That just seems like a lot of money to me, and unless you are a pro (where you would get the shoes for free), what do you gain spending that much more cash for shoes?
So, who spends $250 on their running shoes? Anyone here?
That just seems like a lot of money to me, and unless you are a pro (where you would get the shoes for free), what do you gain spending that much more cash for shoes?
So, who spends $250 on their running shoes? Anyone here?
Link to an article about them... shoes coming soon
http://www.si.com/edge/2017/03/07/nike-zoom-vaporfly-elite-sub-two-hour-marathon-attempt
I'll be pre-ordering them.
Sorry, but $250 is NOT a lot of money. I see lots of homeless people in my city wearing shoes more expensive than that.
At 5:00/mile they are worth 12 seconds? Hmmm.....
I drive a big booty wrote:
Sorry, but $250 is NOT a lot of money. I see lots of homeless people in my city wearing shoes more expensive than that.
Yes, it is a lot of money for shoes. Am I out of touch? I only buy my shoes on sale and last years model, so I never spend more than maybe $80. So, honestly, people will pay $250 for a pair of runners that will last at most about 4 months???
Yes you're out of touch - I'm going to buy them- I'm dying to try them.
I drive a big booty wrote:
Sorry, but $250 is NOT a lot of money. I see lots of homeless people in my city wearing shoes more expensive than that.
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are you joking? wrote:
I drive a big booty wrote:Sorry, but $250 is NOT a lot of money. I see lots of homeless people in my city wearing shoes more expensive than that.
Yes, it is a lot of money for shoes. Am I out of touch? I only buy my shoes on sale and last years model, so I never spend more than maybe $80. So, honestly, people will pay $250 for a pair of runners that will last at most about 4 months???
Yes. 300 dollar shoes have been out there for about 30 years and those were shoes with no technology.
Adidas also came up with some computerized shoe that was hundreds of dollars about 12 years ago.
Who would spend $12K for a bicycle? Many, many people.
Majority of runners fall in a high income category and have the ability to spend $250 for a piece of gear.
After trying way too many shoes, I've finally decided that Adidas are the best shoe for me. But I will likely buy a pair of Vaporfly's. I'm curious. Plus, Amy Cragg wore them at the trials and she had a breakthrough performance.
Demographics wrote:
Who would spend $12K for a bicycle? Many, many people.
Majority of runners fall in a high income category and have the ability to spend $250 for a piece of gear.
After trying way too many shoes, I've finally decided that Adidas are the best shoe for me. But I will likely buy a pair of Vaporfly's. I'm curious. Plus, Amy Cragg wore them at the trials and she had a breakthrough performance.
I easily have the ability to pay 250 for a pair of shoes, but never would. (Unless some medical need requires it.)
If the shoe actually cut 4% off my time, I would certainly buy a pair for $250.00. That would mean a mid 16 guy or gal would magically start running high 15's.
Lol what does 4% even mean? Maybe on an individual basis, but these shoes won't be tailored for any of you. Only Kipchoge and perhaps the others in the race. You guys are going to drop 250 on a gimmick. These shoes are ridiculous, and maybe they work. I'm not willing to spend 250 when 250 could get me three pairs of something else.
douchelin^3 wrote:
Lol what does 4% even mean? Maybe on an individual basis, but these shoes won't be tailored for any of you. Only Kipchoge and perhaps the others in the race. You guys are going to drop 250 on a gimmick. These shoes are ridiculous, and maybe they work. I'm not willing to spend 250 when 250 could get me three pairs of something else.
I can afford $250 shoes, but I also just wouldn't buy them (except maybe when they go on sale). I have never had a pair of shoes from which I would attribute an advance in performance that was due solely to the shoe. There is no one shoe that I think I can put on and I will suddenly be 4% faster as compared to any other shoe out there. Some shoes work better/feel better for me than others, but that's about it.
However, I do want to try them, because I like trying new shoes. So I can see me buying a pair on sale at some point or at least trying them on in the store.
Bart Hersey wrote:
Yes. 300 dollar shoes have been out there for about 30 years and those were shoes with no technology.
Adidas also came up with some computerized shoe that was hundreds of dollars about 12 years ago.
I'm mostly wondering if "serious" runners pay for that much for shoes? I admit that it's not fair of me, but I think of stuff like this being worn by sponsored athletes and rich hobby joggers who can afford it and are more concerned with how they "look" than actually being a good runner. Or maybe, forget the term hobby jogger, and say I would think high mileage runners, who go through shoes quickly, would know that spending and extra $170 for their shoes isn't going to do anything except make them an extra $170 out of pocket.
But, perhaps after all these years I could have been 4% faster if I'd just spent more money on shoes?
milethon wrote:
If the shoe actually cut 4% off my time, I would certainly buy a pair for $250.00. That would mean a mid 16 guy or gal would magically start running high 15's.
Yeah, 4% off my 5k time would be a 45 second PR. I'd definitely pay $250 for that!
$250 shoes wrote: So, who spends $250 on their running shoes? Anyone here?
I wouldn't. But after you buy them, I'll take a dump in them. How about that for a deal?
The tech on these shoes may help some people but I agree for running shoes they're pretty steep. I play soccer also and most of my soccer cleats are about $200 which is typical to top-level soccer cleats, though the soft-ground cleats with removal studs and some of Nike's cleats that have the sock-liner run around $300. As a coach, in both soccer and track, I urge my athletes to buy the shoes which actually fit them well—that's far more imperative than fancy tech. I myself have a very narrow heel and several models of running shoes and several models of soccer cleats allow my heal to slip so no matter their tech, price, or hype, those won't work for me.
I think we need to honestly look at marketing here. Again, in soccer, Nike drops new colorways for its cleats every three months or so. They used to do that for basketball shoes, but you see kids wearing those to school. With cleats, they're not, so it's pretty telling they can market new colorways that often. I think it's clear they're not selling them mostly to elite athletes but kids. Nike also dropped a special edition of two spikes and one distance flat last year for Penn Relays, remember that? And the special Penn JaFlys sold out. So I really think however good the tech is, this is a marketing ploy. You have someone going to run a marathon in a city where they have to travel, they're excited, they want new shoes, they're dropping serious cash on airfare and hotel already so what's $250? I think that's their main market right there.
For masters runners, these are golden. All that cushioning with the right amount of energy return. Could be a breakthrough.
Ill try em. 250 may be a lot for a pair of shoes but its not a lot of money. Id probably blow the extra money on something stupid anyways