Shoes glorious shoes

I have used Adrenaline for all my long races since model 13 or 14

Generally I find them to be great shoes hence using them for so long.

I have walked 8 Comrades and a 100 miler in them. I tried a pair of Saucony Glide which were not so great in 2022, caused some knee pain but not like yesterday

I started walking in 2008 with Asics Nimbus.I was analysed on video on a treadmill which confirmed no pronation. As a test I was sent to the Asics importer at the time looked at my shoe and moved me to Kayano. Which I used for 2 or so years and moved to Adrenaline .

I was pretty happy with them up till 24 , which I did Comrades 2025 in.

On average I get 1600km per shoe, I do need to add a bit of shoe goo on the heels as a heal striking walker that is acceptable.

The picture below is after 160km 1 x 10km 1 x 21 2x 42 and 1 x 48

 

 

Add in a 55km and I am already through the sole.

 

But this is not actually my biggest problem, my knee tends to bend in when landing , the stability I need is to prevent this from happening.  I tend to get pain in my Sartorius as it passes the knee joint.

I use a patella knee strap to apply pressure to the Sartorius which massages it and eases the pain. All my Adrenalines to date  have supported me sufficiently ( the Saucony Glide did not)

These 25’s are sooo soft that they collapse in way too much. I had to cut my Midrand 60 long walk short yesterday . I ended up walking really slowly and trying to work out what the cause.

Looking down while walking I could actually see how my foot was landing and moving way past where it should then bouncing back to the correct position. How on earth can you call these shoes stability shoes when they feel like you are walking on balloons..  

I am now in dire straights, not knowing what to do for Comrades this year which will be my 13^th

Liz is still happy with her Ghosts after I converted her about 10 years ago.