Quote Originally Posted by Joshua View Post
Learning to throw with spikes was a whole new world. I had to really think long and hard about foot placement because once you're spiked, you have no room for adjustment. Too narrow and you aren't stable... too wide and your hammer bottoms out. I might skip using my spikes in competition tomorrow until I've been able to perfect throwing in them, or at the very least I'll just wear one spike on my right foot.
I've been so worried about knees and ankles that I've shied away from blades. I finally made a decent one, and bolted it to my right boot and tried that. It was OK, but it didn't create any miracles of distance, and I will still worried about my knees after a few serious cranks.

I'd say...and this is repeating the common wisdom, that you won't see any change in distance until you've practiced with them for about 6 weeks, so I'd agree....no point in wearing them tomorrow.