Your Worst Shoe

After only 10 miles in the NB890 I got PF. Although this didn't sideline me it was a major nuisance that took a while to clear up.

I didn't buy them and I never wanted to run in them but that first New Balance zip back in 06 was bad. During that same time I tried that yellow and green nike Hayward and I had to take that shoe back.

Most shoes work for most people most of the time. And, most injuries are results of training errors. To say that a pair of shoes alone caused you injury may be foolish. Post your training log for two months leading up to the injury and we might see another cause...

nike free runs 7.0. (i know they werent really made to run in but i didnt know any better at the time)

Nike LunarElite (first version). I tried them out on a treadmill at a running store and they felt good. The toe box and upper felt really nice. I was looking for a lighter shoe to do some tempo runs and some shorter runs so that I could extend the life of my primary shoe, the Vomero.

What felt great on a treadmill was a differnt story on the roads. For a shoe was supposedly "responsive" and "cushioned" it failed on both claims. They were clunky, bulky, and I just never felt fast in them. This was the only shoe that hurt my ankles (nothing serious, just soreness). Ditched them after 30 miles and got a refund.

I see that there is now a new Lunar Elite...hopefully the problems has been addressed.

Set your way-back machine for this one.

The original Nike Waffle Trainer. Lower heel, full board last, so very inflexible: achilles tendonitis resulted (which I was prone to at the time, unknown congenital heel spurs, which have long since been removed).

A few years after that, the Nike Internationalist was introduced. Slightly higher heel-toe drop; but more importantlly, it was one of the first widely distibuted models with a combination last. Board last in the rearfoot, slip last in the forefoot. Never had achilles issues, even though I was still lugging around those mystery heel spurs.

It was among the best shoes I have ever run in. If they released it again, I would buy 50 pairs.

Any Nike trainer is my worst shoe. I cannot run more than a few minutes in any Nike trainer without PF-type pain in my feet. In 1989, I had a pair of the original Air Max trainers, and they were great. No problems. Flats, spikes, all Nike, no problems. Six months later, I go to use my next pair of Air Max, and after less than two minutes of running, crazy pain in both feet. Eventually figured out it was the shoes, after treating it like an injury for most of the track season. Switched to Reebok Hexalites, and the problems stopped. Over the years, I tried various Nike trainers, and all of them have caused me the same problems within a few minutes. Nike spikes are fine, but anything with any footbed structure at all causes me problems.

Puma. Don't know what type but I won't be wearing Puma again.

Only got them because they looked good.

Puma is pretty heavy on the fashion shoes from cardiobunnies so you have to be careful about what you get. This is one of their good ones:

http://www.amazon.com/Puma-Mens-Complete-Roadracer-Running/dp/B003LY4KJE

Reebok Yourflex

Brooks Infinity and Brooks Epiphany. Both shoes I wore for one run and sent them back, and wasn't able to run for a week afterwards. I like Brooks as a company, but have never found a shoe that works for me. Back to Nike....

There is no new lunar elite, its just the nike elite. No posting, and it feels like garbage.

I had a pair of Reebok circa 1991 92. They had a cut away graphite arch so the mid sole was in two distinct pieces, fore foot and heel.

The cost was $110.. (in 1991 money!) and these shoes sucked donkey b@lls. They were rigid, and if you ran on the road the graphite arch was clank and scrape against every piece of gravel.

nike free 3.0 v4 - too tight for me, blisters, not very breathable. that is all

I would have to say that when I was 8, I had a pair of Roos, or I guess they were technically called KangaROOS. Pocket in the side of the shoe for my key or change.

Unfortunately, they were horrible for running.

Honorable mention:

Reebok ERS (Energy Return System). This was a piece of cardboard.

Nike Vomero. Wore for about 20 miles before realizing how narrow they were. Caused foot issues for 3 months. Ugh.

I also had a pair of British Knights. What was I thinking?

the days when we were young and my parents force me to wear one

I 2nd the Saucony Kinvara 2. posterior tibial tendonitis...whoops

The original black and orange Nike Lunarglide was downright dreadful.

Third the Kinvara 2. I sprained my ankle twice with them and I've never had problems before. Thick, soft sole but no support.