It’s that time again. Time to get things off my chest with Marcia’s Runfessions at Marcia’s Healthy Slice.
This month, I should call them Shoefessions…
1.I runfess…
It took a while to figure things out.
Every time I raced in my (low heel drop) Topos, my right Achilles stiffened up after.
When I recently raced in (high heel drop) Brooks, it did not…
2. I runfess….
My Topos (which I have too many to count) relieved my Neuroma issues so I became hooked on them.
4 years ago…
3. I runfess…
Last summer, I had a similar (but short-liven) issues with my left Achilles. And so I bought Brooks Cool Max shoes.
Once my foot felt better, I returned to running/racing in Topos.
4. I runfess…
I am hoping to return to my beloved Topos (since I have so many pairs in so many styles and colors)…
But I relented and bought these pair of Brooks Ghosts 18 until then…
5. I runfess...
There’s a story behind these shoes…
I tried on many pairs and none felt great (though I almost bought a pair of Hokas).
I tried on Brooks Ghosts in my normal running shoe size (1 size bigger than my regular shoe size) and they seemed too long…
I spied a pair of returned shoes (1/2 price) in a size smaller but a wide.
They felt perfect (and so was the price).
I bought them!!
Stay tuned…
Happy Running! Anything to runfess this month? Please share.
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Good luck in those new shoes! It’s SO tricky, at least for me, to find a shoe that is perfect. I went through several pairs of Brooks Adrenalines, and all were great (same model, but different colors). Since then, that model has been tweaked a bit, and hasn’t felt as good….but I’m not giving up 🙂
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They are ok for shirt runs. Not long. Still looking.
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Shoes are hard! But when I saw you racing in those Brooks when you just bought so many Topos, I was like “Noooooo!” I thought you finally had settled on YOUR SHOE. I hate that it’s been so challenging to find the ones.
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My PT says I can eventually go back to Topos… we’ll see!
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Sounds like quite a shoe saga. Whatever works, right?
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Exactly
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It’s so tough to find the right shoes! Especially when the tried and true version fails for some reason!
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Yes!!
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Maybe you’ve solved the conundrum of the high drop/ wide toe box dilemma! I hope these work for you.
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Nope. They hurt after 3 miles.
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