Questions about breakig in a new shoe and switching to a little heavier shoe

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14 years ago 08/27/2009 6:32pm EDT

I've been doing all my training runs and tempo runs in the asics ds trainer 14 but have recently been increasing my mileage and have been having a few small knee and foot problems so today I bought a new pair of asics gel 1140's to get a little more support. I've been wearing them today just walking around and stuff but I was wondering if breaking them in on a 50-60 minute run would be to long of a break in run. I have my long run saturday but didn't know if that would be to early to wear them. I didn't know since they are about an oz. Heavier than the ds trainer I've been wearing if i should take a little longer to break them in? Also, I have the first race of my xc season on tuesday and didn't know if swithcibg now would have any effects on my racing?

14 years ago 08/27/2009 7:29pm EDT

re: Shoe questionS

14 years ago 08/27/2009 8:37pm EDT

re: Shoe questionS

I would think you'd be fine..but I'm no shoe guru, maybe somebody else can help ya a little more, sry I'm not much help

14 years ago 08/27/2009 10:09pm EDT

re: Billy filly

I would suggest maybe a little more of a buildup than a 50 min run right off the bat. What I would do, and have done, is use the either the new shoe or old for the warm up and switch to the other for the workout, and then switch back again for the cooldown, for about a week and it should be good.

With the knee problems make sure you know what is causing the problems, more support isn't always the answer to injuries. It is possible you have improper running form (too slow of a stride, heel striking), or have amped up the mileage too quickly and it isn't the shoes but the way you approach training.

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