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Glued Insoles are Annoying

Most running shoes have removable insoles since everyone's feet are different.  The exception seems to be (1) inexpensive shoes -- to potentially reduce costs and (2) high-end lightweight racers -- to reduce weight.  I have been able to run in these shoes without needing my aftermarket insole but haven't run longer distances for fear of creating problems for my feet.  Today, I decided to take the insole out of my Razor 3.  I want to use these shoes for more distances beyond 10K and there is little arch support in the glued insole.  Slowly removing them was not too difficult, but I needed to take a screwdriver to the "glued" on foam that stayed in the shoe to make the interior flat.  This worked well and I am trying my different remaining aftermarket and OEM insoles.  Normal insoles seem to weight .5 to .6 oz.  The heaviest insole was an ortholite insole at 1 oz.  The removed insole weighed about .3 oz.  That said, I will likely do this adjustment to my Reebok Forever Energy shoes.  I won't touch my Nike Vaporfly though. 

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