Grippy Running shoes

King Kelly

Completly new to this running lark so excuse my ignorance!

I am a regular club cyclist (Leisure and local racing), 40+ and want to keep active over the winter. I normaly just ride on a couple of hours on Sat and Sun until the long evenings come back in.

I want to try running a couple of nights a week but find the road to be really hard on the joints so have been doing laps of a local GAA training field. Problem is I keep slipping and sliding on the wet grass. Are there grippy or off road running shoes available? or should I just use football boots? Intend doing 30/45mins 2 or 3 nights a week.

Thanks guys

copacetic

you could get a pair of trail shoes but they will still be a bit slippy on wet grass, but better than normal shoes. If the grass is short enough they may be ok. Football boots won't be great for your joints if the road is tough on them. I run on grass some evenings in normal runners and usually don't find it too slippy in normal shoes, are you sprinting around? May be easier to slow down a bit?

thirtyfoot

I do a fair bit on grass, both jogging and higher tempo stuff. Have no problems with slipping except on inclines/declines on a wet day and I use ordinary asics. I have a pair of Saloman mountain shoes, very lightweight and all that and they didn't give me any extra grip on a wet day on grass when I tried them during the summer.

You could try running spikes but they ain't the best for long runs as the support isn't as good as runner shoes.

Almost all runners from social to elite will do their grass runs in running shoes.

damianmckeever

We do off road invov8 shoes which would have an aggresive grip on them. As the above posters have mentioned most people will use a road running shoe for doing their grass runs unless it's really poor terrain you may want to look at a complete off road shoe. I'd probabaly stay away from football boots if possible there is no support and little cushioning in them.