I'd still advocate a well cushioned neutral shoe for lots of pavement running so that you run with your natural foot gate rather than get slapped into some pre determined "gait control motion", but that is just my view.

If your shoes make a loud slapping sound when they hit the ground, it usually means that you are running with poor biomechanics with respect to the interaction of your foot with the ground. This can be self generated, but is is usually amplified by the way some shoes (both motion control and stability) force your foot to function. Run down the road barefoot and I guarantee, that the interaction between foot and pavement/concrete is almost silent.

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Brooks Adrenaline GTS 5 or the new 6....If you need support but want light and fast---this shoe is it.

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I don't think you need very much cushion at all on concrete. How much harder is concrete than packed dirt anyways? Take a concrete surface, and put a few milimeters of rubber on it, and it's not so hard anymore. I'd like to see some studies that show how much rubber is required to equal the give of a packed dirt surface. I suspect it is much less than people thing.



My Nike waffle racers have a good amount of give to them, if you ask me, and they don't muck much with my gait. I run exclusively on concrete, and I don't have any pain in my knees or joints. It's all muscular from the adaptation process.

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Love the Adrenaline, great all-around trainer. Asics GT-2100 is very comparable as well, good solid shoe. For races, I'm a fan of the Brooks Racer ST

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I very well could be wrong, but I seem to remember hearing that concrete is harder on your joints than asphalt was. I was under the impression concrete was just about the worst surface to run on.

I'm aware of that.... But how does a hard surface, such as concrete or asphalt, covered in a .25 inch of rubber compare in hardness to packed dirt? That's what I'm wondering...

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I would assume it makes a considerable difference. That being said, my 5 miles this morning was on concrete.. :(

barefoot? I run all the time on concrete or asphalt, but I also have a .25 inch of rubber between my feet and the road, which seems like plenty of cushioning for me.

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