Xander's Inverse

10 good reasons to run in PECH shoes (Pronation control and/or Elevated Cushioned Heel).
Indeed, we will recommend to a certain percentage of runners to wear PECH shoes. There are 3 criterias the runner should meet for this recommendation:

1- I’ve been running with the same shoes for more than a year and I’m completely adapted to these (I run on a regular basis).
2- I’m never injured
3- I have no interests in improving my performances.

This corresponds to less than 10% of all runners.
Another 1% of the running population should also wear this type of shoe for its high heel, its stiffness, its absorbing features, its capacity to unload pressure points, etc. The special conditions to justify this choice are:

4- I have an acute pain condition (less than a month) of the posterior chain (calf, Achilles tendon, posterior tibia, plantar fascia).
5- I have metatarsalgia or chronic fat pad syndrome (talalgia) that doesn’t react to conservative treatment and tissue adaptation approach.
6- I’m an advanced diabetic and show important peripheral neuropathies.
7- I’m a trail runner who runs night ultra-trails and when I run overnight I am unable to see the landforms and biomechanically protect myself with proper mechanics.
8- I’ve had a trauma that resulted to an extremely rare pathological foot, for example a complex fracture (badly consolidated) of a metatarsal bone with plantar angulation or also a surgical fixation of the hallux metatarsophalangeal joint.
9- I’ve had a neurological paralysis significantly affecting the triceps surae.
10- I’m an Eskimo that runs on sharp ice chunks at a -40 degrees Celsius (-40 degrees Farenheit).

In conclusion, a majority of runners should NOT wear PECH running shoes (wear more minimalistic shoes instead). In fact, do you have any reasonable arguments other than « I paid too much to get rid of them » or « I’m psychologically attached to their color »?

-http://www.therunningclinic.ca/blog/2012/01/10-bonnes-raisons-de-courir-en-grosses-chaussures-10-good-reasons-to-run-in-big-bulky-shoes-2/