Just after some advise. I started running back in December and was quite heavy at 18 stone. I had a gait analysis complete and was told I had quite bad pronation so I was sold some Hoka shoes (top video)
They have been great and have done over 400 miles in them.
I am now down to 12 stone and running a bit more off road. I went and had my Gait redone today with my existing hoka shoes and some new Brooks trail running shoes (second video)
The people in the shop did not seem to have a lot of knowledge and kept checking cards to see if my run looked ok.
Does the second video look ok? I'm hoping that my ankles and feet have strengthened!
Can’t help you as I’m not expert enough to see anything 🤣 You can wear trail shoes but the grips will wear away faster on the road. Often trails do have little road parts anyway so it’s fine but if it’s a lot of road, wear road shoes. You need a pair of each I think. £££
I recently did a lot of research around gait analysis as I can’t find a shop close to me to pop in for a gait analysis. You should check the bottom of your current running shoes and what is the pattern of the worn tread? There is a diagram you can find on google to show pattern of wear and Your running style.. one of 3. It was through that I found I have a neutral gait.
As above. There are some hybrid shoes but they’re usually only really good for light trail... mud and rocks will need something built solely for the job. Still, you can’t have too many shoes... the wife’s been telling me that for years!
Hi James. I have only my own experience to go on - my first gait analysis (after many years of running in whatever came to hand) saw me too kitted out with road shoes with pronation support. When I came to buy some trail shoes, which as others have stated only come as neutral, I bought support insoles to go with them, as this seemed the obvious thing to do.
I then saw (on here) the theory that you don't need supports in trail shoes because the type of running is different, with your feet adjusting to the terrain all the time. So for my first run in them (which admittedly wasn't a "real" trail run, just a run on bumpy paths) I did without the insoles - and boogered both my achilles to the extent that they required a couple of weeks on the IC. I knew from the start something was wrong, but kept going - doh!! Never done that again - and with the insoles in, they're great. I now use then for any run which isn't pretty much 100% paved or tarmacked.
Now whether your fantastic weight loss (well done you!) will have changed your requirement for support on the roads I don't know - though I wouldn't have thought so. But my story suggests that if you need support in one pair of running shoes, you'll need them in all shoes of whatever type. And your story kind of suggests you should try another shop (or another assistant) before buying anything.
I wound up with ones from Superfeet (Superfeet.com) but tried a couple of different ones while buying the trail shoes. They come with optional additional bits of support and I would have been lost if I'd just bought them over the net without the advice from my local shop, which is a specialist running shop not an all-sports chain. I tried lots of combinations and when we got it right, I just knew it was right. And then didn't use them that first time
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