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I went to Endurance sports. Had to have my fly new kicks looked at. You see, I bought these sale rack Avias from DSW the other day and they were killing my feet. Apparently in the sport of distance running, healthy feet are a key to success. The Avia’s had this fancy pancy cantilever system. They looked like this:

So I took them to Endurance Guy. He took one look at the shoes and said something about the leaning tower of Pisa. He pointed out that the Avias had no inside support. That was causing the blistering on the insides of my feet and the sore knees. Wow. SO he had me walk barefoot. Then run with my old Saucony’s. Funny side story, I tried the exact model and size of my old Saucony’s and they fidnt dit! Strange. I thought.

Back to the Endurance Guy, I ran for him in my old shoes so he could judge my stride. Short. Slow. Enough said. He brought out some shoes and I tried two or three different ones. Each time trying them out on his world famous testing track. In the end I got a pair of these bad puppies.

With these I immediately felt relief. The feet are happy. The knees are happy. Endurance Guy set me up with a size 10 Double E. He says an extra 1/2 inch is mandatory in the toe and I am a double EE wide if he has ever seen one.

The world is now a better place. I still sport some blue retro, vintage, old school basket ball shorts to run in, under armor sleeveless t and wicking sleeveless t over the UA. Its all good.

Apparently if the feet are happy, the calves, knees and quads are happy. We’ll test that with an uphill battle this weekend.