Hi, I'm new - Toe Runners - advice, etc.
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speedqueen
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 Posted: 12/28/06 - 16:42 Post subject: Hi, I'm new - Toe Runners - advice, etc.
Hi everyone, I'm new here, although not new to running, and am hoping someone can relate to my current shoe problem. I never thought that I was a toe runner, but after talking with the fellow runners at my gym, several have told me that I run on my toes. I don't know if this is just a natural thing for me since I do a lot of speed work, but I haven't been able to find a shoe that will work for me.
I went to a local running store where the owner has been fitting people for 30 something years. He took one look at me and said that he could tell how I was standing that I had ultra high arches. So I was measured, put in orthotic inserts and sent on my way with NB ISS. Hate them!
I do find that the ball area of my foot and sometimes my toes get a little numb towards the end of my run - frustrating when your body gives out before your endurance. I do get blisters even with the inserts on my big toe, and find that the front of my foot needs a boxier toe area to my shoes.
Sorry for the long winded post, any and all suggestions are welcome! 
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Cantriguy
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Posted: 04/18/07 - 14:09 Post subject:
check out newtonrunning.com.... great new shoes designed to take your typical runner and force them to run more towards their midfoot and toes some great technology in them and have some great athletes backing them up!!
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Phar lap
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Posted: 04/20/07 - 03:33 Post subject: Re: Hi, I'm new - Toe Runners - advice, etc.
| speedqueen wrote: | Hi everyone, I'm new here, although not new to running, and am hoping someone can relate to my current shoe problem. I never thought that I was a toe runner, but after talking with the fellow runners at my gym, several have told me that I run on my toes. I don't know if this is just a natural thing for me since I do a lot of speed work, but I haven't been able to find a shoe that will work for me.
I went to a local running store where the owner has been fitting people for 30 something years. He took one look at me and said that he could tell how I was standing that I had ultra high arches. So I was measured, put in orthotic inserts and sent on my way with NB ISS. Hate them!
I do find that the ball area of my foot and sometimes my toes get a little numb towards the end of my run - frustrating when your body gives out before your endurance. I do get blisters even with the inserts on my big toe, and find that the front of my foot needs a boxier toe area to my shoes.
Sorry for the long winded post, any and all suggestions are welcome! |
Speedy, a couple of things worry me about your post.
You mention putting orthontics in your new shoes; who prescribed the orthontics, a chiropodist/podiatrist or the the running store man?
I question this because if you have a naturally high arch you would as you say, land on your toes/forefoot.
Is there any need for the support or stabilisation?
There is so much B...S... written about shoes and their various claims, if as you say, you run on your toes (which is wrong as far as running technique goes) I see no need for motion control; a great selling factor but whats the point if you don't need it.
A decent pair of mid-range price shoes with no motion control would be what I'd be looking for. Buy them when you have been on your feet for some time and buy them a half size bigger than normal.
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