Transition from 14mm drop to zero drop in 3 weeks!

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3 weeks? Come back in 3 months.

It takes a long time to completely change, the specific stress is quite different. It took me 4 months or so. Like you, I also thought I was fine within the first month but started having achilles issues within a few weeks of resuming full training load. I went from a lightweight wave rider (the 12 or 13 maybe?) to Puref Flow (4mm) and after the initial shock went to the Kinvara (4mm). I tried the zero drop thing but started having the same issues, came back to the Kinvara and love this shoe too much to switch.

Everybody is different, especially when it comes to body type, weight, how long they've been running for. I think I'm clear on this one. The races coming up will be the true indicator.

...no one ever got injured in the 70s. And their times were faster, too. I think all major WR were set in the 70s, right?

All we trained in back then were Nike Waffle trainers and raced in Nike Waffle racers (green & yellow) circa 1975 which were all zero to drop shoes. I was never injured running at a D1 school.

BeLikePre wrote:

Everybody is different, especially when it comes to body type, weight, how long they've been running for. I think I'm clear on this one. The races coming up will be the true indicator.

Lol like most things in distance running, nothing drastic ever really changes in 3 weeks. Unless you take 3 weeks off maybe.

I transitioned in a month. While increasing mileage. Going from high drop to zero drop while still cushioned is easy. Going from cushion to no cushion is not easy.

In other words,

Nike ---> Altra = Not long

Altra ---> VFF = Very long

Hoka Vanquish ----> Xero Prio = Very long , there's got to be a better way.

Xero Prio -----> Altra One 2.5 = Not long, found it.

I might go back to the Xero Prio again but I still need the cushioning that the 2.5's have.

I'm always at least 90 percent barefoot, so the transition time is zero for me.