I just switched a few months ago from Nike to New Balance and WOW what A difference. I was seriously impressed with these shoes and lack of leg pain AT ALL when running or doing anything.
I decided to go with the Asics gel-Kayano 15. For my arch they should have an ample amount of stability and control.
The guy at footlocker sold me on the Nike Air Zoom Vomero+ 3 with some fancy sales talk; however, after reading up the reviews nearly 1/2 of the people complained about arch or achilles problems after 100 or so miles, and also that they were just a little 'too' squishy. They felt like a dream when I put them on, but I can sort of agree with the overly squishy statement. I haven't had a running shoe since high school, so I just chalked it up to all of them feeling this way.
I'll put a few miles into the Asics and let ya'll know how they hold up. If they do well enough I'll nab another pair of the same style/size and rotate them out to even the wear on them.
Sweet. Yeah, correct shoe is VERY important. Did you use one of those machines that test the way your feet contact the ground? This too made a huge difference as my feet pronate slightly and the shoes I had before did NOT account for this.
Since insurance covers it, I might go ahead and get some orthodics for my shoes just to really give good arch support. To me, this seems like a lot of sense since most shoes really are generic and can't account for all feet structures! :)
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The guy at footlocker sold me on the Nike Air Zoom Vomero+ 3 with some fancy sales talk; however, after reading up the reviews nearly 1/2 of the people complained about arch or achilles problems after 100 or so miles, and also that they were just a little 'too' squishy. They felt like a dream when I put them on, but I can sort of agree with the overly squishy statement. I haven't had a running shoe since high school, so I just chalked it up to all of them feeling this way.
I'll put a few miles into the Asics and let ya'll know how they hold up. If they do well enough I'll nab another pair of the same style/size and rotate them out to even the wear on them.
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Since insurance covers it, I might go ahead and get some orthodics for my shoes just to really give good arch support. To me, this seems like a lot of sense since most shoes really are generic and can't account for all feet structures! :)
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Also, after playing DDR/running/whatever it's very obvious by looking at the wear of my older shoes exactly where I need the support.
Low tech, but it works.
If the Asics aren't 100% awesome I'll play around with inserts until I found the best one for me. Come the reset in May I'll be joining up with
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