Comments on: Confessions of a Running Shoe Polygamist https://runblogger.com/2009/11/confessions-of-running-shoe-polygamist.html Running Shoes, Gear Reviews, and Posts on the Science of the Sport Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.12 By: Pete Larson https://runblogger.com/2009/11/confessions-of-running-shoe-polygamist.html#comment-23609930 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=779#comment-23609930 In reply to Zoe.

Zoe – The Free’s are great, but I agree that they’re hard to find. Nike is
apparently reworking the line for 2010 – we’ll see if they become more
available.

Pete

]]> By: Zoe https://runblogger.com/2009/11/confessions-of-running-shoe-polygamist.html#comment-23600464 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=779#comment-23600464 You’ve got some great taste in shoes. :) I’ve wanted to try a pair of Free’s for the longest time…but I’ve got small feet and the women’s versions are hard to come by. Bummer. Love the new Brooks shoes…they DO look fast. :)

]]> By: Pete https://runblogger.com/2009/11/confessions-of-running-shoe-polygamist.html#comment-23613015 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=779#comment-23613015 Great post! I Had the opportunity this summer to test drive a pair from most of the major brands…nothing quite fit as well as my trusty Brooks Adrenalines with Superfeet inserts…Lunar Glides definitely get the looks when I wear them around town. It’s amazing how fit & feel vary from shoe to shoe.

]]> By: Pete Larson https://runblogger.com/2009/11/confessions-of-running-shoe-polygamist.html#comment-23775065 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=779#comment-23775065 In reply to Katie.

Katie,

Sounds like we have a similar shoe history – the eternal search for the
perfect shoe is part of the fun of running! I came close with the Nike Free
3.0 version 1, but now they’re doing away with the 3.0 model from what I’ve
read. Liking the Brooks Launch a lot right now too. The Fivefingers are
really fun to run in, just take some time to get used to and the risk of
injury is high if you’re not careful to work in slowly. Thanks for the
comment!

Pete

]]> By: Katie https://runblogger.com/2009/11/confessions-of-running-shoe-polygamist.html#comment-23704936 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=779#comment-23704936 I’ve run in many different shoes too. I haven’t tried the vibrm fiverfingers, but I have been intrigued by them. My history with running shoes is long and tumultuous. They often leave me hurt, and yet I want more. I’ve run in everything from New Balance, to Asics, to Nike, and my newest shoe love is Mizuno. I’m looking for the perfect shoe. Someday I’ll find it.

]]> By: ultrastevep https://runblogger.com/2009/11/confessions-of-running-shoe-polygamist.html#comment-23613058 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=779#comment-23613058 Great post, Peter….I, too am a running shoe junkie, like we all are and have been for 35 years now. I still lust after my favorite shoe, the Tiger (now Asics) Montreal II). This was a real classic and one that would have been called a minimalist shoe today…I wore these in the late 70’s.
These days my thoughts center more around less of a shoe, possibly even getting myself to a point where i can go to a local discount store and find a pair of thin and light racing flats for 25 bucks and wear them for 1000 miles! ;-)

Steve

]]> By: Pete Larson https://runblogger.com/2009/11/confessions-of-running-shoe-polygamist.html#comment-23775111 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=779#comment-23775111 In reply to Kristen.

Kristen,

The Progrids are my walk-around shoes right now – they’re comfortable, but
more shoe than I like to run in these days (I’m mostly minimalist – 10oz or
less now). The Launch are very nice – good compromise between a racing shoe
and a traditional trainer.

Pete

]]> By: kada https://runblogger.com/2009/11/confessions-of-running-shoe-polygamist.html#comment-476810120 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=779#comment-476810120 I think, that all those shoes are actually utterly ugly and do not contribute to proper running. Try instead vintage nikes like vortex or vengeance and you will the spirit of running in eighties.

]]> By: petfxr https://runblogger.com/2009/11/confessions-of-running-shoe-polygamist.html#comment-23819427 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=779#comment-23819427 Very funny and interesting read! I read your article aloud to my husband who winced at the part about you running your 20 miler in a racing shoe. He is more of a monogamist having run in the ASICS GT 2100 series for as long as I have known him – as long as he changes the insole he is good to go – I am so jealous. A few years back I had a pair of GT 2110’s that I loved but then they changed the shoe and the heel has never felt quite right since. After ripping my calf doing a speed workout too close to a 22 miler I went to a sport massage therapist/chiropractor. I asked in one of the last sessions if I should get orthotics – she said that if I was going to continue running distance then, yes, I should as preventive care. It didn’t hurt that my health insurance covered them 100% either. So now I am faced with finding the perfect shoe that ALSO fits my orthotics well (which I think are a bit too wide). Sigh. I hear a lot of women like Mizuno’s so that may be the next investment.

]]> By: Kristen https://runblogger.com/2009/11/confessions-of-running-shoe-polygamist.html#comment-23619006 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=779#comment-23619006 Seems we’ve been seeing some of the same shoes! I’ve had good experiences with the Progrids, though I’m wearing a cheap basic version of the Grid right now and it’s okay, but I’m definitely not committed. I really like the looks of those Launches- I may have to try them next.

]]> By: Pete Larson https://runblogger.com/2009/11/confessions-of-running-shoe-polygamist.html#comment-23775167 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=779#comment-23775167 In reply to ultrastevep.

Steve,

I’m with you on minimalism – all of my current shoes in rotation are less
than 10oz. Don’t forsee myself exceeding that limit any time soon, nor does
paying big $$ for a shoe make sense either.

Pete

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