ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED (Page 12)

I run in Brooks Adrenalines. I usually use a pair of Superfeet insoles (blue) in my shoes. I over pronate and typically am a heel striker when running faster paces (at least thats what I see in pictures of me at race finishes), but more midfoot striker when running easy and focusing on form.

In my first 2 pairs I started feeling a bit of knee discomfort by around 250 miles on each pair of shoes. I alternate runs between 2 pairs of shoes. I'm closing in on that 250 mark with one pair and just purchased a new pair of Adrenaline 13 on Saturday. I ran 5k in those Sunday morning before church and they felt fantastic even without replacing the insoles.

I wish I could get more miles on a pair, but as said by others "listen to your body" on when to replace each pair.

This weekend was spent mostly furniture shopping for me. It had been16 years since my wife had a new couch so this weekend was the quest for the perfect replacement for that tired old furniture. We did sucessfully slay that dragon and I'm happy to say she is quite pleased with the "trophy" we brought home. 

I love the Inspires.  I have had really good luck with the whole line until they made some really substantial changes for the Inspire 7's.  After that model I swore I would never wear them again.  They seem to have heard that a huge number of customers were cursing the changes and decided to go back to the older styling and now they're back to a great shoe.  It's unlikely that I'll make another change until my plantar fasciitis is completely gone or Mizuno makes another foolish change.

As noted before, I wear:

• Mizuno Wave Inspires for nearly all of my training runs currently.  They seem to have the right amount of cushioning to keep my left knee from causing a lot of irritation. 
• Mizuno Wave Musha for all of my triathlon races and most of my tempo runs.
• Brooks Green Silence for occasional short runs and maybe a short tempo but not normally.  (These shoes are a neutral racing flat that are very comfortable but a horrible shoe to try to get on your foot in a hurry.)
• Brooks Adrenaline - These shoes are on the outs for me.  As I explained earlier, the Mizuno's were only replaced because they botched the attempt to make the Inspires better.  I did like the Adrenalines but they seemed to have less cushioning and seemed to be a little less comfortable for my marathon training runs.  If they ever screwed up the Inspires again I would probably go right back tho the adrenaline series.
• Newton Sir Issac - These shoes were an attempt to help my plantar but it was a mistake.  the initial use seemed to help but after a short time things seemed to get worse, quickly.  Sometime, after I am completely healed from PF, I may give a try to the Sir Issac S (Stability) and see if that makes a difference.

Now, with all that information I'll cloud your mind a little more.  I am not sure what stores you have searched for good direction but a big box store such as Dick's Sporting Goods is really a bad idea in general.  My experience there was less than ideal.  The so called running shoe expert was someone that too some class that Dick's put on and called her an " expert" after she completed the 3-4 hour course...............Uhhhmmm?  NO!  I knew far more than she about the shoes I was looking at.  I made that somewhat known to her and she quickly found another customer to assist.

You need to go to a store that IS a running store.  One that will video you on a treadmill and check gait, alignment, etc.  It is likely you'll have to buy a pair of shoes that day, from that store, but it will pay off if you hit the right shoe.

Maybe you should give another brand a shot?  Give the Mizuno Inspires a shot the next time you're at the store.  They have a little more cushioning and maybe you can stretch them out a little further.  Sometimes more cushioning is the wrong way to go but it might be worth a shot.

Have you tried other brands?  Which ones and how long ago?

I haven't run in anything but Brooks Adrenalines since my first visit to the running store in Feb 2011. Unless you count the half dozen other shoes I ran in at the store that day while trying to find the right shoe for me. The Adrenalines just felt "right" compared to all the other stability shoes they had me try.

I did consider the Brooks Trance this past weekend, but I wanted to see how the Adrenaline 13's felt compared to the Adrenaline 12's and 11's that I have run in before. I'll give the Mizuno Inspires a shot next time I'm looking to replace a pair and see how they feel.

In the mean time I got 4 miles in right after work today on my Adrenaline 11's (250 miles on them) and my knees feel okay. Maybe I'll get more mileage out of these current pairs.

Speaking of stink, my cycling shoes smell so bad after my last race they are stinking up everywhere I put them. I forgot them in the back of the van after my ride the other day. When we opened the van door to go somewhere yesterday I thought my kids were going to be sick!

Will, I've tried everything as far as shoes go. Well, except for barefoot or vibrams. I don't bother with the "experts" at the running shoe stores anymore. I think that is way over rated, at least for the stores I have available to me. They always put me in some kind of motion control shoe that feel like bricks and irritate my bunions. They only know what they see, they don't know how my feet feel. I used to wear Mizuno Wave Inspires with custom orthotics but I switched away from that over time. I also used to roll my ankles frequently wearing this combo. I have switched to a lower drop shoe with no orthotic and have not rolled my ankles since making that change. So now I wear Saucony Peregrine for trail runs, Saucony Mirage for the road or my Hoka One One on either trail or road.

Had some weird stuff with the mentor thread over the weekend. When I tried to open the group I could only get to page 4. Anyway, got frustrated and gave up but now all seems to be working again.

Trying to catch up!

I'm getting ready to sell my road bike. A friend of mine has been wanting me to sell ever since I bought the tri bike (2011). I've never loved that road bike like I should so I've decided to sell and shop for something I like better. I read threads about how people are so much more comfortable on their road bikes and climbing hills is easier but that is not the case for me. The only problem with this plan is I can't train on my tri bike for every training ride because it irritates my back and hip and I'm not really ready (don't have the funds) to purchase a new bike yet! I have a hybrid I can ride or spin class at the Y I guess. I'm also going to look into getting my fit adjusted to see if something can be done to help me with this hip/back pain I always get on the tri bike.

Speaking of bikes, I was going to take the back wheel off my tri bike over the weekend and give it all a good cleaning. The spring on the skewer has wrapped itself around inside where the wheel attaches and now we can't get my back wheel off. When we tried to pull the spring out it of course broke off so now we're stuck. So looks like I'll be taking it in to the shop! I hope I don't get a flat tire because I can't get the wheel off!

Originally posted by RunningYogini My poor little munchkin has been puking all morning.   We are going to spend the day watching cartoons and sleeping.  Maybe I can get caught up with our thread, too.

I hope your little one recovers quickly. Sick kiddo days are always tough.
 
As for weather where I am at, this is one of those days of the year when everyone is jealous of me. Today's forecast is for 81 degrees and only 25% humidity this afternoon. This weekend however the forcast is 99 for Saturday and Sunday and 100 for Monday. At least it's a relatively dry heat.