Good article on running footwear

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1170253/The-painful-truth-trainers-Are-expensive-running-shoes-waste-money.html

Arthur Lydiard: “Shoes that let your foot function like you’re barefoot – they’re the shoes for me.’ “

I injured my achilles last year running, I partially blame the thick ‘training’ running shoes which any shoe shop will sell sometime who is just starting to run (the excessive cushioning means your heel sinks down into the shoe stretching out the tendon).