After the Austin
I went to a local running store, and discussed my running,
goals, and what I was in.
At the time, I was wearing Nike Voomero 5’s. I had a Good Feet orthotic I wore with
them. One of my goals was to eliminate
the orthotic if possible since it shifted and was kind of a pain.
We settled on Brooks Adrenaline 11s. The felt pretty good at the start. A short time later, though, I had a calf
strain on a run. Not sure if it was the fault
of the shoe, but it set my running back.
After healing and returning to running, I haven’t felt like I got back
to where I was pre-Austin. I picked up a
pair of Adidas Super-Novas which were our second choice. I haven’t really cared for those at all.
My feet and ankles tend to be sore after longer runs. Based on this, I thought maybe going away
from the orthotic was a mistake.
I decided to go back to Road Runner Sports, go through the
“Shoe Dog” process and see where we came out.
The fitter suggested custom insoles based on my right and
left foot being vastly different. Since
I would really like to be more comfortable on long runs, I agreed to give them
a try.
He also recommended four possible shoes. The Brooks Adrenaline, now 12s was one of the
choices, along with the Brooks Trance.
We also looked at a pair of Asics Kayanos and Saucony Guides.
All four pair felt really good. This made me realize it wasn’t the shoe as
much as the insole. The custom insoles
are feeling GREAT. We’ll see how they do
over time, but I am really excited for my run Tuesday.
Here’s the deal on how I say the insoles felt so good. My feet and ankles were killing me after the
run, when they tested my gait in my socks at RRS, I could barely do 1/8 of a
mile at 5.2 MPH. With the insoles, I
dialed it up to 5.5 and felt like I could go for a few miles. I took it up to 6, then 6.5 MPH; and felt
good! This is after a 10 mile run
earlier that I could barely finish. Over
the 4 pair of shoes, and trying them I ran over a mile, and felt like I could
have run more. I actually feel better
after running more with the insoles than I did earlier.
I settled on the Brooks Trance. The Trance is a bit more stable than the
Adrenaline. Since I have a pair of
Adrenalines, I think I can now do a good comparison with live running, using
the custom insoles.
We’ll see how this all works out. If you start seeing more Daily Mile happy
faces after my runs, you’ll know the shoes/insoles are working!
