EP 539: 7 Simple Rules Before Buying Your Next Running Shoe

Trail Runner Nation

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 24 September 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Mark Cucuzzella and Dr. Ryan Green are runners, experts on running form AND owners of specialty shoe stores. We enlist their help to teach us how to choose the right shoes:

Find a credible store and fitting expert
Step & Feel
What is the right size?
Use all your senses to feel the fit
Orthotics?
Color matters
Magic will happen when you take off your shoes

References:

Contact Dr. Green at his web site or visit his web site: Varsity Running
Dr. Mark's Run for Your Life Podcast
Dr. Mark's book, "Run for Your Life"
Holowka, N.B., Wallace, I.J. & Lieberman, D.E. Foot strength and stiffness are related to footwear use in a comparison of minimally- vs. conventionally-shod populations. Sci Rep 8, 3679 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21916-7

Cudejko, T., Gardiner, J., Akpan, A. et al. Minimal shoes improve stability and mobility in persons with a history of falls. Sci Rep 10, 21755 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78862-6

Make sure you watch his 8:25 Video that show the principles of natural running.

Be sure to spend some time learning at The Natural Running Center web site.

Visit Two Rivers Treads running store either in person or call them and ask them some questions!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Oh, I'll give you my number six, which is the most important one of all is is the color really matters
0:08.6	No, you know if you're not happy
0:11.3	If that she doesn't make you happy just in how it looks are you gonna go wear it out on the trail?
0:15.8	So you're being serious you're serious. You know, I'm always serious if it doesn't look fast
0:21.8	How are you going to run fast? I'm with you. Yes
0:30.5	And today on trail run a nation. We're gonna talk about the only thing between you and the trail
0:36.1	And that's your shoes who doesn't like to talk about shoes?
0:39.9	We're gonna talk to Dr. Mark Cookezzella and Dr. Ryan Greene and learn everything we can about the shoe
0:46.4	You've tuned into trail runner nation where we have discussions with people that can help you become a better runner and
0:53.2	Hopefully a better person now a few short messages before we get to Dr. Greene and Dr. Cookezzella
1:01.0	We'd like to congratulate our show producer Doug Mayor who just completed tour to Johns
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