I do my long run and speedwork in a plated shoe.
Other three runs in a regular shoe.
What about everyone else?
Has anyone been injured as a result of too much running in supershoes? They are harsher on the knees I feel.
Yet some people just train in plated shoes all the time.
Maybe 10%, only faster workouts where I'm trying to hit a specific and fast pace. Why wear them for a normal long run? They're used to maximize your speed, when you're just getting in volume why do you need to run slightly faster?
I pretty much only wear them for races. Most of my running is done in a lightweight daily trainer
About 30%. All work faster than marathon pace.
Hot Takes wrote:
Maybe 10%, only faster workouts where I'm trying to hit a specific and fast pace. Why wear them for a normal long run? They're used to maximize your speed, when you're just getting in volume why do you need to run slightly faster?
To me it's more about minimizing impact and stress than speed, which is just a byproduct of that. Marathons are just a glorified long run for most of us, so race shoes would be suited fine for long runs as well.
I wear them probably once every other week for a workout where I care about hitting pace. I do wear plated shoes like the magic speed 3 for some 5k/mile pace workouts but that shoe doesn't have a super foam or high stack height.
I always wear super shoes for races though.
I wear Saucony endorphin pros for my two workouts per week. I wear the asics superblast for long runs and novablast for everything else. The superblast doesn’t have a plate but the super foam is very springy. I think the shoes protect against injury (but I have no real proof).
I’d love to know what the pros and college athletes are doing these days
I wear my old supershoes for recovery runs and long runs. When they're no longer good for race pace, but still have loads of life left in them as a nicely cushioned easy run shoe when time on feet and minimising fatigue is the goal
Prefer to do speed work and tempos in lightweight non plated shoes like Rebel V4, feel like my muscles and tendons get a bit more specific work out from it
15-20%
Just workouts.
Plated shoes tend to feel awful when running easy paces. I'd prefer something a little more comfortable, when performance isn't a priority.
I think the idea that running in super-shoes will increase your chances of injury is just confirmation bias though. In my experience, it's been the exact opposite.
100%. Regular runs in worn out VF3s, workouts in new VF3s. It’s a cheap sport, and I only spend running money on shoes (besides destination races once or twice per year).
Probably 40%. All my easier runs are with shoes that are 40mm stack height or more
0%. just races
how can people afford regular super shoe usage
sproot wrote:
0%. just races
how can people afford regular super shoe usage
If the use of one extra pair of super shoes for training purposes gives you financial headaches then I feel sorry for you.
can anyone suggest a non-spike super shoe for racing the 800 and mile on the track. My daughter runs in a community that has mostly hard asphalt tracks, so they only get to wear spikes when the travel and or during championship season.
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Run 35 mpw in endorphin speed 3 which have over 1000 miles on them. Run parkrun around 17:20 in the same shoes.
pensacola runner wrote:
can anyone suggest a non-spike super shoe for racing the 800 and mile on the track. My daughter runs in a community that has mostly hard asphalt tracks, so they only get to wear spikes when the travel and or during championship season.
I would go for something like adidas adizero 8/9. It is light and fast with racing foam but not too high a stack height. Plated shoes normally have a big stack which is not ideal on track plus they might not allow in races
Pretty much all my runs in supershoes..
Legs just don’t get as beaten up and definitely recover much better.
Between 80 and 100mpw.
Easy Runs - Prime X 2
Tempo/Threshold - Adios Pro 3/4
0%. Never owned a pair.
normie runner wrote:
0%. Never owned a pair.
This.
