Recommend a striff race flat for indoor track

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    fisky

    Member since 05/30/2012.

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    7 years ago 01/05/2017 8:35am EST

    Our local indoor track doesn't allow spikes, except for track meets. I normally run in my regular running shoes, but last night I tried running in my Asics Spivey LDs without spikes.

    I could feel the plastic soles slipping on the track. On the positive side, the light weight, low to the ground feel, and stiffness was great. I ran faster in spite of the shoe slipping a bit on the turns.

    Can anyone recommend a shoe that's light, stiff, and low to the ground like a track spike, but also has a sole that will grip on an indoor track? Maybe I should look at XC shoes?

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    runnerdnerd

    Member since 02/20/2014.

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    7 years ago 01/05/2017 8:38am EST
    re: fisky

    Xc flats should grip well on an indoor track for anything a distance runner is going to do. They would only be questionable if the track is "crumbly" and you are a sprinter trying to practice starts.

  • StreaksForDayzzz

    Anonymous Poster

    7 years ago 01/05/2017 9:32am EST
    re: fisky

    Get yourself a pair of Nike Streak LT 3's. They are considered a "racing flat", but they feel more like an actual spike. I know people who chose to race in them INSTEAD of wearing their actual track spikes.

    They're relatively cheap too. Check out RunningWarehouse and I think they're like $60

  • Iowa800

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    7 years ago 01/05/2017 10:10am EST
    re: fisky

    Try out the Adidas Takumi Sen. Flexible forefoot but support throughout the rest of the sole. On sale and there are some discount codes RW.

  • vlt.

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    7 years ago 01/05/2017 10:23am EST
    re: Iowa800

    New Balance RC5000

    Basically as fast as a spike and lighter

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    agip

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    7 years ago 01/05/2017 10:24am EST
    re: vlt.

    vlt. wrote:

    New Balance RC5000

    Basically as fast as a spike and lighter

    that's my solution and I love those little things

    but they aren't stiff like the OP asked - they are flimsy and soft

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    fisky

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    7 years ago 01/05/2017 11:21am EST
    re: agip

    agip wrote:

    vlt. wrote:

    New Balance RC5000

    Basically as fast as a spike and lighter

    that's my solution and I love those little things

    but they aren't stiff like the OP asked - they are flimsy and soft

    I have chronic turf toe on both big toes so if I can easily bend the toe of the shoe, I don't even bother to try it on.

  • PCity

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    7 years ago 01/05/2017 11:37am EST
    re: Iowa800

    I second the Takumi-Sen suggestion.

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    fisky

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    7 years ago 01/05/2017 11:55am EST
    re: fisky

    fisky wrote:

    agip wrote:

    that's my solution and I love those little things

    but they aren't stiff like the OP asked - they are flimsy and soft

    I have chronic turf toe on both big toes so if I can easily bend the toe of the shoe, I don't even bother to try it on.

    For example, my short sprint spike is the Saucony Showdown, which has a full plate. It doesn't bend at all. It basically locks the entire foot in place. My mid distance spike is the Asics Spivey LD, which only bends at the midfoot and not at all in the forefoot or toe. That's the kind of spikeless shoe I'm looking for, but it needs to have traction on an indoor track. If the forefoot and toe area bend easily, I can't wear the shoe.

  • Mr E

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    7 years ago 01/05/2017 12:08pm EST
    re: fisky

    Take an old credit card or similar piece of plastic, cut it to the right shape and glue it under the insole.

  • Author, 200 Tips Every Runner Should Know

    fisky

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    7 years ago 01/05/2017 7:22pm EST
    re: Mr E

    Mr E wrote:

    Take an old credit card or similar piece of plastic, cut it to the right shape and glue it under the insole.

    That might work. Thanks. I used a lid from an old Sterilite bin and cut out the entire insole and added it to a pair of old racing flats. I think this might work. Or at least until I can find a pair of XC shoes.

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