With my knee still suffering and after loosing one pair of road shoes I have decided that I need new shoes which will have bigger cushioning than my Mizuno’s now…
Again trip was made to Amphibian King shop. This time was it the Ashtown one. Fairly small but still same professional advice. After informing about my knee issue and shoes which I was using in the past I was given choice of Puma’s, Asics Gel DS Racer 10, NB 1600 (was told that in Europe that is a new one
but in US version 2 is already on the market) and Brooks. Brooks were really nice but unfortunately biggest size they had was 45 which is about 1/3 size to small. Have tried Puma’s but the problem is the same as with regular Puma’s – very tight place for toes. And having jinxed toes I need to have proper room for these (Puma’s not delivering that)… So, the dilema was between NB and Asics. Must tell that NB were lighter and I trusting the brand but this time NB lost. Both shoes have nice cushioning but NB 1600 are really flat on the top of the sole and it wasn’t giving me enought support in the front. And for that one reason I have choosen the Asics for the first time in my life…
From tomorrow I will be testing Asics… most runners favourite brand.
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At the moment I can say that these are very comfortable to run on the treadmill. Knee still in pain but I wasn’t expecting that it will fix my knee. Very nice on the foot, light, quite fast when was speeding up on the treadmill. And again, still need to go and check them on the road. First big test during weekend.
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After using these shoes for couple od weeks, running 4 marathons I can say little bit more now.
Knee pain is smaller, but have to say that I have used more gels and cream to ‘fix’ it. Definatelly I can say that cushoning is very good but… these shoues are my first pair of shoes which making holes in my sockes after each marathon run and first pair which cause me blisters on my toes (not in pain). To sums up – good not great.