Shoe Wear Pattern
Over the past few months, I have noticed that my running shoes, Asics DS Trainer Lites, have been excessively worn on the outside edges of the shoe. In fact, I have completely worn out the tread in the mid-foot area on the outside edge in 125 miles. I purchased a new pair over the weekend and as I suspected, the outside edge got the most wear during this AM run.
Interesting part is that I am an over-pronator with horrible flat feet. I have prescriptive orthotics from a orthotics provider that has my foot in a neutral position... except at foot-strike when running. I have replaced the prescriptive orthotics with some SuperFeet OTC orthotics that are less supportive and I am still supinating the same amount according to my training partner and video evidence. There does not seem to be any ankle roll inward and I *feel* like my foot on recovery stroke is tight and in a rigid, supinating position prior to foot-fall. Does that make any sense?
I was wondering if you guys and gals have any thoughts?
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If I read the description of your foot wear correctly (midfoot, outside wear...meaning near the "ball" of your pinkie toes I think), perhaps what is going on is that your gait is more or less correct but your orthotic is making the shoe land at a funny angle.
I am far from an expert at this, but I wanted to toss that out there...
Maybe get back to your podiatrist for a re-look at the situation?
That said, the direction I went was not to experiment with less support OTC things as much as experiment with nothing (beyond what was in the shoe) but for short distances. started with 20-30 min brick runs, and worked up from there.