November 2009

I was able to swap out my running shoes, and ended up with Asics Gel Nimbus 11′s. If you’d like to see more about these shoes, click on the link and it will give you the specs over at Running Warehouse. Turns out my feet are happier in neutral shoes, as are my knees, my hips – you name it.

I’m happy I made the trek back to the store. We did learn something interesting – my walking gait is a little different than my running gait. I’m overweight, so when I’m running, my hips are a little wider apart – my thighs, and I have a wider stance — and I also stay on the outside of my foot a little longer. In fact, when I stand….just stand, my left big toe doesn’t touch the ground! LOL

Anyway, not sure what it is, but the supportive shoe they had me in before caused me aches under my knee and down the inside of my shin. After running in the neutral shoes – all pain is gone.

It defies logic they said, but hey – what works works.

What was interesting is that the guy working with me (MIKE – great guy by the way, highly recommend him at the Princeton Running Company on Nassau St) brought me to a wall that was covered with pictures of runners. He was showing me how some people, though logic would put them in one type of shoe, they did better in another. It is what it is….my feet, my body feel better in a neutral shoe over a corrective shoe.

My pain went away, and I’m a happy girl.

The other thing I did is try on both the mens and womens. I wear a women’s wide, which is about the same width as a men’s regular. The difference is in the toe box and heel, so I wanted to feel both, and opted for the men’s regular over the women’s wide. It offered me a little more leeway, and right now I need that. As I lose more weight, I may switch to the woman’s wide, but either way — these feel excellent on.

Like melted butter baby! Happy feet make for a better run, and happy knees make for a happy Deb.

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