Help - need to find a running shoe and am completely lost

dmd77
Tue, 12 May 2015 19:14:38 +0000

I think all of the advice above is excellent, but I will add a few comments. When I started running again (after thirty years of slothdom), I was so overweight that I was embarrassed to go into a running store. I ordered Hoka One Ones from Zappos.com entirely based on the reviews and an article in Outside Magazine (this one: http://www.outsideonline.com/1869931/clown-shoe-thats-changing-minimalist-running) and started the Couch-to-5K program, running in the dark so my neighbors wouldn’t see me.

I love the Hokas. I am pain-free and have been since I started running. I do get sore muscles, yes, but I don’t get the acute pain I got just walking in “regular” running shoes.

(And for those of you who are wondering, yes, I’ve lost weight. I have more weight to go, but I’m way down. I’m no longer embarrassed to go into running stores. I still wear Hokas for running, although I wear the minimalist Skora Core for dog agility competition (always on dirt).)