You're either wearing the wrong shoes or doing it wrong.

The cure for both is, initially at least, the same: go to a good running shop (ie not JD Fucking Sports or that budget place run by the fat c**t) and ask them to do a gait analysis. It won't cost anything. That will tell you if your biomechanics means you need a particular type of shoe. The different types needn't cost more. I overpronate (my ankle rolls laterally when going through a step) which causrs knee/shin pain, but is easily corrected with a stability running shoe. Those shoes don't cost more than regular ones.

Or you could go barefoot. The batefootistas will tell you that big squashy running shoes are the cause of all injuries, and barefoot is the panacea. However, barefoot is hardcore, and hard to learn. I know a 2:26 marathon runner who does it barefoot, so it can work. Barefoot doesn't have to mean actually literally bare feet - my mate who does 2:26 marathons wears Vibram FiveFingers barefoot shoes, but looks like a freak.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on January 28th 2019 at 11:02:26

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PM: Smugrunners - Trail Shoes (General Chat) - Bungle, Jan 28, 09:57:13
- ^ thinly veiled works for ‘Trail Shoes’ post (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jan 28, 19:16:30
- Inov8... nice (n/m) (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Jan 28, 12:25:06
  - £££ though. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 28, 12:43:01
- I've tried to take up running again (General Chat) - Charles21, Jan 28, 10:30:03
  - You're either wearing the wrong shoes or doing it wrong. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 28, 11:02:26
  - Slower and make sure you have good cushioned shoes. (General Chat) - Bungle, Jan 28, 10:50:33
    - Cheers, was in pain for about 3 days after the first run (General Chat) - Charles21, Jan 28, 10:56:09
      - Sportslink in Taverham is the best place to go. (General Chat) - Bungle, Jan 28, 10:58:48
        
        thanks Bungles (General Chat) - Charles21, Jan 28, 11:04:32
        
        Runners Need have a dozen or more places in that London. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 28, 11:25:20
        
        thanks, found one nearby, gonna gait test the hell out of them (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Jan 28, 12:11:14
        
        I had it done at one of those (just up the hill from Kings Cross, towards Angel) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 28, 11:39:52
        
        That's fitness without conditioning, that. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 28, 11:43:39
        
        Oh, it did. That 'feedback' hung around for almost a year, long after I stopped running (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 28, 11:46:07
        
        A year!? I tore my patella tendon in 2017, what my physio described as (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 28, 11:50:22
        
        yup, just a nagging slight pain in my knee (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 28, 11:54:44
- what you need is a pair of DMS Boots (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Jan 28, 10:16:51
  - The only thing that unites us... (General Chat) - Bungle, Jan 28, 10:51:29

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