Forums >Gears and Wears>Help! My feet are officially weird!
TRIing to beat the heat!
2012 Goals
Sub-1:42 for half marathon √ (1:41 at Disney, Jan '12)
Sub-22 for 5k √ (21:51 in Sept '12)
BQ for marathon- FAIL
A Saucy Wench
I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets
"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
rectumdamnnearkilledem
There isn't one company out there who markets their running shoes towards people with very high arches AND overpronation! Egads! I feel lost!
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
were you having any problems? If not I would stick to your old neutral cushioned. Usually what feels right is right.
None at all... other than the fact that my current pair of Nimbus feel deflated (approx. 250 miles worth of running + additional walking mileage + about 30 hours of aerobics). Myabe the old adage is right: if it aint broke, don't fix it!
And don't use your running shoes for walking and aerobics--that counts towards mileage (and they offer no lateral protection which will help keep you from turning an ankle during aerobics--a cross-trainer of some sort would be better for that). So they probably are shot.
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I'm still a newbie, so what do I know...but, I finally got fitted for running shoes at a running store, and they said I needed stability shoes versus the neutral shoes I was wearing. I must say I thought something was up, since I was getting some knee pain. Anyway, first two runs in the new shoes were just as you described. I felt like I was learning to run. I was CLOMPING not running. However, by my third run, and every run since then, I have felt great! No knee pain, and I don't feel like I'm clomping anymore. I had no problems in the old shoes until I started upping my mileage. Maybe try out a couple more runs in the new ones to see how you feel...
jules2
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I Had my running gait taped today and also had iStep analysis (which spits out a computerized blueprint of your foot). The iStep reported that I have very high arches (no surprise to me there) with a lot of pressure at the ball and heel of each foot (no surprise there either). The surprise came when I had my running gait videotaped. I have mild overpronation of BOTH feet... more so on the right foot than the left. I have been running in neutral cushioned shoes for 250 miles now (Asics Nimbus IX) with no real issues, so this surprised me quite a bit. Normally I believe high arches = supination or neutral gait...
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