Any Runners On Here??

[SWSteve]

Half Marathon completed! Aiming for 2hrs and managed 1.55.52 so very, very chuffed with that!

Are you doing the Weston half?

 

[Gert Lush]

Are you doing the Weston half?

Cheers I am not, I didn't even realise that there was one. I am doing the Christmas Cracker but that's a 10k.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I'm after trainer advice please.

The meniscus' in my knees are shot to bits, the rest is stablised and working as well as it will and they're not going to operate anymore on Them, awaiting me being old enough to have more drastic intervention.

To be able to run again my consultant recommends seriously cushioned trainers particularly under the heel.

Any suggestions from the experienced runners and other knackered knee sufferers

Asics Gel-Kayano give me the right combo of stability and shock absorbency for road running. But cheap they ain't.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Asics Gel-Kayano give me the right combo of stability and shock absorbency for road running. But cheap they ain't.

Thanks, they look decent and I do like Asics. I have a 10 yo pair that I wear for slouching round the house and they're still very comfy, albeit any proper cushioning will have long ago compressed I guess. I'm resigned to them costing a bit more than the norm but but luckily my birthday is just before Christmas so I can ask people to chip in to both with a bit of cash and make them more affordable

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Thanks, they look decent and I do like Asics. I have a 10 yo pair that I wear for slouching round the house and they're still very comfy, albeit any proper cushioning will have long ago compressed I guess. I'm resigned to them costing a bit more than the norm but but luckily my birthday is just before Christmas so I can ask people to chip in to both with a bit of cash and make them more affordable

See comments above re buying last year's model, and out-of-date colourways, as a route to lower cost ownership. I could not tell the difference, on the road, between 21's and 22's and my feet cannot discern between my current two pairs of 22's and my brand new 23's.

 

[fimm]

I'm after trainer advice please.

The meniscus' in my knees are shot to bits, the rest is stablised and working as well as it will and they're not going to operate anymore on Them, awaiting me being old enough to have more drastic intervention.

To be able to run again my consultant recommends seriously cushioned trainers particularly under the heel.

Any suggestions from the experienced runners and other knackered knee sufferers

Find your local running shop, try on and run about in as many pairs of shoes as you can. If they won't let you try and shoes and run about in them take your business elsewhere.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Find your local running shop, try on and run about in as many pairs of shoes as you can. If they won't let you try and shoes and run about in them take your business elsewhere.

Any running shop worthy of the name will have a treadmill surely. But several visits to several different shops may be needed as not every shop stocks every brand.

 

[SWSteve]

Cheers I am not, I didn't even realise that there was one. I am doing the Christmas Cracker but that's a 10k.

I didn't know there was one either, until I was surprised to learn about it. I may do the Christmas Cracker, but it may get in the way of the festivities. What was the route like for Bristol?

 

[SWSteve]

Any running shop worthy of the name will have a treadmill surely. But several visits to several different shops may be needed as not every shop stocks every brand.

From my, somewhat limited, experience, treadmills are vastly different to the real world

 

[GrumpyGregry]

From my, somewhat limited, experience, treadmills are vastly different to the real world

They are. But I've not come across a running shop (yet) that will let you put on a brand new pair of shoes and take them for a run in the real world.

 

[SWSteve]

They are. But I've not come across a running shop (yet) that will let you put on a brand new pair of shoes and take them for a run in the real world.

Went into Easy Runner in Bristol, first visit to a proper shop and he let me run up and down the road there

 

[Stephenite]

I'm after trainer advice please.

The meniscus' in my knees are shot to bits, the rest is stablised and working as well as it will and they're not going to operate anymore on Them, awaiting me being old enough to have more drastic intervention.

To be able to run again my consultant recommends seriously cushioned trainers particularly under the heel.

Any suggestions from the experienced runners and other knackered knee sufferers

Asics FuzeX Lyte get good reviews. They offer more cushioning, and have a lower forefoot-to-heel difference (drop) too. The uppers are not as good as Kayano they say, and they're a little bit heavier. The're also much cheaper. I have a pair of Kayanos and they're a very good shoe. I'm not sure i will buy another pair though. I have poor, knackered heels and i tend to heel strike a bit more due to the high drop.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Went into Easy Runner in Bristol, first visit to a proper shop and he let me run up and down the road there

[JOKE]From my, somewhat limited, experience, the road outside that shop is vastly different to the rest of the world[/JOKE]

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Asics FuzeX Lyte get good reviews. They offer more cushioning, and have a lower forefoot-to-heel difference (drop) too. The uppers are not as good as Kayano they say, and they're a little bit heavier. The're also much cheaper. I have a pair of Kayanos and they're a very good shoe. I'm not sure i will buy another pair though. I have poor, knackered heels and i tend to heel strike a bit more due to the high drop.

Low drop shoes are the root of all evil/a passing fad/the mutts nuts*

*delete as applicable, according to choice.

 

[Stephenite]

Low drop shoes are the root of all evil/a passing fad/the mutts nuts*

*delete as applicable, according to choice.

The FuzeX Lyte aren't exactly 'low drop' at 6.6mm to 8mm (depending on which website you believe). They're just lower than the stiletto-like Kayano 23 with it's 10mm drop.