Running pains
semery
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Can anyone tell me why I may be getting a pain on the outer side of my left foot after a seven mile run on concrete? I have a pair of Noosa Asics that I only bought early this summer. I have had a video run test on the treadmill and been told I have no pronation problems. Any ideas?
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Although not a trail shoe I did a 21mile trail/30mile bike and ever since suffered knee and outer foot pain.
At the end of the season up here, with a few more triathlons under my belt (and a few pain killers) I mentioned my problem to Steve at trichanging gear, Inverurie who suggested a different make of shoe altogether (sacauny neutral position) which Im very pleased to say seems to have cured my problems.
My point being just cause the shoe sold to you may technically be right....in practice may be wrong, and whatever Asic tweeked on the 2120 model it obviously affected me.
Could be an expensive trial if you were to try a different shoe and it was a different problem though.
There must be some other surfaces near you that you can run on. Tarmac is better if you need to stick to roads/footpaths, but if possible run on grass (along the side of the footpaths maybe?) or well compacted dirt tracks.
Sometimes it's best to spend money at first to prevent a problem getting worse than "carrying on and hoping for the best". I did the latter and it ended up in double knee surgery. I hope your problem is minor and can be sorted with the right shoes. Good luck![:)]
I think neutral shoes,cushioning and strength excercises are the way to go, along with as you say....staying off concrete and tarmac as much as possible.
To prove the point, road shoes have more support and gait correction than trail shoes (although there are exceptions) because running off road doesn't require the same amount of gait correction when the surface is more uneven.
Totally agree with cushioning for road running and strength excercises for stability. The more I think about it the more I think gait correction is a money spinner for the shoe companies.
Onthe other hand, Supercaz, when the knee problems dissapear by it, by all means, stick with it. If it works for you, thats all that counts, amen to that.