Here's what a recent US DoD Survey says about 'proper footwear'; there is none.
If you search for 'CrossFit Endurance, what shoes do you wear' on Google, you get a multitude of answers.
The Huffington post has even gotten into the fray, with a podiatrist (who surely has no vested interest in shoes and insoles) giving his opinion on 'the barefoot running fad'.
We run as if our lives depend on it, becuase for some of us, someday it may.
Do not feel you must go out and buy a pair of Nike Free or Vibram Five Fingers. Although I've done both and loved them equally for different types of WODs. But the bottom line is that it doesn't matter what you wear, it matters how you run. Nature didn't lash-up styrofoam, rubber, springs or air packets to our heels to prevent injury. Chances are no amount of heel padding will prevent injury. Listen to the advice of Albert Einstein, who is among the many people much wiser than I. Don't be crazy, continuously running with a heel strike and wondering why you're beat down with injuries and fatigue. If something doesn't work, why do it over and over again?
That's not to say you shouldn't run. You should learn how to run.
As someone with a love/hate relationship with running, I have had many ups and downs. It took me many injuries and many years to find the source of all the pain. You may benefit too. Take some simple advice and learn to run properly--or don't.
Just know it has absolutely nothing to do with what you wear on your feet.
Week #2:
We'll begin an entire month of Endurance focus on 1 January with a muscular endurance fest "Bull", to remember fallen Hero Capt Brandon 'Bull' Barrett from 1/6, lost to us 5 May 2010.
Rest in peace.
I rank "Bull" up there with "Kalsu" as one of the hardest WODs I've ever done. It was a fitting way to start the new year.
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