Im a small guy, and I have lower arches, and everytime I go into a shoe store they hook me up with some stability shoe, which I probably need, but they are never comfortable!!
I run on my forefoot, am rather efficient, but since my feet are lower, and overpronate some I am told I need clunkers. Damnitt, I like neutral shoes.
Anybody have the same issue??
Have you tried running in neutral shoes? Have you had problems? Just because you are flat footed, doesn't necessarily mean that you overpronate. And just because you pronate a lot, doesn't necessarily mean you need motion control shoes. Figure out what works for you, not what some uninformed shoe salesman tells you.
Get a light orthotic to control pronation, then you won't need motion control shoes.
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Vitruvian.
$30 a pair.
Why not try 'em?
gimpy wrote:
Im a small guy, and I have lower arches, and everytime I go into a shoe store they hook me up with some stability shoe, which I probably need, but they are never comfortable!!
I run on my forefoot, am rather efficient, but since my feet are lower, and overpronate some I am told I need clunkers. Damnitt, I like neutral shoes.
Anybody have the same issue??
low arches - check
very mild overpronation - check
prefer neutral shoes - check
I'm going with the asics ds trainer 13. according to the asics website, they're pretty pretty much right at the border between a neutral and overpronator shoe. so far they're working out pretty well so you might want to give them a try in the store and see how they feel.
DS trainer is lightweight, but does have some support. It's not a clunker by any measure, however.
Pretty flat arches, midfoot, efficient, and early in my running when I listened to running store people they said stability. Found I felt more natural and got injured less in neutral, and also in less shoe.
Consider flats. If you're small and glide more than pound, do you really need the same cushioning as a 180 lb gym rat?
I suspect a fair bit of that stability crap is just to compensate for the clunky high heels and cushiony isolation of overbuilt modern trainers anyhow. "We added more _here_, so now we gotta add more _there_ to even it out."
Go with what you like to wear - if you are having knee issues, then your pronation is causing problems. If you want a lightweight stability shoe, try the Nike Elites, or as other posters have mentioned the Asics DS Trainer, the Mizuno Wave Elixer, or just try an Asics Cumulus - its a neutral shoe, but has a lot of cushioning and support in the forefoot - if you are a forefoot striker that may be all you need.
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