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How can you tell when your shoes start to break down?

I ended up at Fleet Feet yesterday (where they did a good job of keeping the store empty and customers isolated from each other), tried on about 8 different shoes, surprisingly hated the new 880s (they hit my ankle bone in a way that the last version didn’t and no running shoe ever should), and I ended up with the 1080s. And I am being a responsible adult and not trying them out just yet until my IT band feels better. ????

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Thanks, Tim and Sue! This was helpful and useful for figuring out what questions I should be asking at the shoe place. We have a Fleet Feet here that actual does virtual shoe fittings. I’m unsure how that’s going to go, but I think I’ll give it a try so I can cut down on the time I would actually spend in the store. And I will definitely check out that previous post about the IT band stretches – I actually think this IT band issue can be blamed on some stupid movement choices while parenting an 18mo old that just happened to coincide with running more.
I hadn’t given much thought to the drop and what that means in terms of ergonomics. I can’t tell if I’m overthinking this or under thinking it. ????????‍♀️

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Ha! I read this yesterday and ended up needing it tonight during my workout. It worked pretty decently! Thanks, Sue!

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