Also going for my back to back. The Nimbus 25's were great for me last year so bought another pair for this one. I have a feeling it will be hot this year so will be happy to finish. Love your videos on your experience here. You should add Two Oceans to your bucket list, more beautiful... and arguably tougher.

Adidas Adios pro 3 or Saucony ride 17 one of those two will be my comrades shoe.

I thought the saucony endorphin shift 3 would've been the best fit?

You're far more likely to a faster time in the up than the down, this is what experience has taught me. All things being equal on race day, you can easily dip under 8:30. Goodluck. See you on the road.

Im a Skechers dude.

I'm from Cape Town SA, running my 1st Comrades, I will be using my Asics Nimbus26 🇿🇦

1st uprun, I'll use Novablast 4.

Attempting my 1st Comrades between 10 and 11 Hour target time.......Asics Gel Nimbus 26 for that cushioning.....to be honest i'm quite scared of the huge amount of klimbing i stay in a allmost flat part of South-Africa did not get in the amount of strength training i would have liked but i am going to give the Comrades a shot to try and finish the race.....hope to see you there take Care

Also going for my back to back this year, all the best mate.

Should have got the instinct

I’m here for this!!!! Will be watching the whole journey sir!

I'm using New Balance 1080v12. Very comfortable

Running the up run is hard. Take it easy in the 1st half and push in the 2nd half. I've done about 1600kms since Jan. Mostly on hills. Let's do this...

I’m running in the ASICS Superblast this year (No Adidas Prime X Strung for me this year! 😂) Hope to bump into you again during the race 👊🏻

Thank you for the video Manvmiles and all the best to your Uprun. You will get your Bill Rowan. I am also aiming for that and I have 4 Comrades medals and this is my second Up run.. I will be using the Nike Invincible 3 for Comfort..I have tested it on the 50km.run and I never felt so fresh after running 50km.

Hi Kieran, Thank you for the update. This year, I will be running my first Comrades. Initially, I was planning to run with the Saucony Speed 4’s. However, I have found that they do not provide sufficient underfoot protection on runs longer than 90 minutes. Therefore, I have made the decision to use Asics Novablast 4. They are not too heavy, quite stable, and offer lots of firm cushioning. Wishing you all the best with your taper and hoping to see you in Durban. Regards, Matti

Go get it Kieran! Next big race is the Taupo 70 in October. I’m going to do most of my long training runs leading up to it in my Saucony Peregrine 13’s so I can save my Speedgoats. Would love to get more shoes but now’s not the time.

Sure you in Durban...my 1st Comrades...Ghost Max for me...All the best...

Going for my first comrades this year, aiming for sub 9, all the best for your race amd greetings from SA!

Hi, what is your wrist size??

Looking good, Kieran! Looking forward to seeing your vids and following again! Curious about the Ghost Mac and about the 2 tracking rings you’re wearing. I’ve been wearing actual watches lately so hoping to find an alternate tracking device.

see u on the starting line up champ !

Hey Kieran - I'll be travelling with Marathon Tours to do my first Comrades this year, in part after watching you last year. Done more hills then I've ever done (living somewhere flat doesn't help) but a bit worried it won't be enough. Can't do too much about it now! Saucony Tempus for me and I also got those CimAlp shorts which are great.

Botha's hill the worst.

Just train the hills, elevation. Good luck. Short distance this your.

The excitement of Comrades build-up is just about ready to bubble over here in SA. Can't wait to line up for my first up run this year. I'm sure you will comfortably earn another Bill Rowan this year Kieran. In fact, with your sub-3 marathon you could even be a silver medal contender according to lots of the traditional Comrades time calculations. Best of luck! My personal goal is 9:30, which will probably be a stretch for me but I am to give it a proper go.

Had a feeling you’d have the endorphin speeds in your lineup ! Curious have you ever seen anybody running in their bare feet or minimalistic shoes at Comrades ?

AWESOME Kieran!!! So nice to see what you've been up to, I'm particularly jealous of that Lakes District running... that's a dream of mine for one day very soon hopefully!! And so thrilled for you heading back to complete the FULL Comrades, but THEN as well back to tackle the Berlin again to boot!!!😲💪💪 So much to be excited about but I totally understand why heading back to that section of the Danube is so dear to your heart... fabulous adventures ahead!! Do so hope you manage to make the time to share them with us ! All the best 🙋‍♀

HEY Kieran, nice to see you again!! Not at all surprised for most of those shoes, though I did raise my eyebrows a bit at the Ghost Max... a shoe I've been very curious about , so it's nice to know that it has enough energy return to at least include in your short-list, however I'm thinking you won't end up choosing it possibly for exactly that reason, not quite enough energy return in fact! Very curious to see!! AND if you'll also choose a backup shoe too, just in case!! 2 weeks are gonna fly by, you must be starting to feel the nerves a bit! I'm feeling slightly nervous myself 'cause tomorrow I've got a trail marathon with 1200m elevation gain, certainly my biggest to date, so that's gonna hurt!!😬😆😃

Good luck, Kieran!

Wish you the best, I know you got this! Off note I thought you might pick an Asics shoe Novablast or Superblast ? 🤔😉 looking forward to your updates and feedback on training and race. Again best of luck, I know you got this 🤙🏽

And thank you for sharing.

phenomenal! well done mate.

All the best with your Back to Back..Im also going for one .See at the start

I have a random question: does anyone know what shades were used for this very useful group test? Oh, and thanks for the vid, good stuff.

Oh yes Ray can‘t wait so see all of you again. 😂😉😉😉😉😂

I'm glad to see that you're back in berlin this year. I saw you there at the start and saw later that we had the same story at the race. If we run the route the other way around this year, we'll have to cross the party mile at night. That will be “fun” after 90 miles. Not.

Good to see you back Kieran, enjoy the channel. It’s coming into winter here in Auckland which means the Xtrerra Trail series. 6 races in different locations around Auckland. Really well organised and beautiful locations. Doing the Taupo ultra in October. The 70km option, my longest to date 😊

Wow. Back to back time. I'll be back at comrades also and healthy this year. Going for a Bill Rowan. So happy to hear your coming back. Maybe I'll see you there.

Kieran! I'm still on 8-10k 2-3 tines a week but your vids here and at RT inspire me. Good luck!

I knew you were going to do Berlin again , but did not think you would be doing it in the same year as taking on the low to high comrades. Brilliant news on the Danube 🙂

Great that you're heading for your back-to-back Comrades. I'm going for Comrades #3 this year. Maybe I will see you there at some point.

Race to the Stones is this Summer’s biggee - just got to shake a minor injury from London/Boston then I can crack on with training proper.

Best of luck for Comrades!

watching this for the 3rd time - 29days to my first ever CM24 :)

Is it enough to run an ultra marathon

BANAAAA VERRRR BANAAAA Give it to me

Good video manvmiles! I absolutely agree! Ever since I first got my Garmin watch in summer of 2021 I feel like my running has went backwards and half and full went backwards. Before I got my Garmin watch I started with a Fitbit charge watch 2017-2020 when I first started running and ran most of my runs and long runs by feel no gps just heart rate with Fitbit. Turning off the gps had me run by feel and it also gave me a faster pace than what I was actually running which actually gave me more confidence when I ran my half and full marathons. I ran a 4 hour 1 min full marathon as my best back in 2019 in 70 degree weather. Then when I got my Garmin watch I got obsessed with pace all time and next 2 marathons were 416 and recently last one 418 where I absolutely blew up after mile 18. It’s been really frustrating always chasing a target pace. I feel like I lost my michondria and endurance since getting gps watch. I’m gonna start running with my Fitbit again and just have Garmin track heart rate try build my zone 2 up again . I feel like always chasing faster pace has hurt my running

Adjusting power modes would have definitely helped. Turns off all the things you don't need

What about sweating do you sweat more than you normally would