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Nike Free's. They're the only thing that doesn't irritate the hell out of my bunions, and they have helped a lot with general aches and pains. I wear a support insole though because I have high arches.
I've been a runner for 20 years now, beginning back in high school and college where I ran track. I always wnet in for those expensive, top of the line, $100 running shoes, but nowadays I wear the cheapest flimsiest shoes I can find. What changed?
A couple years ago I read Chris McDougall's great book, "Born to Run" which pretty much blew the lid off the running shoe scam that has been perpetrated on us since the running craze began back in the early 1970's. How many of you know that those super-padded shoes actually contribute to, rather than preven many common running injuries? Yep: that padded heel encourages you to strike on your heel rather than land on your forefoot like nature and evolution intended us too.
I won't go into the details of the book, or the how and why, you can Google it. But yeah, no more spendy runnning shoes for me.
p.s. my running times have increased since I switched shoe types.
I've been a runner for 20 years now, beginning back in high school and college where I ran track. I always wnet in for those expensive, top of the line, $100 running shoes, but nowadays I wear the cheapest flimsiest shoes I can find. What changed?
A couple years ago I read Chris McDougall's great book, "Born to Run" which pretty much blew the lid off the running shoe scam that has been perpetrated on us since the running craze began back in the early 1970's. How many of you know that those super-padded shoes actually contribute to, rather than preven many common running injuries? Yep: that padded heel encourages you to strike on your heel rather than land on your forefoot like nature and evolution intended us too.
I won't go into the details of the book, or the how and why, you can Google it. But yeah, no more spendy runnning shoes for me.
p.s. my running times have increased since I switched shoe types.
Agreed!
Since I switched to my free's, I have had less problems than ever before. I'm wanting to try the barefoot shoes one of these days.
I need something better than I've been wearing (which are a pair of pretty basic Nike cross trainers). I'm not sure where to start...I know I should go to a running-centric store and get assessed/fitted, but that seems like a big opportunity for somebody to upsell me, and as a beginning-ish runner, I'm not up for making a huge monetary investment at this point, so I'd rather avoid the hard sell.
My deal is that I am, as noted, a beginning runner...starting VERY slowly. I already do a significant amount of walking, and do walk/jog intervals as it is, building up to more jogging than walking. I also have high arches and tend toward oversupination, which contributes to my struggling with plantar faciitis flare-ups and my ankles rolling outward sometimes.
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