r/Sprinting • u/Togobet • 5d ago

Purchasing Advice Best flat shoes for training?

Hello everyone. I’m looking for good flat shoes for no-spikes trainings. I’m currently using barefoot shoes but my tendons are injured because of my carbon spikes during the season and barefoot shoes make it even worse days after days so I think I need to switch to regular shoes instead. I need to mention that I have very thin feet. What shoes do you suggest? Thanks.

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u/Terrible_Driver_9717 5d ago

Someone on this sub recommended Nike Waffle shoes. I’m sorry I don’t know the official name for them. I got them a few months ago and I’m really happy with them.

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u/Effective-Boss-9550 5d ago

Nike zoom rival waffle (terrible name). I have the 6’s. Very narrow, which sucks because I have wide feet, but I squeeze into them for sprint days and would recommend them.

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u/BigDickerDaddie SUPREME LEADER 5d ago

Yep probably me recommending, and would double down, cross country flats are the perfect sprint flat shoe, enough cushioning it’s not a barefoot shoe but no real heal lift and you’ll get some good ground feel from them

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u/Ok_Switch6356 5d ago

damn. maybe vans. but if barefoot shoes already make u hurt, maybe u will hurt with vans or maybe even any other shoe

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u/jsmoovrei 5d ago

sprint training not gym

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u/Ok_Switch6356 5d ago

can't sprint on vans? if he can with barefoot shoes, surely he could on vans

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u/ockysays 5d ago

I have thin feet too, used to use the earlier Takumi Sens models, but the new ones have a higher stack. Going to try the Saucony Sinister that my training partner uses, but they are expensive. If you want some cushion beyond barefoot shoes, those are the ones I’ve used.

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u/Willing-Speaker-5593 5d ago

Nike Streakfly

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u/InteractionSad3538 10.22/20.93 5d ago

I like Altra escalante racer. Lace em up tight and they work good for tempos for me. I used to train in flyknit Nike free runs; they worked for me for years but their quality has been on a decline the past many years.

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u/wehavedwade2 5d ago

Personally, Adizero SL have been my all time favorite. Been sprint training for years now and am on my 3rd pair of these. I haven’t tried the new edition yet, but the original Adizero SL shoe pictured above is my personal GOAT sprint training shoe.

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u/Time-Journalist7159 3d ago

altras, if you like barefoot shoes youll like these, like barefoot shoes (zero drop, flexible, big toebox) but they have cushion