wejo wrote:
Why is the word "jog ger" banned?
I had to laugh that "jogger" was actually banned. My coach in college always said I ran, not jogged.[/quote]
Aren't we special?...😉
On a serious note, like a poster mentioned before, I think it will always be hard to determine THE correct shoe for an individual since the shoe company is ALWAYS changing their style every quarter/year, no? How else will they stay in business. Just thinking out loud.
jogger
😡....😩...😂
A few quick points:
- for paces i think it should be two paces, the one you do most of your running at (i.e. comfortable pace) and then a recent race pace. i say this because the shoe they are running in daily is going to be the shoe they usually use for comfortable pace. i feel like most people switch into flats for tempo runs/track workouts so that would be almost useless asking for (but more on this later).
- if you ask for level of pronation you should probably have a question like, "have you had a gait analysis done in the last year" before it. if someone answers no to that you should not allow them to answer for the level of pronation question (one of those survey type things where the question only appears if the person answers yes to the gait analysis question). i say this because i think people that have not had a gait analysis done will believe they pronate to the level necessary to be in the shoe they currently run in (i.e. if someone is in a structure its say to assume they believe the pronate more severely then someone in a peg). thus for accuracy i would rely on people that have had a gait analysis done.
- as i said in the previous thread on this, i think it would be cool to ask about racing shoes. you might be able to see patterns between what everyday shoe people run in and their racing shoe which could act as a guide for someone to start a search for a racing shoe based on what they are running in now. also here is where i think you could go and ask about tempo pace or track workout pace, based on whether or not that person does those runs their racing flat. in that sense it could be something like i mentioned with the pronation, where you asking something like "do you do tempo runs in your racing shoe," and if they say yes then you ask them for that pace. same thing with maybe like mile repeats, 800s, etc
that is all. looks great
1) Basics- shoe and basic demo data.
Age, sex, height, weight, shoe size, width, years you've run and the current shoe you are training in and satisfaction on a 1-10 scale.
Age: 29
Sex: Female
Height: 5' 3"
Weight: 98 pounds
Shoe Size: 6.5W/5M
Shoe Width: Narrow
Years running: 16
Current shoe training in: INOV-8 Bare X-Lite and INOV-8 F-lite 195
Satisfaction 1-10: 9 for both (both feel just a tiny bit too wide in the forefoot, and the upper could be... less).
2) More detailed running data
Avg mileage you run: 60 Miles per week.
Primary surface you run on: Mix of dirt trails, alleyways, grass, roads, gravel, etc.
Do you use orthotics?: No
What's you primary event you are training for?: 5k and 10k
Avg pace you run: On normal runs, I go about 7:00 pace give or take a little depending on how fatigued I feel. Workout paces range from 5:10 (400s) to 5:50 (Tempo pace).
(Should we ask something about goal pace or various paces you run?)
3) More detailed foot data
Arch type: High
Footstrike type (forefoot, midfoot, etc): Forefoot
Level of pronation or is this captured with arch type?: Neutral
4) Do you rotate shoes? Yes.
5) Injury data
When was your last injury and what type was it?: Two years ago, I fell and bashed up my knee which led to a persistent case of prepatellar bursitis, but that wasn't technically an overuse injury. My last overuse injury was achilles tendonitis 4 years ago, which is really surprising! I used to be hurt all the time!
Any more detailed injury history questions we can ask here? You could ask about most frequent past injury (in my case, shin splints and tibia fractures) or whether injury frequency has changed significantly with a change in shoe type.
6) What was your previous shoe you ran in? I was running in the New Balance 730s and the New Balance WRC1600.
Rate it on a scale of 1-10 to see if you liked it better than their current shoe. 730s would be a 7 (toe box was too wide, but I liked the rest of the shoe) and the WRC1600s would be an 8 or a 9 depending on which pair (one of them fit better than the other for some reason).
7) Do we need to ask about racing shoes? I'd love to hear about racing shoes!