I was wondering if anyone had experience with this. I started running with shoes like the Saucony Grid Omni, which is like super supportive, and went through a couple of other Nike shoes, and it seemed like the more minimalist my shoes were the less problems I had with my shins. I recently started using the Asics DS Trainer and have found that even though I run more days a week now under my new plan I am finding I don’t have near the pain and I have yet to even see a massage therapist for them.
Question is if anyone has tried using shoes like the Nike Waffle Racer or other shoes like that, even like road flats. If you guys have any suggestion for a good shoe to use then shoot.
Fancy running shoes can cause alot of pains/problems in my experience.
I do my tempo work in Nike Waffle XC and my sprint work in sprint spikes. I’m not a big fan of most running flats. I like XC shoes on grass and sprint spikes for speed work on the track.
One of my jumpers used to love his Mizuno running flats. I don’t recall which model he had though.
I use cross country flats on the track and i’ll use them for sprints and long jump. Maybe I’m off base here but I just have not done any better in expensive new-fangled spikes. These get the job done.
I change training shoes about every 2 years on average. I can make 'em last a loonnngg time. One of the reasons for this is because I run barefooted a lot. I can make a pair of spikes last even longer. Way back in high school, I used the same pair of borrowed spikes for two seasons EACH of cross country and track. I used the same spikes for x-country in fall, 200m, 400m, long jump, and even shot put. Back then we didn’t have as many shoe choices and, are you serious?–shoes for different events? No way, instead, everyone just put on some shoes, lined up, and raced.
Here’s mine—
“Them boys are trapped like two foxes in a hen house with a sack fulla eggs.”
Gail Devers has actually run in a championship meet in the Zoom Kennedy XC. The reason given was that she was coming up on the hurdle too quickly for her step pattern and wanted something to slow her down a bit-- and I think that’s the bottom line here.
I use the Zoom Kennedy (track version) for high volume sprint workouts like 4X4X60, 6X100 (split runs, not tempo), and 3X3X90, because there’s an air unit in the heel. I use whatever true sprint spike I can get on discount (presently the P2) for lower volume sprint sessions, and I do my tempo barefoot on the beach.
The Kennedy is surprisingly fast in the straights out of blocks, but as soon as you go around a curve, ANY heel (which a true sprint spike doesn’t have) is going to cost you.
[QUOTE=lkh]Gail Devers has actually run in a championship meet in the Zoom Kennedy XC. The reason given was that she was coming up on the hurdle too quickly for her step pattern and wanted something to slow her down a bit-- and I think that’s the bottom line here.
I use the Zoom Kennedy (track version) for high volume sprint workouts like 4X4X60, 6X100 (split runs, not tempo), and 3X3X90, because there’s an air unit in the heel. I use whatever true sprint spike I can get on discount (presently the P2) for lower volume sprint sessions, and I do my tempo barefoot on the beach.
i think the reasson why gail uses MD spikes is because she wass complaining about achilles pains and with the extra height in the shoe will take the load of the calf.
i would highly recommend using MD spikes for alot of speed work because the more recent sprint spike are really not a gtreat supporter for the achilles.i have used asics MD spikes and they were just as lite ass the cybers but more supportive.
i have also used road racing shoes for tempo with added benefits as in support,cushioning and liteness.
