Episode 618: How Soon is Too Soon (between long races)?
The Running Public
Kirk Dewindt & Brakken Kraker
4.9 • 704 Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the running public with Brack and Crocker and Kirk DeWint. |
| 0:13.0 | Whether you are a brand new runner or you already have a great mustache. |
| 0:16.4 | We're here to help you increase your running knowledge and present it at a practical level. |
| 0:20.5 | This is the running public. |
| 0:30.2 | When you're ready to take your training or racing to the next level, go to the running |
| 0:34.3 | public.com. |
| 0:35.7 | We have both monthly subscription training plans, |
| 0:39.3 | 1999 a month, and Bracken and I both offer one-on-one customized coaching. Again, go to |
| 0:45.1 | the running public.com and check out our offerings. I had a question for you. I like when you |
| 0:50.3 | come off firing from the start. What is the longest distance that you think the |
| 0:55.8 | Nike vaporfly could race for most people I'm asking for a very specific reason which I'll get to |
| 1:03.3 | but how long 20 miles 20 miles what do you think racing further or running further than that in that shoe is just asking for trouble? |
| 1:13.1 | No, I'm thinking about the bell curve of humanity. I think most people could take it around |
| 1:18.1 | 20. Some people could extend up to marathon or 50k and some people would be about capped at about |
| 1:24.6 | a half marathon or 10K. But so I'm just putting it at 20. Okay. It's not as aggressive as it used to be. So I think a lot of people could take it 15 to 20. What about the vaporfly 2? I think most people it's like 10K half marathon. So, but I was considering taking the vaporfly floor around Lake Geneva the next time I do it. Which is 19. |
| 1:45.0 | That's 21. |
| 1:45.8 | 21. |
| 1:47.1 | Well, I haven't, okay. |
| 1:48.4 | Well, I haven't run in the four. |
| 1:49.8 | So I can't speak to it. |
| 1:51.2 | It's a different shoe. |
| 1:52.5 | For sure. |
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