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08-20-2017, 02:19 PM #26
Obviously maximalist shoes don't suit everyone, but I stick to my original assertion that they will probably be helpful if you can run on soft surfaces without injury, but get injured running on the road.
Hoka make a range of shoes, with varying drop, varying degrees of stiffness and varying degrees of medial support. Plus you can add more variables by using them with aftermarket insoles. So it's not like I'm saying 'buy Dynafit Mercurys.'Last edited by Oceanic; 08-20-2017 at 03:03 PM.
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08-20-2017, 03:43 PM #27
Best thing I've done in terms of running is lots of steep hills in somewhat minimalist shoes (Inov-8 Roclite 295 mostly). Great fun, and my knees and feet are in really good shape. (I'm ancient - 53yo)
It also built up the muscles in my feet to the point that I now have good arches, and my feet have gone from 284mm to 277mm in length. Much easier to get a good fit in ski boots now.
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08-20-2017, 03:52 PM #28Registered User
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IME the dynafit Mercury is an awesume boot but thats cuz it fits me
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08-20-2017, 04:09 PM #29
I originally typed 'it's not like I'm saying buy Dynafit Vulcans' but changed it 'cause I didn't want you to feel like I was accusing you of something.
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08-20-2017, 07:34 PM #30Registered User
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Yeah same boot ... I got them too eh
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08-22-2017, 10:10 AM #31
This is pretty much my take on it. Probably mostly bullshit, but useful for some people in some situations. At least as much art as science and very practitioner dependent.
I said there are no RCTs showing consistent benefits, not that it is of no value ever. There are probably no RCTs showing a benefit to professional ski boot fitting either, but there are clear benefits to boot fitting. The difference is that most people seem to think that there is a high degree of robust, proven science behind gait analysis but that is far from true and people should be aware of that.
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08-22-2017, 10:22 AM #32
So we're all in agreement: go to a good boot fitter and a good running shop ... both of which use available tools to dial in the gear that's right for you.
BTW, I agree with your "I'm being watched" comment, vis a vis possible alterations in technique. Having said that, there are things about your biomechanics and morphology that you just can't hide.
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08-22-2017, 10:25 AM #33
Not surprised. IME for the best shoe fitters it's more art than science.
For the past 20 years, on the advice of old timer ultrarunners, I rotated between 2 or 3 different shoes day-to-day, each with slightly different support (i.e., different density medial posts) per the idea that "motion control" shoes can result in neglect of developing stabilizing muscles, so if motion control works for you, mix it up lest you might need more and more motion control as time passes. The ideal is to go the other direction, i.e., the need for less motion control as time passes. Cushioning is a different matter, albeit related. I think I did it right, eventually evolving to a stride that required shoes with less and less medial support, which allowed me to add more cushioning as my osteoarthritis worsened with age.
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08-22-2017, 09:17 PM #34Registered User
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the shoe guy I and a lot of people swore by had been a gifted runner slated for big things probably a scholarship at a good school in Cali and the olympics,
buddy had a motor cycle accident, was in a coma for 3 weeks, was never the same, the doctors told him he would be lucky to walk again (scars on his leg were fugly) but he proved them all wrong cuz he was able to run again and also became THE man to fit shoes in town
but he entirely disagreed with the medical community (which was how he was able to run again) and he gave advice contrary to the local sports physio guy who made the foot beds
I listened to buddy and it worked for meLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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08-22-2017, 09:35 PM #35
This- rotate your shoes. I'm a PT & ultra runner & test for Gear Institute......
2 things that make a show "work" -
A) does it for your foot?
B) does the rebound/ cushion match or mismatch your foots myokinetics (how your foot likes to move & rebound)?
& all those studies: my take is that they all use a 2x2' force plate to land on & measure strike force. It's a lot easier to target the plate with a toe strike (you can see your toes). Your heel, not so much & ppl end up overstepped to hit the target.
& what to RCTs show, maximalist shoes really result in a more forceful strike to sqwuish the shoe under the body- who knew? Mostly art!
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