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Article by Annie Brown

Sharon Tenenbaum has a serious run for six years. Resident of Brooklyn, 30, three marathons and several shorter races ended. Each week she logs about 20 miles. Prefer to coach? Champion pair of thongs she bought five destination.

“I like to run in plain shoes,” she said. “The more you pay, extra stuff you get.”

She was right. Money often buy higher quality goods, but not when it comes to running shoes -. Vibram Five Fingers

During the last three decades in the business of leisure sport exploded. In 2009, 476 000 runners completed a marathon. In 1976 the number was only 25,000. Sale of Five Fingers shoes reached 0.36 billion in 2009, 60 percent more than a decade earlier.

But how these dollars can not be well spent. In 2007, researchers looked at the Scottish Vibram five fingers in three price ranges, from 0, and found that the low-padded shoes midcost in running meters of the same brand, as well as those with high costs -. Sometimes even better

“The perception is that if you pay more, get more shoes,” said Rami G’abod, director of the Institute of Traffic Analysis and Research at the University of Dundee in Scotland. “Our study did not.” Professor Abboud and his colleagues have completed a similar study, still unpublished, with almost identical results.

shoe manufacturers keep adding improvements shoes gel cushion-shaped sleeves, five fingers, thrust enhancers called processors, but these upgrades do not seem to make runners safer. Posted a review of current studies on running shoes in 2009, that there is no evidence based studies have shown that running shoes actually help prevent injuries. In fact, injury rates do not look down. Gone

Fancy running shoes may even lead to injuries, experts say. Studies show that when runners don expensive running shoes that promise superior cushioning, they caused more injuries Customer with cheap shoes Vibram five finger shoes —.

authors of one study found that there was “a tendency in humans to be less careful when you take advantage of the new devices is not known because of too much positive to do with new technology and new equipment.”

If you want to have a well-run safely, you need to be fit to take first prize. “You want a shoe (Vibram Five Fingers), helps you maintain a balanced position,” said Mark Montgomery, director of the Jack Rabbit Sports store in Union Square in New York. “Expensive shoe is not always the solution.” With ING New York Marathon coming on 7 November, here are some guidelines to get the best shoe for you.

Shoes, if you fit a new operation, or not furnished in a few years before going to the store with a reputation specializing in five thongs. Well-trained sales staff should analyze your gait and determine the running habits before recommending a shoe.

On Jack Rabbit Sports, customers usually sells tapes running on the treadmill to find out what kind of stride length. Pronators, whose arches roll in, for example, may need Vibram five fingers with traffic control, which can be a bit more expensive than neutral shoes.

The first fitting is important because it will give you a sense of what kind of shoe is best for you. Once you know, the market, you can head in the transaction.

“When I started running, I went to special,” says Tannenbaum. “Now I can look everywhere, including Target, because I know what works for me”.

It is wise, but to upgrade every few years to get. Over time tend to go down your arms and legs are getting longer. Model or type of job for you in your 40s may not be best for you in your 50s.

size of the IT UP What is a good fit? Buy five finger shoes a half size larger or that of your regular shoe. Should be a thumb width between the tips of my toes the top of the shoe.

It’s not too much time on its size. Sizes vary from brand to brand and model to model. Ms. Tenenbaum buying shoes that are two sizes larger than normal shoes.

“Most shoes are mass-produced these days, with real attention to detail and quality,” said Professor Abboud. “If you take two pairs of shoes of the same brand, you are not locked it guaranteed size. This may vary up to length.”

Make sure you are not five finger tight across the arch and the heel sits. You should feel comfortable right away. “The shoes have a sense of belonging to their feet,” said Gordon Bakoulis, 49, running coach in New York, four in the United States Olympic trials marathon.

participate if you plan to run is a long race, spend at least two weeks to break your new shoes before the start day.

Less is more, the cheapest solution? Give up the shoes at all you come up with the legions of runners who took barefoot trend.

It’s not just fashion. Some studies have shown that running barefoot can be better for the body of the, ahem, long run than running Vibram five finger shoes. Study in 2009 found that going barefoot, running shoes, compared to more pressure on the joints, hip knee and ankle and found that athletes can run a higher risk for osteoarthritis in the knee touch the shoes. Previous studies have shown that can increase the risk of running shoes for plantar fasciitis and ankle sprains.

But podiatrists urge caution before you without shoes. “I tell my clients is a great thing to try,” said Dr. Karen Langone, fitness sports podiatrist Southampton, NY “But it’s not for everyone, and it should be gradually integrated program to be run.”

Vibram Five Fingers have a few people, providing mechanical support running shoe. “I saw quite a few patients this summer, shin splints from running barefoot developed,” she said. ‘less you think about it, a shoe, the better “

says Bakoulis, running a marathon.

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