Running to Think

One big problem of runners who really cannot stay at home is that they have too much confidence. That's in general a good thing. But abusing of the good stuff might be threatening. When it comes to running, They I have confidence in many related things. Themselves Myself, the gloves that keep them me warm enough during a long run, the gel bags and the battery of the mp3 player in extreme cold conditions. The better the gear I use, the more I believe I will never get injured. Or, to be even more specific, the better the shoes I buy, the faster I exclude them as the principal source of my problems.
Do you recognise yourself now?

In retrospect, which is always easier to claim but not trivial enough to be excluded in the future, the problem of the posterior tibial tendon is apparently related to the type of shoes I have been wearing during some long distance running sessions.
Shoes has always been a problem indeed. One mistake I am sure many runners keep repeating consists in loving their shoes and getting attached to the same model for years. While this sounds reasonable, since if those shoes perform well there wouldn't be any reason to change, it can turn out to be harmful.
In fact, during the years runners tend to become more and more expert, their body adapts to increased milage or to a new training intensity, in many possible ways. As a consequence a model of shoes that was performing quite well some years or even months before, turns out to be less indicated, when not absolutely wrong.
In other words, heel strikers who were used to run with more protective shoes, can get damaged by the same model, after they learned how to run more on the front foot. Same happens for slight pronators who find out a way to improve their running technique.
At least, this is the most likely explanation of my last running issue.

Running happy.