Hi All
I slightly over pronate and have been running in Saucony Guide 9's for almost 2 years and these trainers have heel drop of 8mm.
I can no longer buy the 9's in my size so I tried the Guide 10's but these were just too stiff and bruised my ankles.
So I need to find a new shoe.
Should I stick to shoes with a 8mm heel drop?
I quite like the look of Hoka One One's but they all have heel drop of 5mm.
Not sure whether I should risk a change in heel drop especially as i'm half way through my marathon training plan.
Can anyone provide any advise.
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The newer Guides are out now the Guide ISO, maybe you can get to a running shop to try a pair on. If you page back on my training thread Slowkoala bought a pair a few weeks ago and commented on them.
Thanks for the info, my gut feeling was to avoid changing heel drop for the long distance. I just really fancied a pair of Hoka's . I'll look into the Guide ISO's.
The only other two I have found that are comparable on paper to the guide 9's are Adidas Ultra Boost ST and New Balance Vazee Prism V2.
Choices choices....
Re your comparable shoes, try them on first, I can't wear adidas, too narrow and the last is the wrong shape for me. I've used NB shoes quite a lot but not tried that model. There are so many lovely shoes around.
https://www.startfitness.co.uk/search/saucony-guide-shoe.html
Thought you might be interested.
I bought my last pair for a similar price. I had set up runrepeat.com to email me if the price of the Guide 9's dropped and Sportsshoes must have found another batch and thanks to runrepeat.com I was able to grab a pair.