Running shoe weight and lightweight runners (like 100 pounds)

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5 years ago 04/15/2019 3:38pm EDT

I just realized that running trainers are built for adult runners who weight like 150 to 200lbs. Meanwhile, I'm wearing the same trainers and weigh only 105lb. Do lightweight smaller runners like myself need the extra bulk and support or will buying lighter trainers help us become more efficient and train harder?

Freshman year: trained 30mpw with Nike Pegasus 30ish [10oz] . I weighed 90lb back then.

Current Junior year: training 50mpw with Brooks Ghost 11 [11oz]. I weigh 105lb

I want to move to lightweight trainers to train over the summer. I found the Reebok Floatride Run Fast (6.6oz

https://www.reebok.com/us/reebok-floatride-run-fast

) and and hoping they make my form more efficient.

I'm planning on getting 350mi on the shoes because I'm cheap and can't afford multiple trainers to last me the summer off season. If you guys think lighter trainers are better and don't like the Reebok Floatride Run Fast, give me some recommendations.

5 years ago 04/15/2019 3:46pm EDT

re: Starlord

Starlord wrote:
I just realized that running trainers are built for adult runners who weight like 150 to 200lbs. Meanwhile, I'm wearing the same trainers and weigh only 105lb. Do lightweight smaller runners like myself need the extra bulk and support or will buying lighter trainers help us become more efficient and train harder?
Freshman year: trained 30mpw with Nike Pegasus 30ish [10oz] . I weighed 90lb back then.
Current Junior year: training 50mpw with Brooks Ghost 11 [11oz]. I weigh 105lb
I want to move to lightweight trainers to train over the summer. I found the Reebok Floatride Run Fast (6.6oz
https://www.reebok.com/us/reebok-floatride-run-fast
) and and hoping they make my form more efficient.
I'm planning on getting 350mi on the shoes because I'm cheap and can't afford multiple trainers to last me the summer off season. If you guys think lighter trainers are better and don't like the Reebok Floatride Run Fast, give me some recommendations.

That's more of a racing shoe, not an everyday trainer. Keep using your Ghost 11 for long runs, and add an 8 or 9 oz trainer for the bulk of your runs and see how it goes. Saucony Kinvara, Brooks Launch, Hoka Clifton is light too.

I'd go with the Kinvara, and I'd look on ebay for near new shoes for half price. That way you can experiment with different shoes, and get different classes of shoes for different days. If your Ghost 11 is wearing down, and you only want one pair of shoes, I'd look for an older pair of Hoka Cliftons on ebay that were used once or twice and left in a closet for a year or two, and are now dirt cheap for you.

5 years ago 04/15/2019 3:51pm EDT

re: Starlord

FYI, I suspect that most running shoes are designed for people in the 140-160 pound range, not 200 lbs. I'm 195 lbs and use my Ghost 11s for regular days, and Hoka Bondi 5 for long runs or recovery days.

5 years ago 04/15/2019 4:08pm EDT

re: Starlord

An 8 oz shoe is for a size 9. I wear a 14. They weight up to 14oz at that size. Weight varies with size...size 9 is optimal and worsens up and down from there

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