I have been starting to have some minor ankle plan. Over the last couple years I’ve mostly ran in Saucony Kinvaras. However, I recently started running in the Saucony ride 17s. There is a lot more support then I’m used to. I’m wondering if my new foot positioning is causing me pain. I’ve altered between the rides and kinvara. Mainly picking the Kinvara for quicker runs and the rides for most of my base mileage. Please let me know any considerations or comments you may have.
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My advice is to never run in these shoes again and throw them out. I had problems with very different model of Saucony, so it's not relevant. The model had mild stability feature, I thought it wouldn't be a problem, but it turned out it was. Mild ankle pain and I had to stop running in them. Ankle pain went away two days after I stopped running in them. I don't know if your Kinvaras have stability features, but my rule of thumb is to not try force the shoe to work, especially if it causes me pain.
Now tell us about your recent training, too.
Yeah I guess I shouldn't have tried something different when I knew those shoes worked for me. I my last couple weeks of training have been 61,70,65,55, 65. I have ran more higher mileage consistently this summer. I'm training for 8km cross country. I run four mile tempos a little under 5:40 pace and eight mile steady runs around 6:10.
wafleboiii wrote:
My advice is to never run in these shoes again and throw them out. I had problems with very different model of Saucony, so it's not relevant. The model had mild stability feature, I thought it wouldn't be a problem, but it turned out it was. Mild ankle pain and I had to stop running in them. Ankle pain went away two days after I stopped running in them. I don't know if your Kinvaras have stability features, but my rule of thumb is to not try force the shoe to work, especially if it causes me pain.
This!
Take it from a runner who has had more foot injuries that I can count. If a shoe causes problems and you can't adjust the shoe with lacing or inserts, you should toss the shoe or relegate it to casual wear.
My first "serious" pair of shoes were Saucony Rides, and I have since run in Kinvaras. The extra cushioning/support did kind of mess with my legs to where I had some knee pain for a bit. I actually messed with trying orthotics for a bit before figuring out that I just needed to use some other shoes.
The Kinvaras meanwhile felt a lot better (I tried them much later in my training), and I've rotated them in regularly on training runs.
I have worn exclusively Kinvara since the #3 model...had multiple pairs of each for big mileage in each of the Kinvara 3,6,9,12 and UNFORTUNATLY, now too many pairs blindly purchased of the Kinvara14 which is NOT the same sort of shoe!
The new sole literally 'sucks the life' out of your stride and especially your legs. So what was; is NO longer - a good thing and a sure thing. Saucony messed up a 14 year success with this energy killer sole...like running in / on marshmallows! Awful. The company has no remorse nor will they assist in rectifying the loyal purchase of 6 pairs, one for each day of the week, of 7-11miles. "Bye old friend. I will never buy another of you again"...and sure will not expect the company to care because I heard you clearly, - you do not.
the name of the shoes is literally
suck on these = sauconys