Cross Country Racing- need differant running shoes? (Read 417 times)

slaptear2

De-slacking in progress

posted: 6/17/2008 at 12:41 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?

started running @ age 48 [lost 70#+, quit a 30 year pack/day habit>> ran HM] Ran a few years then quit. Gained 70#+ back and smoking like before. Time to get healthy again @ 52 years over with the C25K program and beyond again. RE-start date 1-13-14

JimR

posted: 6/17/2008 at 9:45 AM

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.