As a side note, I am as far away from marathon running as a 5 1/2 month pregnant woman can be, but due to said fact have been looking into comfortable footwear and stumbled across the whole Vibram Five Fingers Barefoot Running movement thing.
I'm already getting my parents to ship me a pair (it's cheaper in the US than in Europe), but it does make me think - you know how obsessive compulsively I research stuff before I do it - if you run more than 3 miles a day and you're having knee problems, you might want to consider nerd-searching barefoot running, too. There's a metric shitton of debate about whether or not it solves or creates problems, especially in distance runners, but it's a bit like the raw feeding of pets debate. Some people like it and some people don't.
At any rate, they also have "in-between" non-completely-barefoot flatfooted-running shoes thrown into the debate. If you're getting running injuries I thought I'd pass that along for you... in maybe 2 or 3 months, I can also pass along for you whether the toe-shoes really are more comfortable or not, at the least.
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I'm already getting my parents to ship me a pair (it's cheaper in the US than in Europe), but it does make me think - you know how obsessive compulsively I research stuff before I do it - if you run more than 3 miles a day and you're having knee problems, you might want to consider nerd-searching barefoot running, too. There's a metric shitton of debate about whether or not it solves or creates problems, especially in distance runners, but it's a bit like the raw feeding of pets debate. Some people like it and some people don't.
At any rate, they also have "in-between" non-completely-barefoot flatfooted-running shoes thrown into the debate. If you're getting running injuries I thought I'd pass that along for you... in maybe 2 or 3 months, I can also pass along for you whether the toe-shoes really are more comfortable or not, at the least.