I like them.
I like them.
What were you using before? How much are you running in them? I tried the NB800 and they didn't seat my orthotics well at all. I'm in the Inov8 Roclite 305's now and can't get over how good they feel.
Try the orange 152s...I like them even better!
do you want a prize?
I have been slowly making my way to a more mininal shoes. I went from the Brooks Radius to the Asics Stratus to the Nike Hayward 3, now the NB 790. I've just started wearing them. I decided to go with this shoes as I run on trails a lot and I'm training for some trail races. It feels a lot "less" then the Hayward. Like a slightly beefer X-C flat. I did a road/trail combo today and it was great.
What kind of mileage are you putting on them? What's your longest run in them so far, and how far do you think you could run in them?
I'm not sure I could go that minimal yet... Plus I want a shoe I can wear for ~50mi at a time
Check back with me in a few weeks. I only have 5 miles on them. Just got them yesterday.
You want to 50 miles in them at once? or for the week?
drsmrtypnts wrote:
I'm not sure I could go that minimal yet... Plus I want a shoe I can wear for ~50mi at a time
You shouldn't have a problem - they aren't very minimalist; they are actually a lightweight trail running shoe. In comparison to an actual racing flat (f you want to use a same-company comparison: New Balance rc152), they are obviously closer to lightweight trainer status than a flat. I own a pair - they are fairly light, but not really all that minimal.
I'd rate them as a great shoe to make the transition to minimal shoes.
I wore the 790s w/ no socks for a 100-mile trail ultra in June, which included 9 water crossings. They worked great!
Why no socks?
so.....you think all the years and dollars spent researching proper foot-wear for runners was just a game? You are going to get injured dude. tell us what you think in 200 miles...if you make it that long.
forefoot striker wrote:
Why no socks?
I just don't like socks that much, especially with water crossings. I did the same race a year earlier, with socks, and had a lot of trouble with my feet. I think my feet dry out faster when I don't wear socks.
Besides, who needs the extra 25g of dry weight per sock for 100 miles? Carry as little as possible, I think.
There are lots of games like this one, such as Duncan Hines, corsets, eyeglasses, chairs, and other brilliant engineering marvels. The status quo is not omniscient. Nobody is, but that is no reason to blindly trust the years and dollars.
I had a pair of those...they lasted a really long time....I got plantar fasciitis after running in them for a month (40-50 mpw), and after a month off I was stupid enough to run in them again.....the injury still creeps up on me. IMO, not enough shoe there.
not enough shoe if your body is used to all that support and the muscles that would do the job otherwise have atrophied or never developed to begin with.
all you "minimalists" are just a bunch of crazy, hemp-wearing, obama-voting, Berkely-grad, The sky-is-falling conspiracy theorists.
If those shoes are SO much better for you why haven't any of the elited in the US figured this out? Not everyone needs a massive pair of New Balance old-man style shoes, but wearing a shoe designed to be a racer is asking for trouble.
I agree.....I think the minimalist movement is overrated. And to the guy who compared GIRDLES to running shoes......there was no research done, in the history of the world to prove that girdles were to be used to protect and support a woman's body in a positive way.....they were strictly for APPEARANCE. Running shoes have been developed strictly to enhance a runners, performance while preventing injury. I am sure that there are shoes that do this better and worse than others, but the general concept behind the progression of running shoes cannot be tossed out.
man ya wateva. fiend.
All you maximalists are nothing but sheepy, war-mongering, beer drinking, buzz cut, gas guzzling, gullible, slobs.
I elited on your mom's boobs figured out. Shit. Last NIGHT.
maximalist wrote:
Berkely-grad
WTF is "Berkely"??