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MechEngDropout
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 Posted: 05/26/06 - 22:05 Post subject: Shoe question - location of arch
This is the side profile of the bottom of my foot... (use your imagination dangit)
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Yes, images are fun.
Here's my problem with most shoes. The arch is located too far back. It feels like the peak of the arch support is hitting on the posterior upslope of the arch (^). Practically every shoe I try feels this way with the exception of the Kayanos and the 1100s are so-so. I tried about 10 different shoes today. Brooks, NB, Saucony, Mizuno... all the same thing. The Brooks Beast was almost tolerable. Do I just have really weird feet?
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jenn7
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Posted: 05/27/06 - 12:25 Post subject: Re: Shoe question - location of arch
| MechEngDropout wrote: |
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Do I just have really weird feet? |
It's quite possible - how long did that pic take to create? Have you tried the heat-moldable insoles? My husband loves his - Sole makes one that conforms to your foot.
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 05/27/06 - 13:45 Post subject: Re: Shoe question - location of arch
| jenn7 wrote: | | MechEngDropout wrote: |
........._________
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Do I just have really weird feet? |
It's quite possible - how long did that pic take to create? Have you tried the heat-moldable insoles? My husband loves his - Sole makes one that conforms to your foot. |
That's a good idea, but I'm not sure that the insole is where the problem is. I'm sure it could compensate, but I wouldn't buy a shoe that needed compensation. I did buy some shoes today though. NB M901BW.
And the pic took about 20 seconds.
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jenn7
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Posted: 05/27/06 - 15:18 Post subject: Re: Shoe question - location of arch
| MechEngDropout wrote: | I did buy some shoes today though. NB M901BW.
And the pic took about 20 seconds. |
Do they make you run fast? 
I hope they work for you!
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.jrjo
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Posted: 05/30/06 - 11:51 Post subject: Re: Shoe question - location of arch
| MechEngDropout wrote: | | ...I'm not sure that the insole is where the problem is. |
Take the insoles out of any running shoe and basically, they're all the same in there... flat nothin'! Definitely, the insole is the ticket. I toss the flimsy 'sock liner' that comes with any kind of shoe. If you can find an insole that works (for me, it's the Sof Sole Arch Plus) and I can put those babies in any model of shoe and hoowah, they all feel the same. And in the end, that's the ticket for me and being able to buy a wide spectrum of shoes and not get pigeonholed into one model/brand. 
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runaroundsue
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Posted: 05/30/06 - 12:31 Post subject:
do you have short toes??? I find I have the same problem that the arch opening is too far back....I assume it's because I'm a forefoot runner with short toes......so my whole foot scrunches too far up. It's just a theory.
I think jrjo has probably the best quickest solution. All and all shoes are kind of the same.......they are made for pronation or no pronation. Our job is mold any shoe to fit our foot.
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Sha_kri
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Posted: 07/01/06 - 16:07 Post subject: Re: Shoe question - location of arch
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