What should you look for when buying a running shoe?
Many specialised sport shoe stores market themselves on their ability to test your type of foot, and sell you a shoe that best suits your needs. Usually you are categorised along the lines of needing either a ‘stability’ or ‘neutral’ type shoe.
I am often confronted with the latest and greatest gimic in a pair of shoes and wonder on their actual benefit.
Well, a recent study to come out of the British Journal of Sports Medicine found there to be no relationship between price and cushioning. In fact, there may have been a small negative relationship.
Not that this means you can go out and run a marathon in a pair of commando m’s. The price range the authors looked at was 40-75 pounds.
Often the first thing people blame when they get running injuries is their shoes.
If you find you are getting injuries, the first thing you should look at is the age of the shoes. Secondly, the amount of mileage you have been doing (especially relative to how much you are used to). Thirdly, how many shoes you rotate (or if you only have one pair).
If the shoes are relatively new (less than 6 months) yet worn in, you have not increased your mileage recently, AND you have at least a pair of shoes for every 40km you run a week, then maybe, and only maybe your shoes are to blame.
Here’s a novel idea: Trim Trolley Takes Off The Weight While You Grocery Shop.
This picture reminds me of an important point regarding ‘incremental’ or ‘incidental’ exercise.
