳

[JonnyBeGood Graduate10 in reply to Buddy34]

Thanks Buddy!!

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

Well done on your first sub-30 5k! If shoes suit you they can make a difference but I suspect the cadence training also played its part! Either way YOU did it! 💪🙂

[JonnyBeGood Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

I find it really weird as when I’ve tried to run faster I get out of breath quickly so only run faster the last 1k or .5k, really didn’t think I was going to beat it. Friday will be interesting, I’m running 10k with a pb of 1:06:12

[Sandraj39 Graduate10 in reply to JonnyBeGood]

I did a 'slow' run in the heat yesterday which turned out faster than I expected, I think for the same reason - I shortened my stride to take it easy and think I actually upped my cadence as a result! 🤷‍♀️

Good luck with your 10k on Friday! 🙂

[JonnyBeGood Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

Awesome! And thank you!!

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10]

Congratulations on getting sub 30! Only one way to know if it’s a fluke... but I’m sure it isn’t.

[JonnyBeGood Graduate10 in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Lol, yes we’ll see!! Thank you!!

[lehcar70 60minGraduate]

That's amazing time. Now I can recommend some socks to go with the shoes....................

[JonnyBeGood Graduate10 in reply to lehcar70]

🤣🤣🤣

[damienair Administrator]

Congratulations and very well done. A sub 30 minute 5K is a great achievement. Great running.

Damien

[JonnyBeGood Graduate10 in reply to damienair]

Thank you Damien!!

[Hidden]

Well deserved my friend! You put in the effort and miles and got rewarded. Buzzing for you! 🍾

[JonnyBeGood Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you GTFC!!

[Run46 Graduate10]

Wowee, awesome job...clearly the new shoes and cadence advice worked it's magic on you!

Well done 👏🙂

[JonnyBeGood Graduate10 in reply to Run46]

Thank you Run46!!