Hurricane 9’s
I finally got around to rotating in a new set of running shoes. I’ve been running with a few pairs of shoes that I’ve had since last spring, partly because I didn’t log many runs in the latter part of the year. I skipped from the Hurricane 7’s to the Hurricane 9’s because the 8’s seemed too narrow again (like the 6’s which I also skipped). For the past few years it seems like every other update to the Hurricanes has been too narrow. I tried the 8’s and they were way too narrow for me in normal width, I probably could have gone with the extra wide version but they didn’t have them in stock at the time.
I’m still using the Hurricane 7’s and GT-2110’s from last year for short runs, but they’ve both got well over 500 miles on them, and for me that rules them out for longer runs. I start getting a variety of foot and leg problems, mostly plantar fasciaitis, if I log a lot of mileage in worn out shoes. So far I’ve put in a couple of 10 mile runs without any problems. The Hurricane 9’s seem to be a little lighter than the 5’s or 7’s, which is good if your form is pretty clean, but I feel like it might not provide quite as much support if you’re on the edge of an injury. I haven’t had any problems on this training cycle yet, but I haven’t pushed my mileage up very far yet either.
Tags: injury, running, shoes, training
March 5th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
I totally agree with you about running shoes changing with each update. I find myself loving a model, then hating the update, then loving the next update, etc. I think what you had to say will help a lot of people who feel perplexed about what to do when picking shoes.
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