Will I Run On A Cloud?
After 7 weeks of intense running, tuning technique and stamina, I finally found the problem of my running pain. Or so I hope.
Few months back I got myself a brand new pair of running shoes; Brooks Beast. This is a special shoe for heavy runners and I’ve used the same model for already over 8 years or so. I was always pleased with it and it worked well for the small runs.
Now that I’m running on a regular basis for longer runs and preparing for competition and even a marathon, everything has to be right. So I noticed in the first weeks of running in the summer that I had some blister problems that occurred after running for more then 25 minutes. I decided to start all over and fix my not so pretty running technique.
It took a lot of time and effort to find the problem, but in the end after some weeks of tuning I found it. Now that I’ve fixed my posture it’s clear that my left foot especially needs a little bit more on the left side to be stable. To compensate for this little angle in my running I always put more stress on the left foot on the left side, and therefore created pain in my lower back and pain in my left foot and calve.
Today I visited a specialized running store. It’s been a while since that I had my running analyzed and videotaped. It’s reassuring to hear from a pro that I now have a good running technique and despite my weight run very light, which he was very surprised by. He confirmed my analyzes about the left foot and told me I was using the wrong shoe. Damn, there goes the money for the Brooks Beast I just spend.
Even worse. He told me that in all these years I have used the wrong shoe size! I have size 43,5, that’s US9,5 for normal shoes. He told me that a running shoe has to be at least one size bigger and for me and my weight even more! So he gave me a new Brooks Addiction (version 
shoe, size 45 (US11) and we did some testing. It was amazing! It was like running on a cloud! So soft, so easy. At the same time I felt my left foot really being corrected by the new sole.
I was sold! To compensate for my loss on the other shoes he gave me 10% discount and some from running socks from x-socks. Tomorrow night I will go out and test them. I’m so curious how they will hold with a 30 minute run on concrete.
