THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:
Yes, the only pros I can think of who eschew high stack shoes are Molly Huddle (says in testing she is not a responder) and Emily Sisson (she does a scaled-down supershoe). It seems exceedingly rare, and I'm not sure how an average runner could be able to determine that they are not a responder at all.
Here is how: first they notice feeling uncomfortable in the high stack shoes when they run in them. They also notice they are running slower, even easy pace is slower, its awkward to run. Then they notice a pull in their calf muscle - eventually the muscle tears and they can't run at all. Giving it time to heal and returning to the low stack shoes solves the problem. I've experienced this several times in switching to what is available on the market. If I walked into a store right now, the only shoe that wouldn't guarantee me an injury is the saucony sinister and maybe some spikes. Even the sinister is a bit high so I run slower than in the shoes of yesteryear, it just feels a bit off.