During a half marathon last weekend I had some back pain while wearing brooks asteria racing flats. Pain started after mile 8 and I still have some pain days later.
At what point did you stop wearing racing flats?
Could be an age, a certain pace or just tell me to man up and race in racing shoes.
Also if anyone has a good racing flat recommendation let me know.
Thanks in advance
Well how old are you?
It may very well be the case that you would have gotten back pain in a stable trainer.
If your running slower than 6 minutes a mile , you are fooling yourself . wear light trainers .
I'm 33. You might be right.
forgot to quote dasdfsdfdfd in that first response, but after I turned 30 back pain and other stuff creeped in and I added some PT exercises to my routine. I blame the desk job over any shoes.
I also agree with the Canada guy. 6 min pace is a good cut point to ditch the flats for a half marathon or less. There was a thread about 2:40 marathons and flats that you should look up too if you're in that range.
I don't think that age or pace really determines whether a runner should wear flats or not. BMI is probably the most useful indicator.
Are you sure it's back pain (spinal) or could it be hip pain?
Man Overboard wrote:
I don't think that age or pace really determines whether a runner should wear flats or not. BMI is probably the most useful indicator.
Are you sure it's back pain (spinal) or could it be hip pain?
Thanks for the responses.
Good point about BMI. I didn't think about that, because my weight has been 150-155 since college. I'm 6ft tall, so BMI is about a 21.
I've had hip issues in the past, so maybe need to strengthen there and look into some back exercises as well.
I also read that thread about flats and 2:40 marathons and maybe I need to do some more workouts in flats too.
I'm ditching my current flats, but will buy some new ones to try.
I'm 32 now and thinking more about the next 10 years than the last 10. Staying injury free is becoming more important than any PR.
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