Hi,
Not Cathe here. I've always wore crosstrainers, but I recently tried Nike Shox Turbo 9 Running shoes and I have to say they are awesome for walking around, step, and kickboxing, and HiiT type of workouts. Oddly enough I tried them running on my treadmill and they are not good for running, talk about irony. What made me want to try Nike Shox is that I've read comments from people with knee pain and even some that have had their podiatrist recommend them. So, I thought I'd check them out for myself. I've been having knee pain for about six months or more and its due to my knees not tracking properly causing minicus tendon pain. So, I tried the Nike Shox and its like there never was knee pain ever, can you say Heaven!!!
. Now for running, I reach for my Asics Gel 2140's because I need a stability shoe for that and I'm a overpronator. I found that the Nike's seemed to be a bit more narrow for my average width foot and had to go up a half size for them to fit right. The Nike Shox are a cushioning running shoe, so it seems I need the cushioning for my knees for regular Cathe workouts type of thing and for walking around. The Asics are stability shoes and keep my feet running more flat rather than running on the outside of my feet.
In conclusion both are running shoes but worlds apart in form and function it all depends on your individual foot needs and comfort.
I've noticed that crosstrainers are becoming few and far between these days. Some are called crosstrainers but they really are running shoes and not for crosstraining and lateral support. It seems that running shoes seem to be very prevalent now. I learned about what kind of shoe I needed from runnersworld.com they had some really great info there. So, if your wondering about running shoes that's a good place to check out for the info.
I hope that helps
Hugs!
Nora
