Sep 3, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min · 16 segments
You have to make a choice and stick with it for the rest of your running life: Plated or Unplated, Tights or Shorts, Music or Silence, High Rep or Low Rep lifting, Roads or Trails, High or Low…
The level of layers I can back myself up here when I say this is going to be profound.
And I know the biggest advantage on race day is going to be in a super shoe, either super critical foam and or carbon plate.
And I hate to say it, but half of these carbon plated shoes paired with their super critical foam save my legs more than non-super shoes.
Yes, it's a bit of a potential advantage, but I actually feel less beat up in the right super shoe than I do in like a super trainer or a standard shoe.
Uh, as I've mostly been running in super shoes, probably three out of my five runs a week.
And this PF situation is plantar fasciitis situation, which sounds like the oldest sort of injury.
Like if there's a name that sounds very unappealing, plantar fasciitis has the ickiest feels for me.
Um, I have found that I can get away running in Nike Alpha Fly 3s, and my heel hurts less after I run in that shoe than if I run in something else.
And so for all of those reasons, I have not dealt with calf and Achilles issues.
I have not dealt with any overuse injuries that you could point a finger at a plated shoe.
The level of layers I can back myself up here when I say this is going to be profound.
And I know the biggest advantage on race day is going to be in a super shoe, either super critical foam and or carbon plate.
And I hate to say it, but half of these carbon plated shoes paired with their super critical foam save my legs more than non-super shoes.
Yes, it's a bit of a potential advantage, but I actually feel less beat up in the right super shoe than I do in like a super trainer or a standard shoe.
Uh, as I've mostly been running in super shoes, probably three out of my five runs a week.
And this PF situation is plantar fasciitis situation, which sounds like the oldest sort of injury.
Like if there's a name that sounds very unappealing, plantar fasciitis has the ickiest feels for me.
Um, I have found that I can get away running in Nike Alpha Fly 3s, and my heel hurts less after I run in that shoe than if I run in something else.
And so for all of those reasons, I have not dealt with calf and Achilles issues.
I have not dealt with any overuse injuries that you could point a finger at a plated shoe.
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