I have a pair of relatively non-aggressive cross country spike, and I have seen people wear spikes winter shoes for running on ice. Would running in cross country spikes with very short spikes in be good for icy roads?
I have a pair of relatively non-aggressive cross country spike, and I have seen people wear spikes winter shoes for running on ice. Would running in cross country spikes with very short spikes in be good for icy roads?
It works. My friends and i had a mile race around a frozen lake on the ice. Kinda hurts running on hard ass ice in track spikes though. Still ran sub 9 so..
I have never tried these, but I know somebody that uses a shoe cover called Yaktrax. Whatever you do, be careful!
I bought a pair of Nike Zoom Rival XC just to test if I could use those during the winter. They are nice and stiff and fits my foot. I screwed in tungsten spikes in the rest of the sole as well. Then I preferably use 5mm spikes that are weared down rather quickly to 3mm and that is excellent. On ice, I can feel the spikes some if they are 5mm which kindof gives a negative drop and more work for the calfes. On hard packed snow, they are excellent since the spikes go down into the snow and they shoes become level. The grip is then perfect. Since the winter here in Norway have been cold and steady so far, I have enjoyed hard packed snow now for a long time where this works perfectly. I have also used them on hard ice on a trail path and the grip is so good I can just run normal when other people are skidding away.
I highly recommend XC-shoes if you can keep the spike length below 5mm and maybe do as I do, screwing tungsten spikes into the heel to sort of counter-level the spikes. The shoes are no sort of strain for the calves then. Now I have been running in zero drop shoes for years so I am NOT used to any shoes WITH drop. If you are accustomed to drop, Your calves might have become shorter and will endure a little more stress when running with flats or spikes. But for fast running it might be perfect anyway.
This week I have run 63km on hard packed snow and some ice with these XC shoes and my feet and calves are happy
I'm not really sure about this. I think there are better choices. Like moving to California.
I use trail shoes with very hard rubber nubs like the Adidas Terrex Agravic. They won't completely prevent slipping but if they are much safer than normal road shoes.
No. You will slip when your heal hits the ground. Instead do distance runs in triple jump or high jump shoes with the heal spike. And always... I mean always keep it on the Crete.
My alternative solution is to screw in small tungsten spikes into the sole. I have some of only 8mm length that fits into normal running shoes. You will run securely at any surface then. Of course hard ice is always a problem, but one can still run on it with such spikes. The shoes will be as protective as without spikes and they can just be removed without damage for the summer. Given you do not have Nike Air or any special part of the sole below
healstriker wrote:
No. You will slip when your heal hits the ground. Instead do distance runs in triple jump or high jump shoes with the heal spike. And always... I mean always keep it on the Crete.
Exactly and that is why I screwed in spikes in the heel.. But I don't heel strike so...
Trail shoes would prolly be better.