limber up moscow

I've been so happy with that shoe that I find myself trying to figure out how many more years I'll live and how many pairs of Moscows I'd need to buy to be able to run in them for the rest of my days. It's actually a sort of depressing line of thought, but if you're happy with a shoe, any shoe, and it works for you, I'd stay with it.

Thank you, but are these shoes really minimalist?

Minimalist is a word that gets tossed around a lot here without ever having been clearly defined. For my part, I see it more as a philosophy than a measuring stick. I've always subscribed to the idea that a person should run in the least shoe that they need, whatever that may mean. It's mostly a rejection of the idea of shoe companies that the more cushion, correction, support, etc, there is on a shoe, the better off you'll be if you run in it.

So in my view, someone running in the H Stret is a minimalist, but someone who goes to Bob's Store and gets an "enrty level" shoe that has a bit of heel cushion might also be a minimalist provided they were buying that shoe on the assumption that it's the least shoe they can run in.

Lydiard was basically a minimalist. But the one shoe he really liked in his later years was the Mizuno Supersonic, which had a much higher heel than the MLU does.

If you're looking to classify the MLU, consider it's lightness and small amount of rubber in the sole. Very few shoes match it in those ways. But, what I meant to say in the original post is not to let a philosophy prevent you from doing what works for you.

To really answer your question, you must look at your philosophy on which shoe best matches up with your current running form and which shoe can help get you to the form you would like to acheive in the future. If you are sticking to the principles based on efficient running = landing on the ball of your foot, lifting upward with your hamstring and falling forward with gravity to get to your next footstrike, then I would recommend that you work towards a more minimal shoe. If you are happy with your running form and you don't want to change it in anyway then you should just stick with the Limber up Moscows. Does that make sense?

I'm waiting for the inevitable firestorm about "falling forward".

Not exactly sure what you are getting at, however leaning for or falling forward must take place in order for someone to allow the ball of their foot to land underneath their hips. Otherwise you would just be running in place. Please clarify your statement.

meant to say leaning forward!

Thank you, that's exactly what I want to know: what are my other opions beside the H street?

Was your response directed towards me or someone else?

options..

To my knowledge their are no options inbetween the H streets and the Limber up moscows. Sorry! If you do happen to find some let us know. I like the H streets so I have not search for something thicker that it is, but I have searched quite a few places and it is virtually impossible to find a shoe inbetween the H streets and the standard racing flat. Good luck!