brooks t5- marathon?

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13 years ago 10/22/2010 9:43am EDT

Anyone have any experience wearing the Brooks T5 racer (mine are from '08, I believe) for a marathon? I've run basically all my races over the past 2 years, including 3 halves in them without an issue, but I'm doing my first full on Sunday and am not sure how they'll (I'll) hold up. I've done my longer workouts in the Saucony Kinvara over the past couple months, and I also have the Fastwitch, but only have run a grand total of 4 miles on them (got them 3 days ago).

For the record, I'm a 120lb medium-sized female with a past propensity for posterior tibial/peroneal tendon issues, and based on training could be right around the 3hr mark. So, finding the right balance of speed without too much injury risk is a bit tough for me with this...

13 years ago 10/22/2010 10:10am EDT

re: 1st timer

I'll start by saying I don't have any experience with the T5 racer.

You should've figured this out sooner than a few days out from your first marathon, but nothing can be done to save that now. If you've done 3 half marathons in the T5 without any issues (blisters, tibial/peroneal issues, etc.) then you'll probably be just fine wearing them in the full marathon. Though things can happen in a longer race, but you'll probably be fine. If you've done longer workouts in the Kinvaras you can use those as "back up" shoes if you really think the T5s are gonna give you problems.

There's not much difference in weight between the T5s and Kinvaras (maybe an ounce?), so that shouldn't be an issue.

13 years ago 10/22/2010 10:23am EDT

re: 1st timer

I have not tried the t-5, but have a pair of Brooks T-6s.

I decided to not wear them for my last marathon. I wore them on a 16 mile marathon pace workout a few weeks prior to my race to test them out. My lower legs felt a bit too much damage. I decided to go with a bit more shoe for the full marathon. (I am a 6'2" / 145 Lb male. Since you are quite a bit lighter, your experience might differ.)

If you have done longer work in the Kivaras, you may want to use those.

13 years ago 10/22/2010 10:38am EDT

re: 1st timer

I've done 1/2's in T-5's and T-6's and I just did a full in the Kinvara so I know the two shoes and can say I think either would be fine for you based on what you have told us.

I won't give any suggestion on which to pick, but rather how to pick. Pick the one that you feel most confident and comfortable running in. For any marathon, especially the first, you want as few things to stress yourself out as possible.

Good luck by the way.

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