I hope this has answered some of your asics noosa tri questions. I hope it has helped some of the other bloggers out there to understand that we are not the great evil, and we put a huge amount of time effort and money into trying to make running a safer sport for everyone. That is my one and only goal. Farnkly. I really never go into any project thinking "how many pairs of shoes will this sell" you might not believe that but it really is true sales just  aint my bag regards SimonWhere is your evidence that "it" isn't broken? Show me a study that show running injuries decreasing because of "20 years of progressive development." You can't.

The pain was still there and I was miffed to high heaven. furious even. I could feel that something in the shoe was changing my gait and foot strike in a way that my body didn't want to move. So I closeted my Brooks and ASICS and dusted off my Kinvaras. Another week off and I went out for a asics outlet near me comfortable (but slow) 12 mile run on even terrain. No pain. That was 15 days ago. I've since run some 51 miles and while some runs have been uncomfortable, my last- yesterday, was a 13.1 miler that was completely pain free in any area that had previously bothered me.Actually, I think all he's doing, along with every other shoe asics shoes black company representative that belittles minimalist runners/advocates/converts, is alienate a rapidly growing segment of the running population.

I bought a pair of Saucony Kenvara 2 in size 11 yesterday (that's about a half size bigger than I normally wear). They don't come in wide widths, none of the minimalist shoes they had seemed to (I'm wearing a EEEE in my Asics). The guy at the running store said that I do pronate a bit, but that doesn't mean it's a problem and it doesn't mean I'm benifiting from the support shoes. He advised me to keep an open mind while transitioning and perhaps even try using my superfeet inserts in the Kenvaras during the transition. The thing he seemed to asics shoes gel stress the most was to only run no more that 10% of my weekly miles in the Kenvaras at first.

As a minimalist runner myself, I feel sometimes almost bad about selling heavily cushioned motion control shoes for lightweight people with only slight overpronation, but if someone comes to store and says "My doctor/physiotherapist told me to get a shoe with a lot of cushion and pronation support", who am I to tell that he's wrong? Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. Then I just sell the Asics Kayanos or Mizuno Nirvanas and hope for the best. And mention, that we also sell Vibram FiveFingers, which may help strengthen the feet. (They are becoming really popular in Finland, actually they are our best selling product at the moment.)

The above may be true in Western countries but here in Japan you'd be hard pressed finding an ASICS shoe at a running store that isn't "Minimalist" ! So a representative of that company saying they, the company, rejects the value in minimalist shoes is just silly. He should come to the head office in Kobe and try to sell his Japanese counterparts on his ideas!Yes, this is the real Simon Bartold you are all having a discussion with. Simon is one of the smartest sports podiatrists that I know. We have lectured together here in the US and internationally on numerous occasions at biomechanics seminars and I consider him one of my closest podiatric colleagues (Oz translation  good mate).

Why else would Bartold be looking at websites called  Zero Drop'? asics womens kayano 23 I run minimal because it works for me. We do not need to sell a product like Asics does. I do not believe that the water shoe manufacturer thought about my 15 mile jaunts while designing them. Therefore, Bartold's presence on this site and  Zero Drop' should be taken as a compliment my minimal runners that the major shoe manufacturers take us a serious threat to their philosophy: a clear win. A reader on  Zero Drop' asks Bartold why he can run barefoot with his double axes neurological vertigo but cannot take a step in Asics without falling over.