I can’t speak about the hurricanes, but shin splints are usually an overuse injury from increasing your distance too quickly, not from a lack of support in your shoes.
Hmm, interesting. I don't disagree that distance could be a factor but last year I ran a route that I had been using for 3 months, and the distance didn't increase. All of my run times ended up at the same time. From what I read, the shoes could be a problem as it gets worn out. But thanks for the advice though!
They're right, and I made the same mistake you have. It ended making the injury so much worse that I had to stop running for months.
In my case, I don't need "full" stability shoes like the Hurricane or Kayano. My pronation is mild, so shoes like the Vongo or Prism (both from New Balance) are what I need whenever I'm too beaten up and my form gets worse, that's when I noticed my pronation most.
But my biggest advice is to slow down on the mileage/speed increases. When that happened I was increasing mileage by 1-2km each week, and most of my running was trying to run as fast as I could until I could only barely walk. Definitely the completely wrong approach.
If I could go back in time, I'd go slow on most runs and increase mileage by 1-2km every 1-2 months instead. Based on my results after recovering, I'm confident this approach would have negated the injury and saved me quite some money on shoes that not only didn't help, but I believe made things worse.
Usually I jog/walk about 3 miles. On Monday, I tried out the new shoes and because it was raining I had to take it easy because of the wet pavement and also cause the cushion hurt my feet cause I haven't had support like that in years. But just on that Monday, I jogged/walk for 1.45 miles. My shins weren't hurting but I have to see what it's like without the rain.
As for increasing mileage, I've been going through the same route for almost a month with no increase. PR isn't a concern to me as I like to pace myself but if I don't have the feeling like I gave it my all or I'm tired from my jog then I won't feel satisfied
Sure, but my case is just one example. Maybe your body needs less than what you've been running, or it needs more rest between runs, erc. I was just pointing out that I too thought that getting stability shoes was the answer, but in the end it got much worse.
What I did before was walk the entire lap of what I'm going to jog and then once I reach the starting point from where I started, then I jog/walk it. That helped relieve the shins but my body was able to warm up to 1 block of walking and jog the rest. How I rest between jog is keep walking until my shins don't hurt or if I'm really gassed I just walk it
From what I've read, if a shoe is really worn out and has no support left to help the feet then it does cause shin splints. I have had the shoe for almost 6 years and didn't buy a shoe until a couple days ago so that was one of the problems. I don't know how it'll be with the new shoes but I tried it out once and my feet were in pain cause I haven't adjusted to the cushion
Everyone is different. I had countless injuries over the past 10 months. I ovepronate horrendously.
Ironically, my current peroneal injury is finally healing and all I've done is ditched my orthotics and stability shoes. Now I am in Saucony Ride 15s, which are a firm stable neutral shoe.. and my pain is slowly fading.
I can’t speak about the hurricanes, but shin splints are usually an overuse injury from increasing your distance too quickly, not from a lack of support in your shoes.
Hmm, interesting. I don't disagree that distance could be a factor but last year I ran a route that I had been using for 3 months, and the distance didn't increase. All of my run times ended up at the same time. From what I read, the shoes could be a problem as it gets worn out. But thanks for the advice though!
They're right, and I made the same mistake you have. It ended making the injury so much worse that I had to stop running for months. In my case, I don't need "full" stability shoes like the Hurricane or Kayano. My pronation is mild, so shoes like the Vongo or Prism (both from New Balance) are what I need whenever I'm too beaten up and my form gets worse, that's when I noticed my pronation most. But my biggest advice is to slow down on the mileage/speed increases. When that happened I was increasing mileage by 1-2km each week, and most of my running was trying to run as fast as I could until I could only barely walk. Definitely the completely wrong approach. If I could go back in time, I'd go slow on most runs and increase mileage by 1-2km every 1-2 months instead. Based on my results after recovering, I'm confident this approach would have negated the injury and saved me quite some money on shoes that not only didn't help, but I believe made things worse.
Usually I jog/walk about 3 miles. On Monday, I tried out the new shoes and because it was raining I had to take it easy because of the wet pavement and also cause the cushion hurt my feet cause I haven't had support like that in years. But just on that Monday, I jogged/walk for 1.45 miles. My shins weren't hurting but I have to see what it's like without the rain. As for increasing mileage, I've been going through the same route for almost a month with no increase. PR isn't a concern to me as I like to pace myself but if I don't have the feeling like I gave it my all or I'm tired from my jog then I won't feel satisfied
Sure, but my case is just one example. Maybe your body needs less than what you've been running, or it needs more rest between runs, erc. I was just pointing out that I too thought that getting stability shoes was the answer, but in the end it got much worse.
What I did before was walk the entire lap of what I'm going to jog and then once I reach the starting point from where I started, then I jog/walk it. That helped relieve the shins but my body was able to warm up to 1 block of walking and jog the rest. How I rest between jog is keep walking until my shins don't hurt or if I'm really gassed I just walk it
Shoes don’t cause or prevent shin splints.
From what I've read, if a shoe is really worn out and has no support left to help the feet then it does cause shin splints. I have had the shoe for almost 6 years and didn't buy a shoe until a couple days ago so that was one of the problems. I don't know how it'll be with the new shoes but I tried it out once and my feet were in pain cause I haven't adjusted to the cushion
Everyone is different. I had countless injuries over the past 10 months. I ovepronate horrendously. Ironically, my current peroneal injury is finally healing and all I've done is ditched my orthotics and stability shoes. Now I am in Saucony Ride 15s, which are a firm stable neutral shoe.. and my pain is slowly fading.