Hello,
I've been running competitively for about half a year now and time to get new shoes has past quite some time ago. I've been looking into all sorts of shoes and for the first time I see flat sole shoes which are said to be meant for racing. I wonder what makes them faster and why should I get them over any other training shoe?
Currently I have two sets of running shoes, I have the Saucony Shadow 9 which I run with at the base (I'm a soldier) and at home I have an old worn up set of Nike's, so worn up they're entirely soft all over. Even though they're soft and no longer offer any support I don't get pains after a session on them. Last weekend I checked my 6k speed and broke my personal record - 21:38
I'm 1.92m and 78.5kg (6'4" and 173 lbs) and am becoming increasingly serious in my training. I'm now heading off to try on my first racing shoes but I would like some insight on the differences between racing and training shoes and are racing shoes good for my training plan as well?
Thanks.
I've been running competitively for about half a year now and time to get new shoes has past quite some time ago. I've been looking into all sorts of shoes and for the first time I see flat sole shoes which are said to be meant for racing. I wonder what makes them faster and why should I get them over any other training shoe?
Currently I have two sets of running shoes, I have the Saucony Shadow 9 which I run with at the base (I'm a soldier) and at home I have an old worn up set of Nike's, so worn up they're entirely soft all over. Even though they're soft and no longer offer any support I don't get pains after a session on them. Last weekend I checked my 6k speed and broke my personal record - 21:38
I'm 1.92m and 78.5kg (6'4" and 173 lbs) and am becoming increasingly serious in my training. I'm now heading off to try on my first racing shoes but I would like some insight on the differences between racing and training shoes and are racing shoes good for my training plan as well?
Thanks.