How Profeet can make your marathon a better experience

Running a marathon is a huge challenge but also a huge achievement. Ensuring the best possible experience requires more than just training and determination. From selecting the right footwear to fine-tuning your biomechanics, even the smallest detail can impact your performance, comfort level, and recovery.

Fortunately, Profeet specialises in helping runners tune-up their race-day experience through a process of advanced analysis techniques, custom insoles and shoe fitting. Here’s how Profeet can help make your marathon experience smoother, faster, and more enjoyable:

The importance of wearing the right running shoes

One of the most important aspects of marathon preparation is ensuring that you’re wearing the right footwear in the first place. Running in shoes that suit your biomechanical profile, foot shape and arch height and that provide the right amount of support, will give you the best chance – and help prevent a host of issues, from blisters to longer-term injuries.

Maximise your performance with 3D Motion analysis

For runners looking to upgrade their performance, Profeet’s 3D Motion Lab provides cutting-edge tracking to hone running efficiency. Using high-tech motion capture, we assess movement patterns in depth, offering insights into stride mechanics, foot placement, and posture. This allows for precise adjustments that can improve running economy and reduce wasted energy – critical factors when aiming for a marathon PB.

Marathon training places a particular strain on the body, and biomechanical imbalances can lead to common running injuries. Identifying these issues early on can help prevent: IT band syndrome, medial knee pain, shin splints, and even arch collapse, as highlighted by recent research on the effects of long-distance running on foot structure.

A new study reveals that marathon running can reduce foot arch height, as well as induce damage to extrinsic foot muscles, which connect the lower leg and foot.

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The added benefits of custom insoles

Custom insoles are a real game-changer for marathon runners, offering a solution that enhances comfort and reduces strain on the feet. Profeet’s insoles are designed to provide: shock absorption, support, stability, guidance and propulsion in varying measures and as needed.

How custom insoles support recovery

Recovering from a marathon is just as important as preparing for one. Custom insoles can play a crucial role in reducing post-race aches and pains and promoting faster healing. A study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine found that custom foot orthotics significantly reduced pain and improved function in athletes recovering from lower limb injuries.

Five hundred questionnaires were distributed to long-distance runners who had used, or who were using orthotic shoe inserts for symptomatic relief of lower extremity complaints. Of the runners responding, 262 (75.5%) reported complete resolution or great improvement of their symptoms.

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Profeet’s insoles help distribute weight evenly, reducing pressure on sore muscles and joints. This support allows runners to safely return to training sooner and with a lower risk of re-injury.

Take your marathon to the next level

So, as you can see, whether you’re training for your first marathon or aiming for a new personal best, Profeet’s expert services can help make your race-day a much better experience. By addressing footwear choice, checking out your biomechanics and investing in custom insoles you can maximise performance while simultaneously reducing discomfort and injury risk.

Choose Profeet custom fitted footwear, and you’ll not only cross the finish line but enjoy every step along the way!

To book your Profeet Signature Assessment with custom insoles, call 020 7736 0046 or book online