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Cross Country Racing- need differant running shoes? (Read 166 times)

slaptear2 view log Inventory SUKS !! posted: 6/17/2008 at 4:41 AM I'm thinking about signing up for a cross country 5K to try something differant. Is my normal Sacomy running shoes ok for this or if you do a cross country race should you be running in trail type shoes? 2009 GOALS that I WILL ACHIEVE Goal:weight to healthy range 220>>171 now (160 goal in progress) Run 1st HM April 19, 2009 Union Hospital New Philadelphia, Ohio Run 2nd HM Akron Sept 2009 Run more 5K's and 10k races and beat my slow PR's 26.2 : in 2010- Akron Run at least 25 MPW (1300 miles minimum)

JimR view log posted: 6/17/2008 at 1:45 PM You can geta way with regular shoes as long as the treading is okay, but you'll quickly want the correct footwear. Proper shoes make a big difference in XC and especially trail. An option is to drive small hex screws into an older pair of shoes, as long as you're not using them on asphalt or concrete. I did a trail race on Saturday and a few people just wore regular runners, they were slipping and sliding everywhere whereas my trail shoes never lost grip even in the hardest turns.

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