High Arches / foot pressure - "Clawing forward" running style. Ideal Shoes. I'll try the Puma Mobium Elite.

Why not get fitted for orthotics?

If simply raising the arches in the racing flats is enough, that would be preferable.

If not, maybe. hen maybe give up and quit road racing, lol.

wear on outside of shoe with high arches suggests that arches are also rigid, which does not allow pronation. pronation will absorb shock, without that you will have high foot pressure. inability to push back is because of the inability to pronate to alleviate the pressure(which would be increased if you pushed back). lower heel shoes will increase pressure on balls of feet at the distal end of tarsal bones. maybe try distal arch support with heel lift. this will take pressure off forefoot without increasing stretch on achilles.

I feel your pain, I too have a high arch, slight morton's toe, and I supinate.

I started clawing with my outside toes on my left foot which caused to me have extensor brevis swelling because the jackass at the store told me I needed supportive shoes... when I supinate/underpronate (I did not know at the time) and I actually need something flexible. It was later explained to me that I have been destroying my feet in these stiff shoes for many miles but my then it had turned become chronic and I have been struggling with it since... You should've seen the wear on outside of the soles of these shoes after 2 months and one marathon!! it was a joke, the insides were barely touched... But you live and learn and I have had to take a lot off time off

To get better I have been taking NSAIDs... I found out my calves are super tight so I have been stretching them out heavily and also my IT band... get a foam roller I'm told they do wonders but I'm broke right now LOL... and I looked into trigger point release in those problem areas...

I am just starting to be able to run again and I have doing well on Pegs 29's I got for cheap. Super flexible and with plenty of cushioning... which is what you want here. Looking @ lunaracer 3's (also flexible and cushy) when and if I recover and can do a race later this year.

I suggest looking into the Pegasus 29/30. Once I was able to get my foot and calves to relax, I feel like the flexibility and soft cushyness of this shoe really lets my foot stay relaxed during a long run and I've been able to stop supinating in the later miles.

Other shoes I was told to look @ were Brooks Launch.

Best of luck.

The Mobiums certainly are a flexible shoe. Puma is also supposed to release a FAAS 100R model some time in July. That is going to be a racing flat with zero drop. If you Google it, you can see a preview. You may also want to look into the Brooks PureConnect.