After a few weeks of excruciating foot pain for up to 24 hours after a run, tight calves and sore muscles, the signs were all there that I needed new running shoes! I was missing training runs just to get the soreness and inflammation down before my next run - signs I needed to sort something out! Daft to have left it for so long, but I finally realised that my shoes were the problem - I had probably done a good eight hundred miles on them - twice the reccomended distance before a change.
So, here they are - Brookes (as all my running shoes have been over the last few years), Glycerins - a mid weight shoe, with a touch more arch support than my previous Brookes Ghosts. I am preferring a more minimal, less structured shoe, as it makes me run on the midfoot, which has strengthened my running technique and put less strain on my hips and knees.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating though, so (in yet another storm, with driving rain and gales) I took them out for my long run of the week, and can say that not only was it a good run, but in the 36 hours since, I have had no more than a normal level of stiffness and muscles soreness. A salient reminder that the only bit of running kit you need to really spend time and money choosing is your running shoes!
The proof of the pudding is in the eating though, so (in yet another storm, with driving rain and gales) I took them out for my long run of the week, and can say that not only was it a good run, but in the 36 hours since, I have had no more than a normal level of stiffness and muscles soreness. A salient reminder that the only bit of running kit you need to really spend time and money choosing is your running shoes!
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