the amazing $14.95 Avia shoe (sold at...W-mart)

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  • San Marcos Mike

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    7 years ago 11/28/2016 6:51pm EST

    Letsrunners:

    No joking or trolling here. Lately I have been trending on the Avia running shoes that are $14.95 at walmart. Not only are they 8.8 ounces for a size 12, but I have dropped PRs with them that were unheard of for me before:

    this year alone:

    1/2 marathon previous PR: 1:46:13...this year 1:41:10

    10K PR: 45:16 this year 43:04

    8K cc course PR 35:34 this year: 33:52

    So, honestly, why pay over $100. I pay $14.95 for a shoe that lasts me between 4-5 months of training plus racing.

    This is my recommended shoe.

  • foghorhleghorn

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    7 years ago 11/28/2016 7:17pm EST
    re: San Marcos Mike

    Amen, I say, I say, Amen to you!

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    Kvothe

    Member since 12/04/2008.

    7,697 posts. Last post 16 hours ago.
    7 years ago 11/28/2016 8:41pm EST
    re: San Marcos Mike
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZWXPrfjkWg

  • Super cushion fan.....

    Anonymous Poster

    7 years ago 11/28/2016 9:01pm EST
    re: kvothe

    A few years ago a guy started running I think because his daughter joined the track or xc team. He got good pretty fast and progressed to running 100 mile weeks.

    He did most of his training in Wal-Mart shower shoes you could buy for like 4 bucks a pair.

    wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&wl13=1448&adid=22222222227030264367&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=t&wl3=51132868232&wl4=pla-104340924992&wl5=9015013&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=40686493&wl13=1448&veh=sem

  • MeHereYouWhere?!

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    7 years ago 11/28/2016 9:22pm EST
    re: Super cushion fan.....

    Yes, a legit post to an amazon link where the shoe is unavailable. Hmmmmm...

  • Subway Surfers Addiction

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    7 years ago 11/28/2016 9:31pm EST
    re: kvothe

    Nice link, those shoes he tried on were rubbish, they are at Kmart down here. The Avias at Walmart are terrible. I got a pair of NB Boracay's size 11 for $US32 three days ago and I got a pair of Adidas Supernova Sequence 7 Boosts size 11.5 for $US26. Now, they are a bargain.

  • San Marcos Mike

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    7 years ago 11/29/2016 6:16pm EST
    re: kvothe

    I found this to be an interesting video link.

    However, here are some pictures of me wearing that exact same model of shoe (in a blue and gray style) as I ran 4 different 5Ks in a 20K event in Carlsbad in 2014.

    http://www.marathonfoto.com/Proofs?PIN=43U066&LastName=ROUSE

    As a result, I am not sure if can agree with the person in this video as the shoes served me well in training and over the course of 14 miles that day....(close to 2 miles of total warm-up plus 12.4 miles (3.1 X 4 races)

    you be the judge

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