Rotate Your Shoes!

Apparently you're supposed to rotate your running shoes.  Who knew?

Problem #1 here is that running shoes are spendy.  Back in January, I went and got fitted for a pair of running shoes that would handle my unique feet.  I have a pronounced over-pronating stride, which means I roll from the outside of my heel to the inside on toes.  But to make matters worse, I have my robo-ankle.  I broke my right ankle in three places back in 2004 and had surgery.  I am now sporting a titanium plate and nine screws.  (So if I run screwy, that's why!)

After a thorough fitting I went with the Mizuno Wave Alchemy plus the Superfeet inserts.  After about 350 miles, that pair of shoes has started to feel a little flat.  So, I ordered two more pairs.  Yup, two pairs of identical shoes (well one has a red logo and the other and orange logo).

The plan here is to rotate the shoes.  It is supposed to give the shoes greater life by giving them a chance to fluff back up in between runs.  Sounds good to me. 

I track my running on RunningAhead.com by uplaoding my GPS data, but the site also allows me to track mileage on my shoes.  Ok--I know that's a little geeky, but I've long ago come to grips with that.