Spec me some running trainers online...

AndyOcUK said:
It would also be useful to find a store where the can "measure" you feet and running motion to determine things like pronation/ supination. ALTHOUGH... some companys have this kind of equipment as more of a sales gimik - in short (as mentioned above) its worthless nonsense unless the operator knows what they are talking about. (I was trained on one of the early pressure pad systems and have an A Level in Physical Education - which does help when it comes to exercise Physiology and Bio-mechanics.

I used to run at county and regional level a good while ago and I worked for these guys long before they had a website:

http://www.bournesports.com/

Regards

AndyOcUK
OcUK Tech :cool:
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/casting lvl 8 resurrection on this thread! :O also hoping to get some wisdom from you all. So please help me! :D



OK that's enough of the geek in me. I've been going to the gym last 2 years and getting fit. Started running about a year ago. I bought a pair of New Balance Stability 859's on recommendation of a running shop.

They've been great but now they've failed and i need a new pair. So i decided to dig around online for the perfect shoe. Using the not perfect science of the wet foot test, im normalish.

I am definitely Supination / Underpronator. All my boots / shoes wear on the outside of the foot more and mainly toward the heal. Which makes sense as my NewBalance's failed on the outside of the shoe. (to the point where it hurts to run / spin on the bike around the outside of my right foot)

Now my question is this: I am a heavy guy 95kg. Yet i also am an Underpronator. Should i still be going for the stability type of shoe?

As i understand it the stability will help me as I am heavy but they are also designed to stop Overpronating. For the underpronating i should get a neutral shoe... But then the shoe will probably fail faster as im a heavy guy pounding the treadmill.


What do you guys think?
 
D1ngd0ng said:
Cycling range is exremely limited though.

Still, I bought my 1064's from there and whilst not cheap they get my '+1 This'
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mind if i ask how much you weigh ^_^ and how long you've used them so far?

Im a fairly heavy chap at 95kg and well my last 859's lasted a year. So hopefully i can get another pair like em or better.
 
mind if i ask how much you weigh ^_^ and how long you've used them so far?
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When I bought them in Jan I was 87-89kg depending on what point of the day I weighed myself at. Weighed myself last week and I was 83 :cool: and that is with having the last 5 weeks off because of injury. At my peak I was running in them for 9 miles a week and using them for walking/cycling so add another 7-10 miles a week on.

I tried them on in Bournesports and knew even before trying out the treadmill that they were my trainers, so comfortable.
 
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