HOKA Bondi 8.
It’s a bit bulky but has cushioning for days.
Highly recommend going to running science in Rozelle and getting fitted / assessed.
What are you wearing at the moment?
What’s your running style like at the moment?
Have you greatly increased pace, duration or length of your runs recently?
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Only had one chance to run this week at short notice, so increased speed. I walk the dog every Arvo and we walk pretty fast, so start feeling it by the end of the walk (she refuses to run which would kill two birds 
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Will try to get another run in Fri/sat and will go for time.
As someone who sold running shoes for a living for 10 years, no amount of cushioning is going to stop shin splints if you keep running on concrete. Take a two week break, then only run on beach or grass for at least a month.
That being said… no. 6mm drop shoe is going to strain you if you aren’t a natural forefoot striker or looking to train yourself into one because your coach has a one size fits all attitude. Get yourself into something with more like a 10-12mm drop if you’re a heel striker, and only use less when you’re doing pace work.
If you’re bigger, especially if you have short legs and a long torso, and you strike with your heels, I’d suggest Brooks over Hoka. Not just down to amount of cushioning but stack height and drop. I’ve had good success with the Ghost but I’ve got fairly high arches, if yours are collapsed you’re probably better off in the Glycerin.
When I’m fit, I’m a Nike loyallist, and I’d suggest the Vomero. But when I put on weight after knee surgery, I wore Brooks, and Hokas came later. They are good for long runs on bike path/ concrete but not as “snappy” and light as Nikes.
Extra strength work over extra stretching. Hit the gym and work the muscles that are getting sore first, or shorter runs with much more vert than you’re doing, like hill repeats.
Couldn’t find it using Google-fu, but this stretch changed my life for shin splints. So much so I am rarely even bother with it before running.
Push forward with your back leg to increase the stretch on the front leg.
Excuse my pasty hairy legs.
I’m 6’3" with long legs and a big barrel chest. I think the biggest issue I have is my feet, I wear 10.5’s (explains the tiny dick) which is not in proportion to the rest of my body.
I’m trying to run more forefoot, because when I run heeltoe I feel like my hips are going to dislocate and knees explode.
I’ll keep a look out for xmas sales and see what pops up.
Interesting… If you haven’t before, I think I’d suggest you get a physio, podiatrist or running coach to look at your gait and identify things you can potentially work on. Hips and knees hurting when you heel strike suggests your glutes and adductors may not be activating to me, based on my rehab experience, but I’m not quite so tall and top heavy.
I did Husky after coming back to marathons from my surgeries in 20 and 21, and was getting cramps and aches from my long runs, especially in quads, and pushed hard on strength in the last month, especially Bulgarian Split Squats. Barely felt anything in my legs afterwards.
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Yeah I’d agree on the physio or podiatry angle.
Sounds like you have something funky going on.
Also, tiny feet. Hehe.
I’m 6’4 and wear size 13.
I had this exact issue and this was 100% correct for me. I’m 6’2" and 18 months ago was sitting at $1.05 on the scales. I’d had increasing shin splint and knee problems for around 20 years. A physio put me on the right rehab path. Dropped 5kg to decrease load and started glute and adductor strength and mobility exercises along with weekley remedial massage. I’ve still got a way to go to get to where I want with my hip mobilty but I’ve eliminated my shin splint and knee pain. It was very much a case of the foot bone’s connected to the leg bone.
Hit my first 5k of this effort. 15 mins @ 10.7kmh, then 90secs @ 12.5, then walking @ 6km til my heart rate hit 150 for another 15 mins.
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All this since mid August, I am aiming for 350 by Christmas.
Past 4 weeks I have done 120km, so I might even be able to hit 150 for the month if I push it with a 20km run next Saturday.
Quite enjoying that I can have a few drinks the night before, and it doesn’t effect me too badly - could never do that with cycling as you’d need to be up at 5am for a very early start.
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I’m running a 10k in Rome on New Year’s Eve. An annual run I do.
Did 10k yesterday, tried to ‘mimic’ the Rome course, mostly flat with a couple of hills. 47:30 was my time.
I’m aiming to do the Rome 10k in 45 mins. Not sure I’ll get there but will give it a shot
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But what do the Romans do?
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Are you running it in sandles?
That’s still a good time.
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Just weeks after the Sydney Marathon was confirmed as a World Marathon Major event, the Ultra-Trail Australia by UTMB was today confirmed as a UTMB World Series Major event.
In addition to the 100km, 50km, 22km and 11km events, they will now add a 100 mile event.
It’s nice to see Sydney and the Blue Mountains getting the global recognition, but prepare for hikes in entry fees and accommodation…
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I hear ya. I know this was coming with the territory of a major, but Sydney marathon has now jumped to $250. Really irks me how expensive it is.
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New York City marathon is US$315 for an entry, or AU$482 Australian.
You can run 42km and it costs $0
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