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Beginner gear advice, specifically shoes.
▲ 6 r/UKhiking

Beginner gear advice, specifically shoes.

So as the title says, I'm looking at new footwear. Earlier in the year I went up Scafell Pike with the old man and I did so in a pair of trespass boots (I want to say Gerrard? See attached photo) that were a size and a half too big. My feet were not comfortable with all the sliding around.

Generally my feet are wide, but I apparently fit into Merrell moab speed 2 just fine. And the Moab 3 gtx.

I suppose my specific question is whether or not they would be suitable for the 3 peaks (and slieve dordan and carrantouhill). I would ideally stick under £125 if I can and hopefully be able to use these for generic hikes around my local area too (which is far, FAR less hilly than the West of the country).

Or are there other boots that would be recommended? I generally run wide in my feet, I'm technically an 8.5 but my feet were perfect in the Merrell size 9. I'm not entirely sold on Merrell, I've also been looking at Meindl but they're a bit pricier it seems.

But yeah, some advice please.

u/KegManWasTaken — 1 day ago
▲ 26 r/BeginnersRunning

First time running 10k (or more)

Bit of background. February 2025 I had a heart scare, through a series of tests, MRIs, cardiac MRIs, ECG tests and various other bits of poking and prodding it turns out that my perceived heart attack was in fact a panic attack. That being said, they discovered that I had a heart defect, cardiomyopathy.

Ultimately my weight was exacerbating the issue, a genetic condition, and something needed to be done about it.

At the time I got this information, may 1st 2025, I weighed 154.4kg. I'm now down to 86.2kg and have kinda levelled out at that weight for the last 3 months or so. For further context I'm male, 39 and 5'11.

Anyway. At the start of march this year I decided to start doing c25k. Completed the course in just under 9 weeks and have kept at an average of between 17-25k a week.

At the start of this week I decided I'm going to kick the running into another gear and start training for a half marathon. Maybe my ambitions or lofty, but I'd like to aim for a 5:00km/m pace for the half marathon which would bring me to around 1h45m. As I said, lofty ambitions.

Anyway, I've heard good things about the Garmin training app and decided to give it a go leading me to here. Honestly felt like I had more in the tank to give, apparently my ending stamina was 30%, whatever that means. Don't get me wrong, I'm absolutely dead after that, but I honestly could have given more.

u/KegManWasTaken — 6 days ago
▲ 2 r/mitralvalveprolapse

Cardiomyopathy and vo2max

Hi all.

So I'm wondering if anyone knows how much cardiomyopathy affects the vo2max.

To give you a bit of background. This time last year I weighed 24.4 stone/154.4kg/340lbs at 6'0 and 38 years old.

Obviously this kind of mass is just obscene. I was ridiculously fat and unsurprisingly, at some point, I'm going to end up having a heart scare... Which happened.

Long story short, my left ventricular ejection fraction is low. We're talking 41% when I went in for the MRI. Now normal is normally between 50 and 70% for the average person and mine was falling way short of the mark.

Fast forward to today. I'm 86.2kg/13.8 stone/190lbs. In the space of 14 months I've lost nearly half of my original bodyweight. I'm running 5ks 3 times a week, lifting weights twice a week and just generally being more active. I don't have a single day where I walk less than 11k steps yet my vo2 sits at a measly 34.

Don't get me wrong. It's an improvement on the original score of 29, but I'm still in the bottom 15% for blokes aged 39.

What I'm wondering is how badly is my condition (which ironically wasn't caused by weight, just exacerbated by it) is affecting this score? I know it's not the be all and end all but my thoughts process is that if the vo2max improves then surely I can improve my left ventricular ejection fraction too, something that my GP said can be reversed.

Realistically I should go see the doctor about this but it seems like such a minor quibble that it feels worthless taking up their time. Instead, I figured there might be some people in the know here.

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u/KegManWasTaken — 1 month ago
▲ 2 r/vo2max

Cardiomyopathy and vo2max

Hi all.

So I'm wondering if anyone knows how much cardiomyopathy affects the vo2max.

To give you a bit of background. This time last year I weighed 24.4 stone/154.4kg/340lbs at 6'0 and 38 years old.

Obviously this kind of mass is just obscene. I was ridiculously fat and unsurprisingly, at some point, I'm going to end up having a heart scare... Which happened.

Long story short, my left ventricular ejection fraction is low. We're talking 41% when I went in for the MRI. Now normal is normally between 50 and 70% for the average person and mine was falling way short of the mark.

Fast forward to today. I'm 86.2kg/13.8 stone/190lbs. In the space of 14 months I've lost nearly half of my original bodyweight. I'm running 5ks 3 times a week, lifting weights twice a week and just generally being more active. I don't have a single day where I walk less than 11k steps yet my vo2 sits at a measly 34.

Don't get me wrong. It's an improvement on the original score of 29, but I'm still in the bottom 15% for blokes aged 39.

What I'm wondering is how badly is my condition (which ironically wasn't caused by weight, just exacerbated by it) is affecting this score? I know it's not the be all and end all but my thoughts process is that if the vo2max improves then surely I can improve my left ventricular ejection fraction too, something that my GP said can be reversed.

Realistically I should go see the doctor about this but it seems like such a minor quibble that it feels worthless taking up their time. Instead, I figured there might be some people in the know here.

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u/KegManWasTaken — 1 month ago
▲ 11 r/LowStakesConspiracies

The world cup hydration breaks only exist because Americans can't figure out sports played in halves instead of quarters.

Says it all really. They have the attention span of a goldfish addicted to tiktok.

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u/KegManWasTaken — 2 months ago