jordan21210

Yup. I have Li Ning, you can get Li Ning and Anta on Amazon, 100% legit.

I have the Feidian 5 Challenger, there is also the 6 available and they are very similar but most reviewers like the 5 better.

The Anta C202 is a similar shoe and gets similar hype.

I think Dynafish has a US online distributor now. If you google it, they should pop up.

My running consistency has been tanked by sick kids and trying to taper off a bit until July/August. Decided to work on increasing my cadence as I was typically averaging 160 at 8:30/mile, now I am averaging 170ish at 8:30/mile and would like to be consistently between 170-175.

Weird thing, increasing cadence I suppose changed my footstrike. I jumped on the Superblast 2 hype train and liked them initially, now they feel pretty meh. Got some Evo SL Exo coming to test out.

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Oh, I know that I am not going to run that pace for a half marathon. It was a 55 minute run and it felt good while running it. I would be much slower on any race. I could pull off that or faster for a 10k. I would have to actually train for a half.

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But you probably could run that fast or faster for a half with training no problem. Just get some variation in your running. 3 or 4 days per week, run slow, 1 day run fast, 1 day run long. Keep adding mileage.

What’s your avg HR on these runs? For someone just starting out, that’s pretty aggressive on mileage and pace. Unless you were a seasoned runner and just getting back into it.

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Tendonitis was too much and I chose to take a few days off instead of risking it.

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That’s a bummer.

I almost gave about 300 people tendinitis with the front wheel of a double bob. Need to lobby for a stroller racing coral.

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Heads up, sierra.com has some Speedland RX:FPY in an almost full size run for $119. I snagged a pair to try out. They also have a decent amount of New Balance SC Elite V3 and 1080v14 for under $100.

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Got me some Chinese carbon shoes today. Li Ning Feidian 5 Challenger $90 on Amazon

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A follow up on this: I did my warmup miles in them before the 5k yesterday. Almost raced in them but I prefer the rocker on my Adios Pro 3 for racing.

That said, anyone who was a fan of the Endorphin Pro 3 will like these Li Ning’s. It’s an incredibly lightweight upper with a beaded PEBA foam and carbon plate. Lots of bounce without feeling mushy. Sizing is TTS, unless you like to have a full thumb at the toe, I’d say maybe go up half size. Ordering on Amazon is tricky because they put all of the Feidian line under one page, so you have to know what you are looking at. Most of them have coupons to get $20+ off.

This is a legit shoe brand. They have another line called Red Hare that is their daily/comfort shoe. They just released the Red Hare 9 Ultra and it’s gotten really good reviews. Chinese shoes are gonna make some waves in 2026 I think.

19:13 official. Finally!!

Met up with Ingeniero - I’ll let him chime in but he got sub 20 too.

Perfect day for racing.

I just don’t trust my legs right now. Pretty sure I’m getting whatever my girls have and just not feeling as fit as I did 2 weeks ago. Guess that’s what happens when you go from 40+ mpw to 5

Damn dude, you’ll be going out faster than me :lol:

My watch says 19:30, which is probably right but I was sick last week, girls are sick again this week, and I haven been able to run like I thought I would this week. I was hoping to knock out a 5x1k Tuesday morning to assess/reaffirm I have 19:59 pace in my legs right now but girls kept us up all Monday night.