My Feet are a Science Experiment - Running Shoes

Once you know what you want, the internet helps you find it. But before that it makes you question if what you want is really what you want. I wanted a reasonable pair of running shoes, which would last 24 months. Instead, I discovered that what I really want is a extra cushioned, non-motion controlling, light durable running shoe for the underpronater / supinater with a normal arch.

I first had to take the wet test, to establish what kind of feet I have. It's a little intimidating self administering a test, with water leaking all over the place, while you stoop and try to figure out what pattern the impressions are throwing up.


The other test was the undersole study of my old shoes to show whether the instep or the outstep (??) was more worn out. When you're moderately fit & certainly overweight, all sides look pretty worn. Anyway I did manage to figure out that I am an underpronator with normal to high arch (apparently less than 10% of the popn has this affliction), and even better news that there are shoes for my kind as well. I settled on the Adidas Supernova Glide II, which is certainly an impressive name for a shoe, and bought them at a nice discount from Selection Sports (Mumbai). 

The good news is that my discovery and subsequent purchase solved a bevy of problems all at one go. The bad news is I'm out 6 grand for a running shoe, which is twice what I had planned to pay.