Did I buy the wrong shoes?

I have high arches as well, and supinate too - I have an neutral shoe. Maybe go back and just ask a different salesperson? My local running store (well, the closest one to me - this is DC, so I have a lot of options) seems to have a mix of people who really know what they're talking about and folks who just needed a part time job.

Not an expert or long-time runner. But I see posts on here all the time that are stressing how a good shoe fit is important. Always good to double-check I suppose, rather than develop injuries down the road.

Just don't wear them outside yet, in case the store won't let you return them if you do.

I learned the hard way that a reputable running shop's staff is invaluable when selecting the right shoe, but everyone is different, and as luck would have it, I was an anomaly. I have no arches but only mildly pronate, and was fitted in an Asics motion control/stability trainer and was told that they would take some getting used to, despite them feeling like they had no cushioning whatsoever. I took them on several indoor treadmill runs of varying distances with increasing, not decreasing discomfort, so I returned them, and went through several more pairs of stability shoes because that's what I was supposed to be wearing, but continued to be plagued with knee and shin pain. I became fed up, tried on a plush neutral, cushioned shoes (Asics Nimbus) and fell in love with the comfort. I've been wearing the Nimbus series for 2 years with NO pain ever. 

Reputable, knowledgeable advice is great but is still no substitute for good 'ol fashioned trial and error.

Thanks for all the replies.  The shoe I bought is the Omni 7 moderate, should have included that.  What worried me is that it is not listed when I use Saucony's shoe advisor.  I'm probably overthinking it...I do that.

I vote for that. 

Just go run for a while and see how they work.

I have never ran in the Omni, but I do run in the Saucony Paramount.

I have extremely high arches and also need a neutral shoe. The Paramount is listed as a stability shoe like the Omni, but has worked quite well. I think I am on my 5th pair.

I don't usually fancy Saucony shoes for running. I find them to be too cushiony and not responsive enough. Somehow though, the Paramount works for me and it is quite responsive. Maybe try those.

Good luck!

If you have high arches and underpronate, that's definitely the wrong show for you.

Based on what?

Based on the fact that the Saucony Omni 7 Moderate is designed for moderate overpronators.

Underpronators need cushioned shoes...that shoe is a stability shoe.

But the OP hasn't really run in them.  I'd say run in them to really determine if they are wrong or not.

See...I disagree there. The shoes may fit great, and they may even feel good running. But underpronators need a very specific type of shoe...namely, one with little to no support.

Let's talk about biomechanics...

Normal, or neutral feet pronate on impact...that's a good thing. As you strike, your arch collapses(pronation) and that flexion absorbs a good bit of the impact force. Too much is a good thing, of course. But in the case of high-arched underpronators, very little if any of that flexion (pronation) occurs. So instead of absorbing that impact force through arch flexion, it's absorbed more in your knees and hips.

Think of it like this: imagine jumping off of a table. What would you do? Flex your knees to absorb the impact, right? Now...imagine jumping off of that table with your knees locked. Frightening, yeah?

That's what happens with every foot strike in an underpronator. So, to counter that inflexibility, you need a shoe that encourages every bit of natural flexion you can get (so no stability devices) and provides extra cusioning to absorb the impact that your arches aren't.

So...specifically about the Saucony Omni 7 moderate. Take a look at the medial aspect of the shoe here (you'll need to use the 360 view tool):

Omni 7 Moderate

Notice the grey material in the midsole? That's a medial post, made of dense EVA. It's designed to prevent your foot from rolling inward--pronating. And that's *exactly* what underpronators *don't* need in their shoes. Underpronators want to eek out every last bit of pronation they can.

So, in sum, that shoe may feel fine at first. But after a month in it, the hip and knee pain starts. And maybe you get some medial-tibial stress syndrome (shin splints) to boot.

I'm more curious as to how the OP knows he supinates "a bit".  Where did this information come from?

I am well aware of the biomechanics of running.  I am also well aware that people get things wrong.  So it's very difficult to definitively say that a specific shoe is wrong for someone.  You can make a gneralized point, which is fine, but without seeing the person run, we know very little about what's going on.

It's entirely possible the store got it wrong.  But they actually looked at the person; we did not.  Hence the reason I ask what you are basing your definitive answer on.  Considering we don't know what "supinate a bit" actually means, it's hard to say exactly what shoes are going to work.  Especially considering the fact that shoe companies are notorious for interchanging terms and labels.  What one company calls mild support, another calls it something completely different.

I hear ya...I was going on the supposition that the OP underpronates.

My first post in this thread was prefaced with "If..."