Surely you have a favorite brand of sportswear and sneakers , as you think, should strictly correspond to the "outfit". You look at the color, pattern, laces, brand, and you just need to look narrowly at other things. If your jogs are localized within city landscapes (stadium, treadmills in parks with a laid out stone, tiled surface, and running along the length of the overpass), this should be sneakers for asphalt.
Do I need to buy sneakers for asphalt?
Running on the asphalt is harmful only in those cases, if you run a lot, but do not have advanced sneakers. Shoes for running on asphalt - this is not a luxury and not a show-off, but most that is a vital necessity. If you run more than twice a week, and more than 30 minutes, your footsteps and joints need thoughtful footwear with support.
In order to finally convince you of the need for running shoes for running on asphalt, we will sound some facts:
- asphalt is not depreciated (as opposed to land);
- at each "landing" on your foot "weight", 6 times higher than your body weight, "piles";
- for jogging, on average, the runner "picks" on his feet for a couple of tons.
That is, with carefree attitude towards running on asphalt, it will not bring benefits, but harm joints and feet.
General facts about the choice of sneakers
Let's start with the material. The best combination is leather and textiles. The leather frame on top will keep the shape and protect your sneakers from deformation. Textiles (tissue mesh) allow the foot to breathe, which is important during the running.
The insole should be removed, the sole - glued to the frame. If the joints are visible clots of glue, sneakers are made "tyap-lyap". The sole should be bent in half.
Secondly, running shoes should be light.
Third, the sole should be strong. Its "design" should be ribbed (anti-slip), the height under the heel - 2 cm, under the toe - 1 cm.
How to choose sneakers for asphalt?
Firstly, when you need sneakers to run on the asphalt, go to a specialized store. There you will be shown everything that there is for the "urban" race. Look, try on, find out everything as it should and go. Check the prices for the model you like in specialized (!) Online stores, you are sure to find the same at a lower price.
Secondly, the nuances. Buying running shoes for asphalt, it is not enough to know on what surface you will be engaged. It would be too easy. In expensive, good running shoes, the most important thing is the shock absorber. It is his presence that makes of a pair of sneakers "know-how", and also increases the cost.
Shock absorbers are inserted inside the soles.
Buy sneakers with the markings - Gel, Air, Wave, Grid, etc. These markings are placed in the place where the shock absorber is located - in the heel and toe zone. Some sneakers are equipped with shock absorbers on both sides, others - only from the heel. Watch for what part of the foot you land.
Then follows the choice between the two categories of sneakers - Neutral and Stability. The first are designed for people who have their feet when running in parallel, or a little inside, clumsy. The second - for those who throw their feet forward and to the side, as in ballet. To tell the truth, people with "ballet run" have carried less than all, after all their legs at run much more quickly get tired, and joints are more easily damaged. Therefore Stability sneakers and prevent abundant "eversion" of feet.
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How many asphalt shoes will you need?
It's a good question. Buy sneakers (in the plural) when you need them. Ideally, these are two pairs for a year - the first "spring-summer", the second - "autumn-winter". And it's not about the collection, but about water resistance, Gore-tex, the level of sliding on the wet and snowy roads, in the end, about the strength and preservation of heat.