Went back to the local independent running shop where I bought my swanky new trainers - the ones that made my toes numb! Spent over an hour trying on different trainers, and running round the block in them, before going back to reassess the original pair and trying to find a way to lace them up that works on my feet.
Will test them - and yet a different lacing pattern - properly tomorrow.
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Me too! If I can't get it sorted soon, I'll be without trainers (my current pair developed a fault and have had to go back to the online shop I bought them from).
That's good of them! But then if they recommended and fitted them, then they're obliged to replace. Seems a bit of a fine line though, as they slip up and down on the heel and your getting numb toes sometimes, didn't get that with your last pair of shoes did you? If they're still not quite right don't just try and put up with them, you want them spot on!😊
My last pair are Salomon Fellraisers, they are great for the muddy tracks I normally run on, but rubbish (for me) on a paved surface/hard chalk. If I could figure out which Salomons were good on hard ground and still had room in the toe box then I'd be laughing.
These ones I'm trying again - are supposed to be good for a fair amount of each.
If I really can't get on with them, I'll take them back for store credit and use it for running equipment that isn't shoes.
I don't use trail shoes on the road, they're unsuitable as they're all neutral gait, I'm an overpronator so need stability cushioning for the road, so have different pairs for the surfaces I run on..
What do you mean room in the toe box? You should be able to get them right with correct sizing and width..
A proper fitting running shoe should fit snug in the heel and midfoot with wiggle room around the toes. Check for proper length and width by pressing your thumb down next to the ball of the foot and around the toes. A good fit is half of your thumb's width to your full thumb's width.
Okay, so... i originally bought Speedcross 3s for traul running which were fine in the early part of C25k when I wasn't running a lot of kms. But as soon as I was, were too narrow in the toes. So I switched to the Fellraisers which are perfect in many ways. Except, I live on the South Downs so when I'm on chalk I might as well be on tarmac.
As a money saving ploy I'm trying to buy shoes as I need them so now the drier weather is coming I'm trying for something that will deal with some mud and stuff but also some hard packed path and chalk.
Local independent shoe shop guy actually runs round my local area so I trust him.
Trail shoes are a different ball game to road shoes so you need a pair of each
I hope you'll get on with your road shoes, but slippage round the heel sounds a bit bad to me. If they keep slipping you will have to return them. Have you got the uppermost lace holes in use? You know the seemingly spare ones 🙂
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Very nice. Hope they work!
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