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February 16, 2005

New shoes

Bought new shoes today, Asics Cumulus VI, after trying four pairs at Training 7.

The reviews at Road Runner Sports are divided, and this is not the shoe I would have picked on my own. Yet the guy I bought them from goes to Vincent's gym hour Mondays and Fridays and has watched me run there. He says I pronate too much in the Nike Pegasus that I have, that I need a shoe less cushioning if I want to run more distance. He told me the shoes I have, which I'd worn too long, would eventually cause me knee pain. In fact, I did experience knee pain when running long.

He looked at my orthopedic inserts and said the big deal is not the plastic around the outside to flatten how my foot hits, but the high ridge on the inside that hurt a lot when I first ran on them. That ridge is supposed to hold my arch and keep my foot from rolling inward. He suggested special lacing, where I use the last two holes to make a loop on each side and snake the laces through the loops. He says my problem will be attenuated if I can get the shoe to hug my heel.

We'll see how it all works out.

The guy selling me the shoes also says he coaches runners. Sounds like a potential coach if we get a club together at work.

Posted by Mark at February 16, 2005 11:43 AM

Comments

If you like these shoes, you may want to order a pair while here this summer. Currently they are $76 at Roadrunner Sports, with my club membership, which isn't much in euros (59 euros?) Unfortunately, Roadrunner has the highest shipping cost I have seen from any catalog business -- I think around $9 for the first item, though as a club member I get upgraded to 2-day shipping at no additional charge. That would still make them only $85 or 65 euros.

Posted by: Dana at February 19, 2005 03:44 AM

Thanks. When we're visiting this summer I'll decide.

So far I've run less than 10 miles in these shoes, but by July I ought to have done on the order of 400, so should have a good idea whether they're right for me.

Posted by: Mark at February 19, 2005 08:37 AM