Red Venom are the team I'm racing for in 2012. They've got a great range of Compression Gear here which I was using anyway. It's 1/3 of the price of anyone else and the quality is top notch. Anything I didn't already have I've certainly got now - consider me to be fully compressed.
The second package was from a fantastic new sponsor who I'm VERY happy with! Stoats make oat based products which you can buy at their website here. They'll be supplying me with bars and oats throughout the year - really well made from all natural ingredients. While I use gels for racing, I like to eat 'real food' during training and racing whenever possible - so to have these guys supporting me is very good news.
Hi Oliver,
ReplyDeleteI've had my eye on the Red Venom gear for a while now (their prices look too good to be true!)and was wondering if I could ask your advice...
I suffer from endless calf strains and want to try compression gear - would you go for compression socks or calf guards?
Thanks
Mark
Hi Mark,
ReplyDeleteFrom my experience I'd say calf guards. The graduated calf guards are genuinely very good and work wonders for me as I suffer with constantly achey calves after hard runs. I bought a pair last May/June (for recovery use only) and they were still going strong when I got this new gear through.
The issue I sometimes have with the socks is that I'm trying to relieve my calves, but find that the sock can be too tight around the foot.
Cheers
Olly.
Thank you for the advice Olly, it's much appreciated.
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