Nike Free will they make my stride stronger?

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9 years ago 04/18/2016 10:34pm EDT

I started wearing Nike Free one week ago. The outer part of my lower leg gets very tight for the first 5-6 miles of my runs at 6:35-6:50 min/mile.

When I use less flexible shoes like Boston boost or Flyknit Lunar 3 I don't get this tightness in my outer lower leg.

Today I notice my right knee rolling inside 3-4 times it didn't cause pain at all but it was a weird feeling. I got a bit scared and I realize that Nike Free doesn't constrain the pronation motion. I'm just wondering if it's good to keep using Nike Free and if that will make my stride stronger or I'm losing my time and I should go back to my traditional neutral ride kind of shoes?

Is my lower leg and feet actually working harder as Nike claims and that's why I get this outer lower leg tightness?

I'm running 80 miles a week as I'm building up for Chicago Marathon.

9 years ago 04/18/2016 10:43pm EDT

re: artud2000

Stop running in them now, you WILL get injured.

9 years ago 04/18/2016 11:05pm EDT

re: watch out.

watch out. wrote:
Stop running in them now, you WILL get injured.

This is not true but, I wouldn't wear them full time. It's always a good idea to rotate many different shoes through your lineup. Use the Nike frees for the shorter of the runs on double days or warm ups. It's good to remind your body of some more natural mechanics while not overdoing it. They actually help me when I start to get Achilles pain. One of the only shoes I can run in when it flares up. I love them but don't do more than 3 runs a week in them which comes to about 15-20 miles max out of my avg 90 mpw.

9 years ago 04/20/2016 7:54pm EDT

re: artud2000

I think I only know one person in real life that HASN'T been injured wearing Nike Free's. They are a recipe for disaster and not a shoe you should be doing 80 MPW in. You just have to find the best shoe for you.

9 years ago 04/20/2016 8:07pm EDT

re: artud2000

Couldn't you just do barefoot strides if you wanted to increase foot and leg strength, they're about as natural as you can get if that's what you want.

9 years ago 04/20/2016 8:24pm EDT

re: Gulan Rapp

Gulan Rapp wrote:
Couldn't you just do barefoot strides if you wanted to increase foot and leg strength, they're about as natural as you can get if that's what you want.

Running barefoot is not natural

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