Need Complex Shoe Reccomendations

My girlfriend recently went from the Adrenaline to the Pure Cadence. She's not a "runner" but she does run and other than the color hasn't had any problems with the change. They are the same type of shoe other than the weight and heel:toe.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Oh yeah, the Cadence is a couple ounces heavier than the Lunar Racer.

Although the suck in the winter, check out Mizuno. The Inspire is some-what similar to the Adrenaline, but way more flexible in the fore-foot with more room as well. If you are looking for something a bit lighter, the Elixir has been my go-to shoe for the lat year or so and I love it.

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Have you isolated the mechanical form problem you have that has lead you to getting extensor tendon neuritis? Do you heel strike in your Brooks? Is it possible the shoes are tied too tight so there is too much pressure on your extensor retinaculum around the front of the ankle?

extensor neuritis wrote:

For the past couple years, I've been doing most of my training in Brooks Adrenaline GTS, which have worked pretty well for me. I'm quite flat-footed and somewhat injury prone, so the Adrenalines have been a good and supportive but not incredibly heavy shoe for me. However, I could use a change, and would really appreciate some recommendations.

In particular, I'd like to change because I've been struggling with some tendonitis and neuritis near my extensor tendon (on the top/inside of the foot, down to the big toe) that seems to bug me a lot more when I'm wearing the Brooks Adrenaline than when I wear my flats (Nike LunaRacer +2s). I'm still looking for a supportive shoe--the flats are just for workouts--so anything with similar cushion/support to the Adrenalines but also a light upper similar to the LunaRacers would be really fantastic.

I have pretty much the same story as you do. The Adrenaline were a great shoe for me, but it irritated the same area. I switched to the Pure Cadence. They are are lighter shoe & made my feet feel freer but still supported.

I tried some Graston for the tendonitis problem. Seemed to work wonders for me. Might be something you want to check into to resolve the problem.

[quote]voiceofreason wrote:

Have you isolated the mechanical form problem you have that has lead you to getting extensor tendon neuritis? Do you heel strike in your Brooks? Is it possible the shoes are tied too tight so there is too much pressure on your extensor retinaculum around the front of the ankle?

I'm fairly confident that the shoes were just tied too tightly. Looser shoes feel much better, but the problem has been slow to go away completely, even with 5 weeks of rest.

Brooks fan wrote:

I have pretty much the same story as you do. The Adrenaline were a great shoe for me, but it irritated the same area. I switched to the Pure Cadence. They are are lighter shoe & made my feet feel freer but still supported.

I tried some Graston for the tendonitis problem. Seemed to work wonders for me. Might be something you want to check into to resolve the problem.

That's awesome news. Thanks for the help.

You might try the Saucany Guide 5. Again, they're a little bit more minimalistic than you might be looking for (at least, more minimalistic than the Brooks Adrenaline GTS), but they still have a reasonable amount of cushion, support and a soft upper.

Nike Structure Triax, Asics 2160, and Mizuno Wave Nexus are also similar to the Adrenaline.

What New Balance model would fit in this peer group?

the 870 is a relatively similar new balance