Question for you runners

[spacedtedybear]

It's true I swim like a fish, I always have.

I will be looking into it, but I like the idea and flexibility of going for a run as opposed to swimming.

spacedtedybear: I weight in at about 190. I'm going to look into some motion control/Brooks Beast's, thanks.

Try to compare it to other shoes within that catagory, or some of the higher end stability shoes ( the ones with a ~130 price tag). You're not overly heavy, but if your feet are as flat as you say they are, than the motion control shoes is the safer route. You don't know anything about shoe A, unless you compare it with shoe B. Kinda like test driving cars...... or in your case, trucks.

Just be sure to take it easy the first couple of days. Those are going to be the most painful ones, even if you have the "best" shoes in the world. Try to stay on natural surfaces. Treadmills help to an extent, but be sure to mix it up a bit with some stuff on the dirt. Do a little bit a lot. Don't lump all your workouts in 3 or 4 days. Spread it out over the entire week. My boss likes to say, " The number of days you eat, should be the number of days you work out".

[Lohman446]

I ended up buying some New Balance 903s. I took the advise that overly luggy running shoes were not a good idea and these had just enough "traction" to make me happy.

That and I was only looking at them. When I tried them on I was instantly happy about the feel, enough so that I'm going to look at another set of NBs.

I did a few miles in them last night on the treadmill as Tradehome told me they were returnable if not worn outside. I am not returning them.

Not exactly what was recommended (but I did listen) but I am happy with them.

[kevdupuis]

I've worn only New Balance since 01 and would love to see them come out with a safety version of their shoes.