The Saucony Triumph 4's are not working out for me. I now have pain in my achilles tendon. A coach at the Road Runner's Club suggested it might be my shoes. We'll see if she was right. This weekend I ran 8 miles in my old Saucony MC 5 Stabil's and the pesky tendon started to bother me at 6 miles into the run. It wasn't bad enough to stop me from completing my run (The Williamsburg Bridge was the thing to do me in — more on that later) but it was a little uncomfortable.
Today, I picked up my number for tomorrow's Wall Street Run, which is only 3 miles. On the way back from the Road Runner's Club, Debra and I stopped into The Super Runner's Shop and I talked with sales guy there. I told him what I was running in now and what I'd run in previously. I told him about my gait analysis at Jack Rabbit Sports. He looked at me with a hint of skepticism and told me to take off my shoes and walk across the floor. He watched me walk and stared at my feet. He told me there was no way he'd recommend a neutral shoe for me even though my gait is neutral. The problem is my low arches. He wouldn't recommend a motion control shoe for me either because I don't overpronate. I do need some stability, however, due to the low arch problem. He recommended a stability shoe with no motion control. I tried on some Ascis but found them to be too hard and stiff under the arch so I tried on the Saucony Hurricane. They felt great. They're well cushioned, the have a big toe box and they provide good arch support, but not as much as the MC5's. I'll try them out tomorrow. Deb says she's been running in Saucony Hurricane's for 10 years. I hope I've finally found my shoe.