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Running trainers

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Bemyclementine · 01/01/2023 21:44

I'm am going to start running (again) and need some proper trainers. I can't get to a shop for gait analysis for ages yet (nearest o e is an hour away) so I want to buy sone to get me started. I don't have a massive budget.

I am fat and unfit so will be taking it very slowly with walk/run. It's at least 8 years since I ran properly (pre DC )

I do know I had a slight over pronation on the right , which resulted in knee pain until I had gait analysis and proper trainers. Only slight though, nothing special required.

Please can someone direct me towards so e suitable trainers? I will go to a shop once I've got going a bit more and have the time.

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myrtleWilson · 01/01/2023 22:32

Am not a runner but my daughter is training for her first marathon - we went to a specialist, independent runner shop in nearest city. They did gait analysis but just as helpful was the assessment of each pair of running shoes she tried on. The woman was incredibly helpful and wasn't pushing a sale - the shoes we ended up with were not at all cheap but DD isn't having the pain she had when she was running in 'normal' trainers and I guess because its for her marathon it was a worthwhile investment. Do you have a similar shop nearby OP?

MintChocCornetto · 01/01/2023 22:34

Every time there is a running thread I post up about Solereview - the guy who runs it is a shoe designer and knows his stuff really well.

I buy shoes from Sportshoes but I don't think their 'recommend a shoe' tool is very good. You can usually buy last season's shoes for cheaper and the site as a whole is probably the best value for running stuff apart from Decathlon or Nike when they have a sale on.

Agree with @greenacrylicpaint about the dubious value of gait analysis. You just need a comfortable shoe. I usually recommend a bombproof neutral shoe like Nike Pegasus, but if you're pretty certain you need a support shoe then this might be a good place to start:

Solereview - shoes for overpronators

ReviewingTheSituation · 01/01/2023 22:35

greenacrylicpaint · 01/01/2023 22:18

going against the grain. gait analysis in a shop is a bit of a con. they will diagnose you with something to sell you expensive trainers.

if you follow a sensible plan to start running your joints and ligaments will be fine. make sure you also do stretches and strength training between runs.

the decathlon own brand running shoes are decent to get started.
go there, try them and some other shoes on.

if you don't get on with them after a couple of weeks they are cheap enough to relegate them for walking.

A good running shop won't charge you for gait analysis, so not a con at all. And trainers for over/under pronation are no more expensive than neutral shoes, so there's no reason to mis-diagnose.

If you're running, trainers are the one thing you need to get right. The wrong ones are a fast-track to injury.

Loads of people saying they like/wear brand/model X,Y or Z is just meaningless.

I overpronate and wear Brooks. Currently Glycerine, but until 6 months ago Adrenalines. But the latest Adrenalines were slightly shorter and didn't fit well.

My friend also overpronates (but further forward in her stride than I do) and she wears HOKA at the moment. Brooks don't suit her at all.

Third friend with mild overpronation is in Saucony currently, having also had Brooks, HOKA and Asics.

We all overpronate, but in different ways and to different extents, and different shoes suit all of us. So on the basis of that, OP could on one hand choose any of Brooks, Saucony, Asics or HOKA... or equally, none of those could work at all.

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WonderingWanda · 01/01/2023 22:37

Make sure you go up a size from normal. I had neutral Saucony Triumphs which are like running on a cloud. Dc who overpronates has stolen them last month and I've had to buy a new pair. He says they are great and he doesn't need to put his orthotics in them.

ReviewingTheSituation · 01/01/2023 22:43

To the poster who said 'you just need something comfortable' - nonsense!

I have tried on loads of shoes that felt comfortable, but you need someone to watch you run in them. They need to be more than comfortable. If they don't fit properly around the front of the foot, and have the right support for your gait then they're not the right shoe.

A shoe of the right size will very often feel comfortable- that alone is not enough.

OP already knows she has had running-related injuries, she has been through pregnancy since last running (which affects your body in all sorts of ways), and in her own words is 'fat and unfit'. If she's waited 8 years since her last run, she should wait a few weeks more until someone who can see her feet and gait can give some useful advice.

Musicalmistress · 01/01/2023 22:57

Sportsshoes.com offer a free online video analysis which is fairly good if you can't make an in-person gait analysis. Thai would give you an idea of what shoes to look for & you could then search online for deals?

namechanged221 · 02/01/2023 17:23

Brookes Ghost are neutral and very good for road running.

Hoka can be quite specific so I'd say you needed to go to a proper running shop to try those

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