What is the best?

Running shoe becuse I am running a 13 mile race soon.

What is the best?
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Okay, a couple of assumptions, since it might be hard to find out this info directly.





I have to assume that you have been training for a 13 mile race, and that you are not going to jump into the race without any training. Granted, that's been done before, even with full marathons. But let me assume that you have been carefully increasing your average weekly distance, and carefully increasing your weekly long runs, over a period of three or four months, or more.





I hope that's the case!





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Okay, assuming you are training . . . how soon is the race?





If the race is this weekend, or next, or possibly two and a half weeks away, the best running shoe is . . .





. . . the pair you are running in right now.





Reason: your feet and legs are accustomed to the shoes you are wearing. Switching to a different pair right now would be a bit risky. You might find a pair of shoes that work for you. Or you might find that the shoes you buy hurt, or worse, hurt your feet or your legs in some way. You could go into the race sore or injured, or become so injured that you won't be able to race at all.





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Okay, so perhaps that's not the case. The race is at least three, maybe four weeks away. At least. So you have time to experiment, which means you can go out and try on a pair of shoes, and if they don't work, you can try another.





(I know this doesn't sound like a cheap thing to do, and it's not! But if you are switching brands, or sometimes even switching models in a brand, you may have to try several pairs out before you find one that works, or one that your feet will sufficiently adjust to!)





So, let's assume you have been training. And let's assume you have time to try out and adjust to and break in a new pair of shoes.





And let's assume that you are not, at this point in your life, experimenting with running barefoot, or near-barefoot (I am; that's another story; and that DOES affect what shoes you buy).





The best pair of shoes, then, for you, are the ones that both fit you and are designed for your specific running needs.





Okay, to find out what shoes those are, no one can tell you over the Internet (some shoe companies may try, by having you send a tracing of your feet, but that's not enough info for a really good recommendation). What you need to do is find a specialty running shop in your area and prepare to spend a little time in the shop with a knowledgeable storeclerk who will advise you on shoes.





The clerk will ask you questions about your racing and training, about what hurts and doesn't hurt, about the shoes you are wearing for running right now. If the specialty running shop has a treadmill, the clerk will have you run on the treadmill and observe how you run, looking particularly for whether your feet turn out (supinate) or turn in (pronate).





Based upon what you tell the clerk, the clerk's observations, and what the store has in its inventory, the clerk will make a recommendation.





Likely the recommendation will be a good one, since clerks in specialty running shops are hired partly because they do run themselves, and they know what they're talking about.





Take the clerk's recommendation. Try out the shoes. Try on the same model shoe in two or three different sizes. This way you'll have the best idea of what fits best, from among that model's choices.





Run in them on the treadmill, across a hard wooden floor, or on the sidewalk outside the store.





Buy the shoes - and see if they work for you! Realize that they may not, and if they don't, it may not be the clerk's fault. In some cases it really takes taking the shoes out for a good long run, or a good hard workout, before you can tell they fit, provide traction, support, and everything else you need in a shoe.





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And once you find out what works for you, figure out what it is about that brand and model that makes it the best for you. Stay with that brand and model, as long as the brand and model don't change! And if they do change, as you look for another shoe that's best for YOU, keep in mind the lessons you learned from what would be your former best shoes.





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