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18 years ago 06/14/2005 12:05pm EDT

I slowly transitioned from my Brooks Adrenaline w/orthodicts into Asics Ultimate 81's. I went from the Brooks w/orthos., to Brooks w/out orthos., to Brooks Burn w/out orthos., to Asics Tiger Paws w/out., to the Ultimate 81's. I run most of my mileage on asphalt/concrete and on crowned roads, so it probably wasn't the best idea to turn to flats, as I'm also bowlegged and overpronate extremely bad. But at first I felt good, I could run for about 3 weeks than all of a sudden either my hip or my knee would be killing me. I ran through the early pains, passing them off as my body taking the training. So I popped anti-inflammatories (Vioxx) and finished out my senior year with a bummed knee and sore hip. I'm pretty set on switching back to my orthodics because I was able to run more consistent weeks and train for a longer period than without them. My question is what is a good lightweight shoe, as I'm only 140 pounds, that would be good with orthodics??

18 years ago 06/14/2005 12:11pm EDT

re: MRkMn

Have you tried just putting your orthotics into the Burn or Tiger Paws? And how lightweight do you need?

Get yourself a wide shoe without to much motion control garbage in there and you should be OK.

(FYI: there is no "d" in "orthotics")

18 years ago 06/14/2005 12:22pm EDT

re: wondering why

No I have not tried that yet. Thanks for the suggestion I will try that.

18 years ago 06/14/2005 12:25pm EDT

re: MRkMn

How long did it take to progress through these shoes. Did the problems start just with the Ultimate 81's? Or did the pains increase as you moved through each shoe?

18 years ago 06/14/2005 12:33pm EDT

re: stipe

I say it took me about 3 months to get to the Asics 81's. The knee pain, which I figure is Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome, has occured with rotating the Tiger Paws and 81's. I believe that I have my hip pain all squared away. It has not bothered me lately because I've strength trained like mad and have found out that swimming has increased my flexiablity and helps relieve tightness in my hip area.

18 years ago 06/14/2005 12:44pm EDT

re: MRkMn

I think you moved too quickly from Adrenalines w/orthotics to Ultimate 81's w/o orthotics. I would treat it somewhat like increasing mileage. Just as it works best to do it in a step up, up, down pattern, you might just need to step back and spend more time transitioning. I spent about 6-8 months going from 2090s/structure triax to running exclusively in Streak Vapors.

18 years ago 06/14/2005 12:52pm EDT

re: stipe

try doing hurdle drills for your hips. They help with your knees too. stand next to a wall with your hands against the wall, place the hurdle facing the wall, and bring your leg over the hurdle and bring it down. You don't need a hurdle, just mimic these motions, it will help strengthen your hips a lot. For the knees, most runners have weaker inner quads, to strengthen your inner quad you need to fully extend your leg, and hold it for a bout a second. I do 20 on each leg. I run in flats, and have been running in them for a few months now. I don't really know if it's good or bad one way or the other yet. Good luck.

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