Last year, before the London Marathon I had a gait anaylise of my running at one of the manufactures booths. The camera showed that my gait had altered a bit from the previous testing months before. I purchased a new pair of shoes that fit my now altered running style. I know...You should NEVER EVER use a pair of new shoes for a marathon.
My thought was, do I wear the well broken in ones that were wrong for my gait, or try breaking in these new ones as best I could before the Marathon and wear them for the marathon two days hence. Yep, you guessed right! I took those shoes and wore them all over the place on Friday, did a short run in them on Saturday and walked the entire day in them. On Marathon morning, they were the wings that carried me to the finish.
So now that I am looking at London again, it was time to get the gait looked at again. A near by running store has a camera set for analysis and time to get over there. I wanted to have the right shoes for the miles my legs will be feeling in the coming weeks. (This is week 14 of my training program)
The results showed that the shoes I am currently running in are not doing my slight overpronation any good. With them I am STILL rolling inward on both my feet, slightly. That might be enough to be causing my ITB to be acting up as well as that great periformus condition in my R glut!(The piriformis is a flat muscle, pyramidal in shape, lying almost parallel with the posterior margin of the gluteus medius). Stretching was helping some but I have still been having some problems.
I now have a new pair of Muzimo Wave Inspire. A shoe I haven't worn before but feel great on my feet and in playback of my analysis show no rolling in. I'm not one that has to have a certain make and type of shoe, so these are worth trying.
I'm glad that I followed my husband's urging to get my gait analysed again to make sure I was running in the proper shoe for me. I have goals for London 2008 and having the right shoe to carry me to them is very important.
My thought was, do I wear the well broken in ones that were wrong for my gait, or try breaking in these new ones as best I could before the Marathon and wear them for the marathon two days hence. Yep, you guessed right! I took those shoes and wore them all over the place on Friday, did a short run in them on Saturday and walked the entire day in them. On Marathon morning, they were the wings that carried me to the finish.
So now that I am looking at London again, it was time to get the gait looked at again. A near by running store has a camera set for analysis and time to get over there. I wanted to have the right shoes for the miles my legs will be feeling in the coming weeks. (This is week 14 of my training program)
The results showed that the shoes I am currently running in are not doing my slight overpronation any good. With them I am STILL rolling inward on both my feet, slightly. That might be enough to be causing my ITB to be acting up as well as that great periformus condition in my R glut!(The piriformis is a flat muscle, pyramidal in shape, lying almost parallel with the posterior margin of the gluteus medius). Stretching was helping some but I have still been having some problems.
I now have a new pair of Muzimo Wave Inspire. A shoe I haven't worn before but feel great on my feet and in playback of my analysis show no rolling in. I'm not one that has to have a certain make and type of shoe, so these are worth trying.
I'm glad that I followed my husband's urging to get my gait analysed again to make sure I was running in the proper shoe for me. I have goals for London 2008 and having the right shoe to carry me to them is very important.
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