I am looking for a footwear, to be used for running / jogging / walking. For your information, I am 191cm and 107kg. My shoe size is 11 US-measurement.

During the day-time, I will follow my mother and her sisters to jog in the stadium.

During the evening, I usually go walking or jogging at a park with tar-road, dirt, etc - more like training.

My question:

1. Do I need a good shoe for this - running, training?

2. Nike, Adidas, Puma, Reebok, etc, which is prefered?

3. Do I look for training footwear or running footwear?

4. Is it necessarily to get the best shoe Air Max 360 to stay in trend or does those shoe equipped with new technology is really good for your feet? Or a non-expensive Nike running shoe is fine?

5. Sometimes, when I run, I try to straigten my back as straight as possible. Sometimes, even when I cannot tahan, I push myself until my head is looking up, gasping for air. Most of the time, I end up with a pain on my left side of tummy, else my feet feels heating up and the sole of my feet is sore / pain - WHATS WRONG?


Note: Because of No.5, sole of feet pain, I asked No.4 question. Is the shoe not right for me? Or is it necessarily to get the latest shoe, helps with the legs?


Anyone who can advice, will be of great help. Thank you. Appreciated.

Presto was my favorite but I busted it after wearing for many years. At least 3 - 4 years.

Then Nike Free 5.0 was my new shoe. Wore it to Australia, walked around Australia with it. The netting near the heels tore off in Australia. I still wear it now but I find it unsuitable for the terrain I go running cause it's 'free.'

Nike Free makes me feel like not wearing shoe but it's so flimsy that if you miss a step in jungle track, it's not hard enough so you sprain easily.

I thought about Air Max 360 but too expensive and the first edition is already sold out. I am still contemplating what shoes to get.

When I was out there, I feel very light headed. I have breathing difficulties. I cannot stand it so I took a break sitting on the ground (I know it's not good to do this, ppl said, true ah?)


By the way, my activity, I wouldnt say jogging. Most of the time, I brisk walk up hill to the reservoir. Then I track the jungle. Some parts like staircases, I speed. Some parts like coming down another flight of stairs, I jumped. But there wasnt any real jogging.

Even when I go to stadium in the morning... I can only jog for 1 round. Humiliating, I know. Only age 26, but can only run 1 round!! I cannot stand taking small pace jogging, I use big pace and I am tall. Mom says I'm running, not jogging.

Jogging has too many repetitions and takes up too long. Running completes the circle just right before I run out of breathe.

I am probably dehydrated but what's hyper ventilated? My mouth was bloody dry but I cant feel my lungs. I am not exaggerating but when I run around, jump about the stairs, tracking thru the jungle - I could feel my heart pumping, real fast. I can feel it on my chest and even on my back. I am not kidding. When I came back home, laid down on the floor. I could feel my heart banging, even on my back, I could feel my back twitching. Problem is sometimes, I push myself too hard when I want something bad enough.

Back in my gym days, being overweight does not stop me from running at 12.0 speed. I didnt run that kind of speed for long but I can last a good 3 minute. My heart beat will go all the way up to 190. My friends often laughed at me saying my heart is my speedometer, sangkut corner. (like cars stuck at 180km/h). Ever since I found out it's really bad as I may just snapped anytime, I stopped.

But because of overweight, a bit a bit, my heart rate goes above 170. At first, the gym trainer taught I was hardworking, I was pushing it. Well, yes, I was pushing it but it's not because I was hardworking but rather because I'm bloody out of shape that's why even with just a little resistance, while others doing the same program has a constant 160 heart rate, mine was already 180.

I am looking into swimming now and cycling.

Woah... great idea, Jessica Alba!! I would run after her too. Anyway, I dont have a threadmill at home. Dont intend to buy one until I move house after CNY next year. Waiting for my new home to be ready.

However, my mom bought this machine that was promoted by that Big Brother Jake dude. Sorta like a skiiing machine. Paddle with two bars that goes forth and back. I think that machine is pretty pathetic and it's put in the corridor with nothing to see while my TV is in my parents room or downstairs! Argh!!

Something that fits me and I like would be sex. Heard it burns a lot of calories right? But then later, my gf might end up paralyzed so that is my last option. For now, swimming, cycling, tracking the jungle is good. Jogging, I suck. Running, I dont last too long.

I still think I need a shoe hard enough so my feet dont get twisted as I track the jungle. You know all those "akar" of the trees and grass and holes on the floors. I need a really hard shoes that can protect my feet, rather than Nike Free 5.0, made of "kain" wan.

I thought of trying to run barefoot to see if it makes my legs stronger, my feet more rough to withstand different terrain but scared poke on glass or thorns. Too much consideration. Looking for a tough-built running shoe. Probably should look for training shoes instead.

Lol... thanks for teaching me so many things; side-stitch, hyperventilated, dehydration. Thing is I dont bring water when I go cross-training cause carrying a bottle around is quite troublesome for me. Dah lar, I myself is already so heavy.

Timberland for jungle tracking. Good idea. I will check it out. So far, I was impressed by the new series from Adidas. Nike shoes are ugly these days. Since my Nike Free 5.0 tore up on me, I start to doubt it's durability.

Alrighty, thanks for your advice. I will go look into New Balance later today.

Well, I thought about going barefoot and make the sole of my feet rough and strong but it's quite impossible for me. The place I go jungle trekking is a semi-cemetery on a hill that links all the way deep into another housing area's walking park.

From my house, I go up the reservoir, detour into the jungle (with tracks), passes by quite a few cemetery to go to another housing area's taman. Well, its not scary because plenty of people walk through there every evening. I dont stay on too late as when I come back from the park, I will have to pass by the cemetery again unless I detour and make a huge round (probably 4km long) through the housing area to the mainroad.

Great example... Good things are never cheap. Cheap things are never good.

Thanks, I will keep that in mind. Really walking in the stadium is different from trekking the hills / jungle.

At the stadium, I can walk briskly and run a round or two. Max out, I can go for 10 rounds, 6 rounds before I start feeling tired. But in the hill / jungle trekking that I went, it was horrible. Much more taxing compared to the stadium.

Last few months, I used to go walking in this park on every Tues and Thurs, it wasnt half as bad even!

Thanks for your recommendations on Reebok but I have not worn a Reebok since early 90s when Reebok Pump was just out. I will look into their new models though. Thank you.

Nike koyak easily ler. I wanna try Adidas so badly now.

I dont think it's hiking la. It's a hill, with a water tanker (reservoir) on top, some plenty cemetery and a tracks all the way to the other side of the hill, there's a taman. I think crosss-training shoes are good enough for me. I am looking into Timberlands for now.

Fulamak, this one is kowkow good suggestions man! But errr... white school shoes dont have my size I think.