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I did the same thing: I went from a Nike cushioned shoe to the 3D Grid Hurricane.  I made the mistake of not buying the shoe at a running specialty store.  I told the sales clerk that I needed a cushioned shoe.  It turns out the 3D Grid Hurricane is a motion control shoe.  The clerk obviously had no idea.  I should have read my Runner’s World shoe review. If your foot type needs a cushioned shoe and you wear a motion control shoe you’re possibly in for an injury.  I got shin splints and knee problems till I ditched the shoes.  If you don’t have a running specialty store anywhere near you, go to a podiatrist and get a recommendation on the type of shoe you should wear. I am of the opinion that the running community should come up with a standard labeling system for shoes.  When you go to buy the shoe the tag says: 1: Shape,  2: Type of last,  3: Midsole material,  4: Outsole material.  It should also have a tag that says which general category the shoe fits in   A: Motion Control, B: Stability, C:Cushioned How many beginning runners do you think give up running every year because they got injured.  They think they can’t run when really they got the wrong shoe.  The industry loses too because there went another potential customer. Let’s hear it for standard shoe labeling. Leonard – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I just bought a pair last week and have run in them 4 times now.  On each run I started out with shin pain.  I thought this was because my old Nike’s were wearing out (I’ve experienced this problem before when it’s time for me to get new shoes).  On those runs last week however, after 2 or three miles, the pain subsided.  I think this was because I warmed up and used a different stride. I decided I didn’t like the Saucony and tried to return them- but I made the mistake of buying from a big retail store so they would not allow it.  I ran an 8 miler yesterday and avoided the shin pain by using less action from the knee down and more from the hip-thigh, even in warm up.  This helped -and really the motion is closer to my warmed-up sride so maybe that’s not so bad. I had a good run and may give the shoes another chance.  They certainly have good forefoot cushioning (and I tend to be a forefoot striker)- but still feel stable. Aylin Scott Cooley Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.   USA

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I just returned mine due to an odd gate in the heal to toe transition as well as new stress in my calf area.  According to Saucony (as well as runners world & road runners), this shoe is very good for toe strikers.  I am a heal striker so I suspected that was the problem. Many people on this chat line swear by them though. So what I am saying is ….  eh….  oh no, I have no idea.  I am just typing for no apparent reason….  I must stop until I find what my point was! Let me get back to you. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I just bought a pair last week and have run in them 4 times now.  On each run I started out with shin pain.  I thought this was because my old Nike’s were wearing out (I’ve experienced this problem before when it’s time for me to get new shoes).  On those runs last week however, after 2 or three miles, the pain subsided.  I think this was because I warmed up and used a different stride.   I decided I didn’t like the Saucony and tried to return them- but I made the mistake of buying from a big retail store so they would not allow it.  I ran an 8 miler yesterday and avoided the shin pain by using less action from the knee down and more from the hip-thigh, even in warm up.  This helped -and really the motion is closer to my warmed-up sride so maybe that’s not so bad. I had a good run and may give the shoes another chance.  They certainly have good forefoot cushioning (and I tend to be a forefoot striker)- but still feel stable. Aylin Scott Cooley Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.   USA

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I just bought a pair last week and have run in them 4 times now.  On each run I started out with shin pain.  I thought this was because my old Nike’s were wearing out (I’ve experienced this problem before when it’s time for me to get new shoes).  On those runs last week however, after 2 or three miles, the pain subsided.  I think this was because I warmed up and used a different stride.   I decided I didn’t like the Saucony and tried to return them- but I made the mistake of buying from a big retail store so they would not allow it.  I ran an 8 miler yesterday and avoided the shin pain by using less action from the knee down and more from the hip-thigh, even in warm up.  This helped -and really the motion is closer to my warmed-up sride so maybe that’s not so bad.  I had a good run and may give the shoes another chance.  They certainly have good forefoot cushioning (and I tend to be a forefoot striker)- but still feel stable. Aylin Scott Cooley Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.   USA

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I just bought a pair last week and have run in them 4 times now.  On each run I started out with shin pain.  I thought this was because my old Nike’s were wearing out (I’ve experienced this problem before when it’s time for me to get new shoes).  On those runs last week however, after 2 or three miles, the pain subsided.  I think this was because I warmed up and used a different stride.   I decided I didn’t like the Saucony and tried to return them- but I made the mistake of buying from a big retail store so they would not allow it.  I ran an 8 miler yesterday and avoided the shin pain by using less action from the knee down and more from the hip-thigh, even in warm up.  This helped -and really the motion is closer to my warmed-up sride so maybe that’s not so bad.  I had a good run and may give the shoes another chance.  They certainly have good forefoot cushioning (and I tend to be a forefoot striker)- but still feel stable. Aylin Scott Cooley Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.   USA

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