marathon shoes

I know it is sacrilegious to suggest this but I am told DyeStat has a pretty active spikes&flats subboard. Please note I have no personel knowledge of this just repeating an overheard conversation.

jonesy. wrote:

I'm going for sub-2:40 at new york. I have to run in Nike's. I can't run in flats, because of achilles problems. So, I need shoes with a normal size heel. I usually run in skylons, but they're out of stock at most places now. Road Explosion 2's are lighter, at about 8 oz. I have very little money, so I need cheap shoes.

Recommendations? Sites other than the obvious? Shoes that would be lighter than the 11 oz or so skylons? Can you run a marathon in the road explosion? I'm posting this only after spending hours trying to find the skylons in size 11 or 10.5 and having little luck with the road explosion 2's.

You are a funny dude. You have to run in Nike? Why? It's not like a 2:40 guy is sponsored. Achilles problems prevent you from running in flats? Hilarious!

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One excellent choice might be the Saucony Fastwitch Endurance. Incredible cushioning for that weight and definitely a normal heel. In fact they look like trainers but they are very light.

For Nike shoes, how about the Jasari+. They definitely have a normal sized heel and are lighter than 11 ounces. You can probably find them in some online store somewhere but if not, as a last resort you can build your own pair at the Nike ID site

http://nikeid.nike.com

Spira makes some fast shoes.

Nike Zoom Hayward 3+.

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Achilles problems prevent you from running in flats? Hilarious!

Yah, that sure is a real thigh slapper allright.

It's hit or miss with this outfit but they might be worth checking into. If you want a lightweight trainer and/or marathon racer type shoe, some are 60% off (+ S&H):

http://www.firsttothefinish.com/ItemMatrix.asp?Cc=fw_foot_train&GroupCode=037294&eq=fw_037294&MatrixType=1

You can also get the least expensive NIKE's from a local factory outlet (Google) if you know your size.

Here's the Skylon in an 11.

http://www.runningwarehouse.com/descpageMRS-NZSKY2.html

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You are a funny dude. You have to run in Nike? Why? It's not like a 2:40 guy is sponsored. Achilles problems prevent you from running in flats? Hilarious!

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been on the site long? see the eddylee thread. i'm sponsored via my club (ran 1:14 half recently, hopefully good enough to continue); this is not exactly the salary type sponsor. I got the achilles problems from running in flats one day. I can already feel the achilles after two steps in flats. Raise your foot up and move it back down. As you raise it up, you can feel the achilles stretch; as you rotate the foot back down to horizontal, the achilles relaxes. higher heels essentially place the foot on a flat or downward plane. hence, trainers with bigger heels are fine. low heels with virtually equal front sole stretch the achilles. track spikes, surprisingly, do not cause the same problem for me because while they have the low heel, they also have an even thinner front sole, so they do not stretch the achilles. I do the eccentric heel raises for the achilles and they always help, but the achilles problems have kept me from wearing flats for a year and a half.

doug e., I appreciate it. but those are 90 bucks. no way can I afford those.

found the skylons for 69.95 but the weight is roughly 11.6, so I'm going to try the road explosion 2's at the same price unfortunately but only about 8 oz. a dyestat thread came up on google saying that the road expl's are soft. will the weight savings be negated by that? will the r.e.'s get me through the marathon without wrecking the quads?

what about the katana's? they're 7.8 oz. and going for 59.99 now. can't tell for sure from the pics. is the heel regular height or is it the height of flats? are they good for marathons?

o.k., I got the road explosion 2's. ended up at 62 including shipping. I assumed that the katana's are in fact flats. thanks.

If you are sponsored by a club why are you worried about cost?

I would recommend three shoes. I think they are perfect for the marathon. Two are made by asics and one is made by adidas.

You say, "I have to run in Nike's". I'd say go back in time to the 1980s and get a pair of mariahs OR simply change what you think is important.

The Katanas are definitely flats. You made a good choice given your situation, the Road Explosion shouls do fine.