Well.. To start off with a bit of a background story:
I've been a cyclist for the last couple of years, and have built quite the endurance from that sport. I've participated in lots of mountainbike marathons (e.g. 100km, >3000hm) on a competitive level resulting in some decent top segment finishes. Road cycling in that way is also not new to me. However, due to a knee injury I was temporarily unable (may-november) to do anything cycle or run specific in 2014. During that period I decided I would try a new kind of challenge and perform what was essentially one of my boyhood's dreams. I signed up for the Embrunman which is held on the 15th of august.
And after returning back to serious training in December I have been able to train consistently in the pool, on the bike and running. Mind you, although I did have a cycling background, I practically started from ground up with running and swimming. Currently my goals on cycling are doing fine to my opinion. Swimming is still drastically improving every week (ah, good things about being new to the sport) and running is also going well. The problem is, since I'm new to both running and swimming, I lack a lot of knowledge on materials and technique. I was therefore hoping to find my answer here.
Then for the main question as stated in the topic title, I managed to up my kilometres from as little as 5 to now being able to run some 25km relatively comfortably at a 4:50min/km pace without too much fatigue. Yesterday I performed my first 30km long run with some serious hills (i.e. >400hm). I am a midfoot runner with a neutral/really mild overpronation. All of my previous kilometres have been on the Saucony Omni 11 shoe which to my knowledge is a really 'supportive' ride. Since they are now really starting to wear out, I'm looking for new shoes. However, I think I should make a transition to a little more 'responsive' or 'fast' shoe while still supportive since I'm not the most experienced runner and definitely do not want to try out my luck injury-wise.
I did some research and found that the hoka shoes, scott T2 and/or adidas energyboost/ultraboost could be possible options.
What do you guys think about this with my background in consideration? Will they be suitable for me or are there other shoes that would be more fitting? And will these kind of shoes require a huge alteration of my current running technique and distance?
Hopefully you guys, as more experienced runners, will be able to give me some advice and help me.
I've been a cyclist for the last couple of years, and have built quite the endurance from that sport. I've participated in lots of mountainbike marathons (e.g. 100km, >3000hm) on a competitive level resulting in some decent top segment finishes. Road cycling in that way is also not new to me. However, due to a knee injury I was temporarily unable (may-november) to do anything cycle or run specific in 2014. During that period I decided I would try a new kind of challenge and perform what was essentially one of my boyhood's dreams. I signed up for the Embrunman which is held on the 15th of august.
And after returning back to serious training in December I have been able to train consistently in the pool, on the bike and running. Mind you, although I did have a cycling background, I practically started from ground up with running and swimming. Currently my goals on cycling are doing fine to my opinion. Swimming is still drastically improving every week (ah, good things about being new to the sport) and running is also going well. The problem is, since I'm new to both running and swimming, I lack a lot of knowledge on materials and technique. I was therefore hoping to find my answer here.
Then for the main question as stated in the topic title, I managed to up my kilometres from as little as 5 to now being able to run some 25km relatively comfortably at a 4:50min/km pace without too much fatigue. Yesterday I performed my first 30km long run with some serious hills (i.e. >400hm). I am a midfoot runner with a neutral/really mild overpronation. All of my previous kilometres have been on the Saucony Omni 11 shoe which to my knowledge is a really 'supportive' ride. Since they are now really starting to wear out, I'm looking for new shoes. However, I think I should make a transition to a little more 'responsive' or 'fast' shoe while still supportive since I'm not the most experienced runner and definitely do not want to try out my luck injury-wise.
I did some research and found that the hoka shoes, scott T2 and/or adidas energyboost/ultraboost could be possible options.
What do you guys think about this with my background in consideration? Will they be suitable for me or are there other shoes that would be more fitting? And will these kind of shoes require a huge alteration of my current running technique and distance?
Hopefully you guys, as more experienced runners, will be able to give me some advice and help me.