Mike Orlando has worked as a bear biologist for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for more than 20 years and has been involved in his fair share of encounters with bears. It comes with the territory of his job.

Do you run or even wish you could run? Is running painful? Do you wish you could run without pain? As a runner and friend of many who would answer yes to the previous questions, my experience is that most often this pain is brought on by bad shoes or lack of flexibility from stretching. I sought the advice of experts to help us understand a little more about shoes in the adjacent article.

There are many struggles people face when it comes to getting ready to run, but one of the most common is shoes. Whether it’s deciding on which brand, what support level, where to buy them or when to replace them, there are a lot of questions surrounding the running shoe.