I recently purchased the GEL-Tiger Paw, slowly trying to get into flats. I first started with the Adrenaline, then the Brooks Burn, and now the Tiger Paw. I've been injured lately so I got to take it easy for a few weeks anyways. I was wondering what type of mileage do you Tiger Paw wearers get out of them??
I've worn them for racing the last few years. Have retired them at or before 200 miles.
I've got several hundred miles on mine and they feel better now than when I first got them.
what surfaces and mileage do you put on your flats / tiger paws?
flats and back gravel roads have been death to my metatarsals. do the tiger paws have a thicker forefoot pad?
The new ones with the mesh on the outside are much heavier and stable than the older ones with the orange details and the Japanese character on the heel. I just bought a pair of the new ones, but think I'll use them as trainers rather than racers. You could certainly use them for a marathon or for several years' worth of races.
I will be doing my mileage on a variet of surfaces. Grass, track, and the road. Probably about 50 % road, 40 % grass, and 10 % track. I usually do workouts on the track in spikes or the really light waffle, I think the xc racer.
I run with them on track, roads and trails. I've never had any problems.
The Tiger-Paw is a great transition flat when you're working your way down, but economically it sucks. The sole and midsole are OK, but the upper fell apart on me after 300 miles on 2 pair. I sewed up holes in the upper and got each pair to 400, but that was pushing it.
What are the differances between the Gel Tiger paw and theAsics
Gel-DS Racer V (the orange one with the blue stripe)? besides price. List is $84.99 ds racer on sale at extra mile $49.99 The tiger paw lists 59.99 on sale 39.99
What would be the better trainer?
The DS-Racer is heavier with a medial post but as the exact same shape to the midsole
I had a pair that was well over 1,000 miles. I gave up on them because the smell got too disgusting. I've been around 1,000 on every pair I've had except for one pair that I lost.
what about these old school jewels?
http://www.barlou.com/running/modele.php?modele=64685 euros
http://www.runningshoes.com/item.cfm?IID=1974&UID=1181317&Utoken=17750216$65
http://www.bbc-worldwide-americas.com/a/B0000A6RB3/ASICS-and-174-Men-s-GEL-Tiger-Paw-and-174-sz-10-0-White-slash-Silver-slash-Mandarin-.html$60
Where is the best price?
Trackhead what shoe would you recomend for an 11year old.
I just ordered him the ds racer last week,would the tiger paw be better?
Keep them as light and low to the ground as possibly. Based simply on the fact that they're so light with respect to what a normail training shoe is designed for. I like the Tiger-Paw more than the DS-Racer because it is a little lighter and little more flexible in the midfoot. See if you can get to a store where he can try them on and test run them to see how he looks in them. And just keep him in flats from then on.
A few months ago there was a poster who said that his daughter had been wearing the Cubatos (probably the best shoe still available if it fits your foot) her whole running career and had never experienced a training related injury.