I've developed a bone spur on my big toe. It's very painful when running in some shoes. My doctor suggested that a hard carbon plate shoe would help prevent the toe flex that's causing the pain.
Until now, I've avoided the supershoe debate because I no longer race on the roads. My training is done either on the track, a long paved hill road for long uphill reps, and technical trails. Otherwise, I no longer run on pavement. I have trail shoes for trail runs so I'm mostly interested in a supershoe for track workouts. Of course, if they are faster than spikes in the 400/800, I'll race in them, too.
Background.
Forefoot striker
135 pounds
Most of my speed workouts are done in the 4:20 to 5:40 per mile pace. I'll be training in them mostly in 150, 200, and 300m repeats. My current track workout shoes are the New Balance Rebel and the Atreyu base model. My goal race pace is 29.9 seconds for the 200 and 2:40 for the 800m. (Due to other health issues I may never reach those goals, but hey, that's Plan A.)
What shoe or shoes would you recommend?