Do people wear Alpha/vaporflys outside of races? Seems mad to be running in such an expensive shoe with such poor durability just doing laps of the local park.

Alphaflys seem much sturdier than the vaporfly but obviously not an every day runner. I’ve just bought the tempo next % which are supposed to be the training accompaniment to the Alphaflys.

I copped vaporflys end of last year as a race day shoe but unsurprisingly seen 2 of the 3 ive entered cancelled (with one on hold) so I’ve worn them sparingly when I feel like treating myself as they are an absolute joy to run in

ive done 800 odd km in nexts and they have not fallen apart, pretty much a summer run shoe as its useless on anything slippy, hoping to try the adidas with carbon at some point as had no joy with getting alpha fly

Garmin FR45s cheap on amazon if anyone's interested.

You can find a few of us at https://www.strava.com/clubs/fukrun.

I don't bother with a jacket until it gets below freezing, long sleeve jersey does the job to -5c for me. If I was running up mountains and it was wet, windy and cold, I'd use a wind and water resistant jacket on top.

What's everyone running in when it's raining outside? I'm guessing anything waterproof isn't going to be breathable?

^^^exactly what MrW said (apart from the swimming!!).

I do have a coupla lightweight jackets (Patagonia and Nike) but nothing keeps me dry if it's tipping down.

Running in the rain is class. Far prefer it to dry/sunny weather (although prefer if it’s not blowing a gale).

As said before it’s impossible to stay dry if you’re out for any decent length of time.

My goto https://www.tracksmith.com/