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RichOneday_2

becky_rtw wrote: »

Morning guys!

Wow your shoe buying process sounds quick - I just buy the ones in the nicest colour! God there's a market for nice looking trainers that just isn't fufilled at the moment.

No offense Rich but BMI 30! Are you made of muscle or something!?!

Speaking of knees...I'm still having trouble with mine (both now) - managed the usual 3 miles this morning but not sure if I'll be able to go out again tonight... what do others do to look after theirs?

Morning Becky,

re the BMI 30 I refer to my first post on here 6 days ago (2252).

The sore knees thing - thats where the Sorbothane come in. Every time your foot hits the ground 3x your weight gets jarred up your leg and through your knee. Ouch.
Sorbothane are just insoles which take 97% of that force and redirect it out of the side of the sole - brilliant stuff.

I'd quite happily do away with the shoes (however nice they look ) and just stick the Sorbothane to my feet. lol

(Land_of)_Maz

RichOneday wrote: »

Its not as though shoes have an endorphin rating - I might take a bit longer if that was the case.

Only a man could say that!!! Of course shoes have an endorphin rating.... have you never head of Manolo Blahnik, or Christian Loubitain (sp!!)

I love shoes!!!

Although i jest about the designer shoes above, i'm more of a ShoeExpress kinda gal!

And the most expensive shoes i own are probably my new balance trainers!!

RichOneday_2

http://www.lb-sorbothane.com/

Have a look at this - I was wrong it only takes away 94.7%!

(Land_of)_Maz

<Maz goes off to google sorbothane.........>


oooops! cross post, no need! Thanks Rich!




Do you buy it direct? Or is it in the shops.......?

Oooooh have just checked, 10% back thru Quidco at Mobilis.......!!! Ever MSE me!

RichOneday_2

(Land_of)_Maz wrote: »

Only a man could say that!!! Of course shoes have an endorphin rating.... have you never head of Manolo Blahnik, or Christian Loubitain (sp!!)

I love shoes!!!

Although i jest about the designer shoes above, i'm more of a ShoeExpress kinda gal!

And the most expensive shoes i own are probably my new balance trainers!!

Now that is funny!:rotfl:

RichOneday_2

(Land_of)_Maz wrote: »

<Maz goes off to google sorbothane.........>


oooops! cross post, no need! Thanks Rich!




Do you buy it direct? Or is it in the shops.......?

Oooooh have just checked, 10% back thru Quidco at Mobilis.......!!! Ever MSE me!

I just get it at the same time as getting the shoes - but it is funny that the kids haven't a clue why someone would want to pay £15 for some shoes and then £15 for some insoles.

I've just realised I've missed a trick here - I could have set up some affiliate thing and coined it in. (maybe thats the clueless imbecile in me coming to the fore yet again lol)

beer_tins

RichOneday wrote: »

http://www.lb-sorbothane.com/

Have a look at this - I was wrong it only takes away 94.7%!

I haven't really had trouble with my knees (sometimes after football, but that's different!) but i should definitely get myself some as a preventative measure.

RichOneday_2

beinerts wrote: »

I haven't really had trouble with my knees (sometimes after football, but that's different!) but i should definitely get myself some as a preventative measure.

You should. I don't know whether you noticed on Sunday, but in most races there are loads of runners with knee strappings, ankle bandages and other paraphenalia.

If only they knew how simple the answer was.

(Land_of)_Maz

I've just bought some! Can't wait to see if it makes a difference... i got the double shock ones, as i've not got knee trouble or anything specific but i dop get hot burny soles of my feet (as well as hot sweaty but we'll gloss over that!)

I think it's actually the lining of the NB ones as it is less annoying than it used to be....

So do you rip out the exisitng insole...? Does that not weaken the shoe?

RichOneday_2

(Land_of)_Maz wrote: »

I've just bought some! Can't wait to see if it makes a difference... i got the double shock ones, as i've not got knee trouble or anything specific but i dop get hot burny soles of my feet (as well as hot sweaty but we'll gloss over that!)

I think it's actually the lining of the NB ones as it is less annoying than it used to be....

So do you rip out the exisitng insole...? Does that not weaken the shoe?

I've always used the double shock ones. Yes, rip out the existing ones, peel off the plastic coating and then position the front of the sole in place first. There's a bit of a skill to it because they're quite sticky on the underside, so ideally you want to get the positioning right first time!