Running

[Statler Waldorf]

About 350 miles, I am thinking of replacing them pretty soon.

Apophenia is absolutely right; the body will heal most running injuries very quickly once a person begins using a new pair of shoes. Your type of injury is common with runners who either do not have a neutral gate or run on the same side of the road all of the time. If you’re running out on the East shoulder of a road, you should return on the East side so you’re body does not always have to run on the same angle of taper. Obviously this only applies to roads and paths that have a crown.

Examine the bottom of your shoes and look to see if you are wearing the inside or outside of the shoe out faster than the rest of the shoe (If the shoe is uniformly worn out then you have a neutral gate). This will help determine if you have a neutral gate or if you over/under pronate. Buying a pair of shoes built for non-neutral gates (known as stability shoes) can cure and prevent a lot of knee problems.

Here’s a helpful website for determining what type of shoe is best for you. What I usually do is fill out the query, find out what type of shoe I need and then go to a clearance website like runningwarehouse.com to see if I can get the shoes for cheap. Last year the “shoe dog” recommended that I use the Saucony Hurricane 15, they were listed at $144.00, I was able to get the Saucony Hurricane 14 from RunningWarehouse.com for 60.00- same shoe just from the previous year.

http://www.roadrunnersports.com/rrs/prod...oe-dog.jsp

I hope that helps!