“Yes, the Nike Vapor Next% or the Adizero Boston 8 may look fantastic to you, but you are 1.65m tall, weigh 90kg and run at a pace of 6 min/km…”

The Be Urban Running experts share an article in which they try to solve the mistakes that many popular runners make when they go to buy running shoes. Knowing what suits each one is essential as they explain from the prestigious store:

“This article is designed for those people who buy running shoes is an outlay with which they hope not to be wrong.

We want to expose some reflections that we sellers who intend to sell a product that best suits our client are making. It is an article simply to make you think. We express opinions, we do not impose them. And anyone can think differently from us, it would just be missing.

One of the first things we try to show is our emotionality. Sometimes the passion and desire to buy a specific shoe can cloud the vision of the physical conditions of the popular runner to know if that shoe is suitable for me, or not…

Types of Running Shoe Sellers

As we look on the internet or in physical stores, we see that there are specialized stores and other more general ones. And to buy running shoes, it is usually more advisable to go to a specialist store.

With this article we intend to make the reader think regarding the extremisms that we can reach when going to buy some shoes. It may be that they advise us little or badly. Or that someone who is too technical and expert advises us and who, delighted with the fantastic properties of a specific shoe, recommends one that is not the best for us.

Sometimes we are clear regarding what we want and we do not want advice. But other times customers come to ask for a recommendation. In both cases, at Be Urban Running we are very clear regarding how to serve the customer. The advantage of going to a very specialized store where you can even be served by salespeople who are athletes, is that, with many customers, with a simple look at how they walk, they know which shoes will suit them. Yes, the easy thing is to say, the Pegasus and the Vomero are the ones that we sell the most, take them with you, they are going well for you. And the hard thing is to say, try these Hoka because when you finish the next half marathon you will notice that your legs are much better than in the last one you ran.

At Be Urban Running we try to be as objective as possible, always looking out for the needs of our clients. And we can say that we have a few examples of customers who bought a different brand of shoes than the one they had in mind or the one they used to wear. And following a month they were very happy.

How to buy running shoes

The first thing is to know ourselves, to know how far we can go. Yes, the Nike Vapor Next%, or the Adizero Boston 8 may seem fantastic to you, but you are 1.65 m tall, weigh 90 kg and run at a pace of 6 min/km… In principle, they are not highly recommended shoes for you. They will tell you regarding a shoe that only weighs 200 grams. that with it you can go at rates of less than 4.30 seconds per km, that it is mixed…

Is that information so important or appropriate for you? In the most specialized shops you can see technical information on running shoes. Like the weight, the pace to run with them, if they are for training or competition… This information is good to know, but sometimes it must be forgotten before making the purchase decision. For example, a popular runner shouldn’t choose a shoe just because it weighs 50 grams less than others. And also, since they only have a 4mm drop, they are faster…

On the other hand, if we tell you that technical clothing items, the less they weigh, the better. But not so in sneakers. When choosing sports shoes we must take into account many more aspects of ourselves and the shoes. Regarding the characteristics there are no absolute truths. A low drop in many cases means that they are fast shoes, but there are exceptions. And also you also have to know if we have running technique so as not to suffer running with shoes with that drop.

Most of the popular runners run to finish the race. Do you need to wear competition shoes, no matter how fashionable they are? Another thing is when you intend to improve your personal brands. And even so, with shoes classified as training you can do it.

There are expert runners who say that 300 grams is a lot of weight for a pair of shoes. For professional or federated athletes, possibly it is. But for 70% of the people who run a popular race, it is not. It is more appropriate that they wear shoes with that weight to be able to run with cushioned footing and protecting their joints.

Running shoes to prevent pronation

There are people who seem to consider it almost taboo to recommend shoes with a stable footprint that prevent pronation. When it turns out that many runners will do very well running with shoes like this. And if you think that few people prone, put yourself at the finish line of a Marathon and look at the ankle posture of the runners who are arriving, even professional athletes.

There were some models where something more rigid was noticed in the inner part of the foot, but today that is no longer the case.

Finally, remember the following:

When you read the characteristics of running shoes, think regarding whether they are right for you. Or if they are for professional athletes or federated athletes. They have another body, they can do things that the rest of us mortals cannot.

Highly technical products are often appropriate to the professional or federated athletes. Or if your physical conditions are similar to these runners.

Are you a popular runner and do you like adidas adizero boston or nike streak ???: Think that you are going to spend the outer sole running half the km than with training shoes. That you will have a much higher chance of spraining an ankle or overloading your leg muscles. Yes, if you run a 5k you will hallucinate with them, but in longer distances they may not be the best choice…

Do you know the adidas Solar Glide, the Nike Vomero, the Trumph Iso by Saucony, the 1080 by New Balance, or the Glycerin by Brooks? They are still much better shoes for you.