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73mountaineer

73mountaineer

I thought I could get away from stability shoes & had been running for a couple of weeks, including my half marathon last weekend, in a cushioned neutral shoe (Nike Pegasus 31) & thought it was pretty good until a did a quick 5k around the neighborhood last night. Afterward I found that I couldn't put weight on my left knee when I started my cool down jog. Bad pain on the outside of my leg at the knee & couldn't even straighten my leg last night.

A member of my running club thought maybe it could be irritation from the half on Saturday, but I kept my mileage down last week, only totalling a little over 20 miles, including the race. I have logged much more than that in a week before. This was my first run this week, so I have been off for 5 days.

Do I blame the shoes?
 
dabrock

dabrock

73mountaineer said:
I thought I could get away from stability shoes & had been running for a couple of weeks, including my half marathon last weekend, in a cushioned neutral shoe (Nike Pegasus 31) & thought it was pretty good until a did a quick 5k around the neighborhood last night. Afterward I found that I couldn't put weight on my left knee when I started my cool down jog. Bad pain on the outside of my leg at the knee & couldn't even straighten my leg last night.

A member of my running club thought maybe it could be irritation from the half on Saturday, but I kept my mileage down last week, only totalling a little over 20 miles, including the race. I have logged much more than that in a week before. This was my first run this week, so I have been off for 5 days.

Do I blame the shoes?
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Wow, sorry to hear about the knee and hope it heals quickly. It could be the shoes but I would think over pronation would show up in shin splints first but it's hard to say. Sounds like you might have irritated the IT band and have a touch of runners knee. How much cushioning do these shoes have compared to your normal shoes?
 
73mountaineer

73mountaineer

dabrock said:
Wow, sorry to hear about the knee and hope it heals quickly. It could be the shoes but I would think over pronation would show up in shin splints first but it's hard to say. Sounds like you might have irritated the IT band and have a touch of runners knee. How much cushioning do these shoes have compared to your normal shoes?
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I would say they are a bit more cushioned than others that I have run in, but not a crazy amount more. I have been running in Brooks Adrenaline GTS 13's recently, and Asics Gel Kayano 20's before that. The Pegasus is pretty well cushioned, but I am not jumping from a minimalist sole to a cushioned one or anything like that. Offset/drop among all is in the 10-12mm range also.
 
TheShaun

TheShaun

Bejeweled
Ran my first 10k today. Had not been running much the last little while and let my fitness go a bit, so I'm somewhat pleased with a 1:08 and no walking.
 
Ru4scuba?

Ru4scuba?

Finished my tenth marathon Sunday. Not a PR for me, but not my worst race either...not entirely certain why j run these long distances! LOL
 
MrSpeedy

MrSpeedy

Sorry I've been off this thread for the last couple of days; been hiking in the mountains. Did get a 12 mile run in along the Virginia Creeper Trail. Highly recommended if you are in the area!
 
jpakstis

jpakstis

73mountaineer said:
ThWould really like to see this, Tim! I have become something of a running shoe geek over the past several months. Not so much because I want to have a closet full of them, but because I cannot seem to find the one shoe to rule them all. As such, I have worn out the fantastic 90 day return policies of RunningWarehouse.com and RoadrunnerSports.com :blush:
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That's one of the nice things about having running stores nearby. They all will let me exchange shoes that don't work even several months down the road. Not that I do that anymore since I've found the shoes that work for me, but I still order them from them out of loyalty.
 
jpakstis

jpakstis

Ru4scuba? said:
Finished my tenth marathon Sunday. Not a PR for me, but not my worst race either...not entirely certain why j run these long distances! LOL
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Congratulations! Out of curiosity, how often do you run them? I think my next level would be to start running marathons consistently, but that won't be for a couple of years until our daughters get a little older. I really liked the discipline that marathon training forced on me and I lost a ton of weight especially toward the end once I finally got my training and my diet aligned.
 
jpakstis

jpakstis

econjoe said:
I'm officially committed as I signed up for my first half marathon today, Jack Daniel's Oak Barrel in April.
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Good luck! And sounds like it'll be a good post-race atmosphere. Maybe some of the last couple of water stops might have something more than water in them!
 
jpakstis

jpakstis

73mountaineer said:
I thought I could get away from stability shoes & had been running for a couple of weeks, including my half marathon last weekend, in a cushioned neutral shoe (Nike Pegasus 31) & thought it was pretty good until a did a quick 5k around the neighborhood last night. Afterward I found that I couldn't put weight on my left knee when I started my cool down jog. Bad pain on the outside of my leg at the knee & couldn't even straighten my leg last night.

A member of my running club thought maybe it could be irritation from the half on Saturday, but I kept my mileage down last week, only totalling a little over 20 miles, including the race. I have logged much more than that in a week before. This was my first run this week, so I have been off for 5 days.

Do I blame the shoes?
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Sorry to hear that. So did you run the half in your current shoes? In my experience when I switched from my "go to" shoe (i.e those Dyads that I complain about) to a different, similarly-modeled shoe (I think it was an Asics brand, but now I'm not so sure), I developed issues almost right away. It got to the point where I couldn't run more than a couple of miles without feeling knee pain. I think some of it was my lack of confidence in the shoes themselves so I altered my stride, but they all went away when I exchanged them back to the Dyads.

It could be that you just developed an injury from normal running; like dabrock says, it sounds like the IT band. I've read that its not a question of if a long-term runner will develop some sort of injury, but when. While I've never developed IT band issues (and hopefully I won't), I have had shin splints for a while. I found some exercises that strengthens the calf and muscles associated with shin splints so they went away for now, but I know that without staying on top it they will come back.

If it persists I would recommend scheduling an appointment with a physical therapist. I did it when I injured my knee and developed shin splints and got some great stretches, exercises, treatment plans, etc.
 
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