Has anyone seen an association between Nike next% and Achilles pain?
My Achilles were feeling great with fairly consistent 60-70 mile weeks and 20 mile long runs, then I ran one 16 mile tempo at marathon goal pace (5:45) and my Achilles has been sore ever since.
There are people who get achilles problems with every type of shoe. I have not seen some increase in people having problems with Next %, and there are a TON of people in the Next %. Even I wear them in races and some workouts, I don't have an achilles problem with them.
The opposite for me. Next % is kind to my achilles but is brutal on my hamstring and IT band. I believe this is because it increases my stride length. The high drop should make it easier on your calves/achilles vs. lower drop shoes so I am scratching my head a bit.
Same here.
Vaporfly’s are not hard on the Achilles, but they made me aware that I have hamstrings, something I never realized before.
I have a little bit of achilles tendonitis but no real pain. Everytime I race in the vaporfly 3 they make my achilles stiff and inflamed for a day or two afterwards. Trying to work out why...
I can't wear any carbon plate shoes or my achilles flares up. Going to see if I can get away with the more flexible endorphin speed if I ease it in really gradually.
going for hobbyjogger glory wrote:
Has anyone seen an association between Nike next% and Achilles pain?
My Achilles were feeling great with fairly consistent 60-70 mile weeks and 20 mile long runs, then I ran one 16 mile tempo at marathon goal pace (5:45) and my Achilles has been sore ever since.
The shoes aren't meant to be worn very often.. I'm a long time coach and we've recently had an uptick in achilles and shin pain.
interesting that you say this as I've had achilles problems as well, and it flairs pretty badly after races, where I always where the next percents. I intuitively feel that something about lack of ground contact feel alters my stride and when I become fatigued at the end of races, I get very sloppy which causes a lot of issues with my achilles.
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