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What Shoe is Right For Me?

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Wearing the right shoe makes all the difference. The problem is figuring out which shoe is the right one for me. Time to do some research and figure out what my feet need to walk comfortably and safely given who I am. One of the most common thing suggested is to look at a worn out pair of shoes and look at the soles. Pay attention to where the most wear is. This is a pair of my worn out comfortable shoes. The other thing I hear is that I need to know my gait, my pronation. What? REI has a lot of information about that. You can spend time learning all about what each thing means, how it is determined, why each is important and figure out the details of your feet. I did it, a long time ago, and now I have forgotten it. If you do not have time to figure it all out, here is a link to with a simpler questionnaire by Runner's World that will give you a starting point on shoes you should consider trying out. They are questions you can answer, height, weight, and stuff like do you...