Re: newbie shoe question

Runningfox wrote:
"Tim Downie" <timdownie2003@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Perhaps because you're not typical. ;-)
Contrawise you could argue that a lightweight shoe helps you to
develop an efficient style but then what do I know. Not sure I've
helped at all with this post. ;-)
Tim

The proof of the pudding......Tim!
I certainly run better, and more comfortably, in lightweight
shoes than the beefier ones with all that cushioning, motion control
stiffeners, etc. In my early days of running I got heartily fed up of
blisters, black toenails and heel rubs with the sturdier shoes and
soon began to realise that a lighter and more positive shoe made
running a darned sight easier - not to mention faster!

I suspect that this flies in the face of conventional wisdom but CW needs a
good kicking now and again! ;-)

The trouble is, we're all "experiments of one" and anecdotal evidence
doesn't count for a whole lot. What we need is someone like the army to
stick half their recruits in lightweight racing shoes and half in
"conventional" cushioned shoes and see who gets injured most and who runs
fastest.

Tim

ps. Hope the hands healing well.

pps. Maybe you wouldn't have fallen in "proper" shoes? :-P (only joking).


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