ShoeQuestion wrote:
I tend to overpronate slightly when I run so the store recommended a shoe with slight support. However, before they had told me I don't pronate when I actually did so I have an old pair of Nike Pegasus 33's.
I don't really like doing fast workouts in my bulky support shoes (I have the nike lunarglides and the new balance vongos). Would doing track workouts in the pegasus probably be okay?
The only honest answer anyone can give is, "We don't know."
There are very few studies that examine the outcomes of choosing a shoe based on foot type. The ones that HAVE been done have some methodological problems, since it's expensive and difficult to construct a well-designed study on this topic.
The studies that we do have seem to suggest that there is not much of a correlation between matching the support level of the shoe to the height of the arch or the shape of the plantar surface of the foot. In fact, in at least one study, the correlation ran the other way - people who ran in shoes matched with their arch height actually reported MORE missed training days due to injury than people who ran in shoes that didn't match their foot type.
To my knowledge, there aren't any good studies that have supported the idea that if you pronate, and you run in a stability shoe, you'll be happier.