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Running in Japan
Япония
Добавлен 25 июн 2024
Now living in Japan, I'm an American former high school cross country and track and field runner who also ran a bit in the military. After a 18 year hiatus from the sport, I began running again at 41 years of age. This is my story. A writing in progress.
Is It OK To Split Up My Long Runs?
They (the internet) say, "Injury-prone runners often find that splitting up long runs reduces the risk of injuries because you build in more recovery time and accumulate less fatigue and microscopic damage to your bones, muscles, joints, and connective tissues." So, for the first time today, I tried splitting my long run into two shorter runs.
Reddit users have something else to say about splitting up long runs, and I'm leaning more toward agreeing with them. "Here's the thing about splitting up runs: it changes the purpose of the run."
"As others have said, the long run is kind of its own thing; the physical (and mental!) training benefits you get once you hit the 90-min mark differ from t...
Reddit users have something else to say about splitting up long runs, and I'm leaning more toward agreeing with them. "Here's the thing about splitting up runs: it changes the purpose of the run."
"As others have said, the long run is kind of its own thing; the physical (and mental!) training benefits you get once you hit the 90-min mark differ from t...
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ASICS SUPERBLAST 2 PARIS Real Review
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My review of the ASICS SUPERBLAST 2 PARIS, possibly the most hyped pair of running shoes of 2024. 80 km/50 mi, and rain tested! I bought these shoes with my money, so no outside influence keeps me from giving you an impartial review. Buy on Amazon US: amzn.to/3LVyWzn ruclips.net/video/0kPaAc59anE/видео.html ruclips.net/video/AisdC8XNNzs/видео.html WEB: www.marcantomattei.com/ INSTAGRAM: instagr...
ASICS NOVABLAST 4 Real Review
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My impartial ASICS Novablast 4 Review. These shoes are recommended for everything from racing to training, as they provide a sense of sinking and bouncing back. They offer responsive cushioning and an energized feel underfoot. Buy the ASICS Novablast 4 on Amazon: USA Mens: amzn.to/4c1truj USA Womens: amzn.to/3VG6OWy Japan Mens: amzn.to/3LQnmWc Japan Womens: amzn.to/3LRMDPH WEB: www.marcantomatt...
Apple Watch Series 9 for Running + NIKE Run Club App
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ProSourceFit Foam Roller for Runners Knee + Saucony Inferno Running Socks
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NIKE Factory Store Makuhari, Chiba, Japan (Mitsui Outlet Park Makuhari)
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NIKE Factory Store Makuhari, Chiba, Japan (Mitsui Outlet Park Makuhari)
ASICS Factory Outlet Makuhari, Chiba, Japan (Mitsui Outlet Park Makuhari)
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Runners Toe & Silicone Toe Caps for Prevention
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Buying ASICS SUPERBLAST 2 PARIS from the ASICS Flagship Store in Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
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Buying ASICS SUPERBLAST 2 PARIS from the ASICS Flagship Store in Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
Running Clothes from the NIKE Factory Store in Makuhari, Chiba, Japan
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Decent selection of older model training shorts and singlets there?
@@davidrogers7787 yes. I bought two pairs of shorts from there. I’ve shown them off in another Nike video I have up on the channel.
I run super casually and sometimes sprints, should I get these or the novablast 4s?
@@TheEternalEast definitely get these. The toe has a little more of a roll to it meaning you can probably move slightly faster and more nimble in these than the NOVABLAST 4.
Well done and God bless. Cheers.
Well done and God bless. Cheers.
Lots of love from Pakistan
Is it protective for forefoot striker?
@@mirmohsanalitalpur5884 I don’t think it is padded enough in the front, your toes would probably start to hurt. If you’re only doing thirty minute runs in these, maybe okay. If you’re doing long runs and are a forefoot striker, I’d look for something else.
@@RunningInJapan @RunningInJapan Yes Same things happens in my peg 40. Please give me option for long run shoe for 1 hour run
Nimbus 25 or any other shoes please advise for forefoot striker?
Will do👍 thanks for the heads up mate
A lot can happen in a 100 years
I can’t find these in the US. Will there be another run of them going out to retailers
Subbed, like the way your present, passion with peace, 🙏🏻❤️
Can you still find those in Japan? How could I buy one from here?
@@snowwalker9999 sold out. I’d recommend checking the ASICS website periodically, or use eBay or Mercari (and a handling service).
A similar shoe to Novablast 4 is also Puma Velocity Nitro 3. That’s how they felt under my feet. Very similar performance daily trainer.
@@snowwalker9999 I’ll definitely have a look at those. Thanks for sharing.
I usually wear a US size 10. My novablast 4 - sized 10 has just a touch too much room in the front. My foot can fit into a US size 9.5 novablast 4, but it is snug in a good way, but I don’t think it’s a great idea if I were to wear a thicker sock. So in my case, I wouldn’t size up on the superblast 2. Does that make sense and would you agree? *somewhere in the middle of a US 9.5 and a US 10 would be best for me. I’m talking millimeters.
A true-to-size Novablast 4 was just too small for me. I'm not sure you're prepared to look at ugly toes, but I've made a video about how they gave me runners toe: ruclips.net/video/ivM0y6LTNLM/видео.html I'm still recovering from that 2 1/2 months on. I'd rather have a shoe be too big than too small. I don't trust "snug" because feet expand when running (feet expand from just walking around all day too), you need room to literally grow into while on the run. This is from ASICS own website per them: "The further you run the more your foot will naturally expand. This means it's wise to have just a little extra room (about a thumb's width) between your longest toe and the front of the shoe. With this in mind, your running shoe should be around a half size larger than the shoe size you usually get." My best recommendation is this. If you're buying shoes out of a brick and mortar store, naturally try them on before you buy. If ordering online, you should definitely order two pairs, one in the size you think you wear and one size up. Try them on at home and send back the one which was more ill-fitted. You can only try them on and walk around the house in them, because once you take them out for a single run, no matter how short, you won't be able to return them. So it's very important to get it right. It was a freak accident how I got it wrong with the Novablast 4. You'd just have to watch the video.
@@RunningInJapan Thabk you very much. I’ll heed that advice.
I don't comment on videos mate, in fact ever. But I only watched this video of yours and something about the way you speak is very endearing haha. Hope I see you pop up more
I've been debating on picking these up, but I wasn't a huge fan of the first Superblast or the Novablast 3. I kinda prefer Asics Speed line over the Blast (the Evoride Speed was one of my favorite shoes of last year.) The new Magic Speed 4 almost perfect.
@@Randmness Ooo, you’re a hard sell. You’ve never tried the Novablast 4 in which the consensus is they’re slightly better than the 3. But you’ve tried the Superblast, which is better than the Novablast 3 & 4, but you didn’t like it. The thing is with all the shoes I’ve named, they’re made to be all-around, do-it-all shoes. Sounds like you’re better off with multiple shoes for dedicated purposes: one for speed, one for long run comfort, one for race day, etc.
Man....small world. Just discovered your channel and thought you looked familiar. I ran the 2024 Tokyo Marathon earlier this year, and was one of the marathoners you took a photo of. Best of luck with your journey!
Respect. It is a small world, and if not for you guys coming through, I would never have been inspired to run again. I need to do a whole video about that (I need to rewatch this one to see what I said in it).
Yes mate, totally agree - they are my favourite shoe of all time. Beating the Superblast 1, which was my previous favourite.
I don’t understand why they are taking so long to release new colorways. Plus they ruined the white/grey prototype model with a pointless strip of blue 🤦🏻♂️ typical asics behavior.
Did you manage to get them? What do you think about the shoes? Are you still searching and waiting to get a pair? Or is ASICS a running brand you really don't care about? Sound off in the comments. I really want to hear from you.
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I could never get my hands on a pair. I stayed up until midnight to order but they told me they were all sold out. I wanted one that color way
I'm sorry to hear that. Just keep checking back on the website periodically about every half a month. They'll come back in eventually. I think they know these shoes are a cash cow for them. They'll put out more.
This is an excellent review. Very good camera work as previously mentioned here. I love the Vomero’s and have a pair myself. Keep on putting your great content out there. Now subscribed to the channel.
Thank you sir. ASICS Superblast 2 review is currently uploading as we speak, with me editing the video thumbnail now.
Hi, what size would a UK 12 be in Japan? I have a relative travelling out tomorrow and want them to get me a pair!
@@AWright300 UK 12 is Japan 30.5 cm at ASICS. I wish him luck and hope they’re not sold out. That’s actually a pretty big shoe size so he may luck up in getting a pair.
Up size or true size?
@@imanloxs7667 100% up size. If you don’t, you’ll be asking for trouble. Believe me when I say that.
@@RunningInJapan Depends on your feet. You absolutely cannot generalize that!
@@philipppuchner1115 but can’t I though? If I’ve been wearing one size across brands in sports shoes for over thirty years and now after thirty years they are too small, especially with the expansion of feet from running, logic is telling me I can generalize that for the most part. It’s just advice and my recommendation is all it is. You can take it or don’t, like food. But I don’t want to hear a single person come crying to me in the comments talking about, “They’re too small!”
@@RunningInJapan No ;) I have a way longer right foot which is EU 45,5 or, if translated from UK/US/Whatever sizes, between EU 45 (rounded down) and EU 46 (rounded up). In an old pair of Asics GT-2000 (i think #4) the EU 45 was definately(!) too small and the EU 46 was it, but also subjectively just barely. Fast forward centuries, had run maybe a few times a year with newer GT-2000 (#9 i think) EU 46, I have the Novablast 4 TR. In EU 46, just because. Also Noosa Tri 15 in EU 45. Also a new pair of Novablast 2 from a second hand platform (but new! unused!) in EU 46 per chance and that also fit. After then trying on the Kayano Lite 3, Superblast, Nimbus 26 in EU 45 and EU 46, I went for the smaller EU 45! I HATE swimming in the shoes, "boats"! I have very low volume feet, at most medium width and a very low volume heel, therefore in climbing shoes, I always have to go half size smaller to get a good fit. My feet are for like La Sportiva climbing shoes - without the often way too fat heels. My point i want to come to: Way too many people with broader feet get into narrower shoes and then take them way too large. The shoes are just too narrow for them, not too small (in size and length). Surely, in climbing shoes that could be extreme; in runnig shoes, which are all more or less unisex and have much volume, to fit the most amount of feet possible, to sell as many pairs of shoes as possible, it is not that extreme. Asics is known somehow to fit a little narrow. For me, they are fat boats! But probably out there are enough people with broader feet than the regular Asics model are constructed for and would need a wide version, but go for the normal and take it larger. I HATE it when you cannot do even simple sidesteps or something because the fking shoes are soo big. So, no, you cannot generalize it going up. YOU may, someone else may, but for sure not the majority of people. I am for sure not the only exception ;) Of course, it your honest feedback and this deserves absolute appreciation, but if sometone hears you hve to size up, then orders the shoe in that size (instead of trying it on in the store or ordering multiple pairs), he or she ends up with a too large pair. I've came across a few of those people seeling their running shoes on second hand plattforms because they were told to size up and wer unhappy, had different types of "problems", were fed up with the shoe and sold them. And that's not how it should be. Same as sizing climbing shoes: NO one should give general(!) recommendations, because every foot fits differently in every shoe, everyone climbs different stuff and different difficulties, etc. One could just give your own example, but just as an example (xyz works for me, but that may not be the case for many others, especially YOU, young fella) and not as a generalization. Sure, if many testers, people, etc have the feeling that the shoe is small or large, it has more weight. But until now, I just came across tests which say tts (true to size). Never have i seen, read, or heard to go up in size in asics runnig shoes. What I have read is, that in the past, Asics runnign shoes fit smaller, that THEN, tts was often too small and you had to go up half a size. That would explain how my GT-2000 #4 were too small in EU45 - half size up in EU 46 they fit but barely, and now, every single Asics running shoe in EU 46 fit bigger, larger, longer and in EU 45 they fit, but I am really at the fron with my fat big toe. But otherwise I would swin in those fking boats :) To you: When you say trhat your feet grew over time, then you probably don't have the same shoe size any more, maybe your feet are now a half a size bigger, larger, etc :) The someonecrying: Never have I read an comment to all the other tests (which say tts for THEM) that the shoe fit too small. So, if you don't try on the shoes and then buy what fits best for you, the utmost stupidest thing one could ever do is search for a RUclips which says the shoe fitted them smaller and cry in the comments about it :) For me: no upsizing in Asics running shoes, also in many other tests and testers, therefore no general advice for upsizing possible :)
Just like Novablast 3 I had to go down half a size. I don’t have narrow feet. I have a mixed feelings about them. I like somethings better about the 4 and somethings better about version 3. Overall I think Novablast 4 was a good update and is faster.
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kinda disagree with vomero, at least as a forefoot striker doing an 8mile long run at a very slow pace killed my feet after the run. meanwhile on a 10 mile slow run with the novablast, my feet were un-phased. I think has to deal with the blend of the zoom x cushioning on the vomero, because on invincible 3s i could go long miles and not worry about my feet.
Just got these and I’m pretty happy with them. A solid mix of comfort and performance imo.
Love the video!! Just ordered the Coros Pace 3. Thinking of the apple watch right now
It sucks when I write a really long and nice reply, and instead of hitting the "reply" button, I accidentally hit "cancel." I'll try this again then. Thank you. You may have made a better purchasing decision than me by buying something half the price. You can't go wrong in this day and age with much of anything when it comes to smartwatches. I only use my watch for runs, sleep, and occasionally to find my phone or other Apple-tagged devices. People may be wondering why I even bought the thing then. The reason I bought an Apple Watch Series 9 45mm is because if I ever wanted to sell it, they're easy to get out of. If I ever want to use it for much more than just running, it has much more functionality waiting for me. For an iPhone, it's the best you can get in all regards. It may not be the best for just running, but it's definitely adequate.
Don't worry about me. I recorded this video in early June and recovered from my runner's knee injury by mid-June. I forgot to upload the video, so this is a delayed upload by a month and a half. Anyway, I hope the information in it is helpful.
Any news when the other colorways are gonna release?
For next time…take your passport along and you’d have got 10% off (the tax).
For anyone who's not a resident, yes, please take note of that. Unfortunately, that's not the case for me because I live here.
@@RunningInJapan Hey man, not quite true. I lived and worked in Japan for years, with a Gaijin card and everything, and I shopped in that same store and got the discount during that time. I just showed my passport to the person at checkout, and they never asked if I was actually living there or not. Once a foreigner, always a foreigner when it comes to Japan! Try it next time 🙂
@@davidrogers7787 I suppose I could do that, but that's not really being honest with them. I'm not trying to sound high and mighty by not doing that and taking advantage, but my integrity means a lot to me, I'm not going to start doing that.
How does the midsole hold for longer runs around 90-120 mins?
It holds for all distances/durations of runs.
What's with the display of the Hibiki???? Does it represent you are in Japan or just merely showing off.
It's just there for no real reason. I have no place to put it. I'm a Japanese whisky specialist and writer. I have no more cupboard space, and when I tend to drink something, I happen to leave it out for a long time on those two shelves either side of me in my office. instagram.com/gentlemansclubwhisky/
Absolutely love these shoes, especially in these flashy colors
Same here!
Nice
How much the weight?
@@i.dsafairol7726 249g (8.8 oz).
DAMN that's cheap with the weak yen. looks awesome
@@tekgewet they feel awesome.
Superblast 2 is a hot item. All over the world is like that . Even in my country , it was sold out after 2 hours of launching at asics flagship store .
Great insight, especially on the true decides I’m in between 10 1/2 and 11. This makes me think I should go 11.
Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Marc Antomattei here, and this is my placeholder introductory video for a brand-new channel. I'm basically doing the couch-to-marathon stick here, only with lots of excitement along the way. I'll share shoe reviews, a look at running gear, tips and tricks, and what does and doesn't work for me. Hopefully, by seeing my pitfalls and successes in real-time, you'll learn more about what you should and shouldn't be doing to help you achieve your goals. Want to help support the channel in its infancy? I set up a Patreon. I appreciate your support. www.patreon.com/marcantomattei
I had to size up from 45 eu to 46 eu. My other shoes are nike and saucony and they are 45 eu
Bro just found your channel . And have subscribed. Will be following along. Sidenote I know one of the runners from your photography who ran in the Tokyo Marathon . His name is JP.
Right on
The best flagship store in Japan, in Tokyo. I hope the White Color Way of Superblast 2 would still be available until December 2024 and the release of the Asics Novablast 5.
It’s ridiculous how it can be sold out within minutes