How much do you pay for training shoes (not for races) and how long do they last?
Do you think shoe prices have increased disproportionately over the last few decades?
How much do you pay for training shoes (not for races) and how long do they last?
Do you think shoe prices have increased disproportionately over the last few decades?
120 $
600 miles.
less than $100. I accomplish this by looking for sales on last year's models whenever a new model comes out. For instance, I was able to nab $90 Endorphin speed ones on sale with my wife's discount at Eastbay. Also using gift cards to running stores I win at races. It has become much more difficult to stay under the $100 threshold as prices have gone up quite a bit, even on discount shoes, in the past 2-3 years. recovery clunkers last 600+ and I rotate 3-4 pair and run 80-90 MPW.
As a runner, I can go up to $250, keeping its comfort and flexibility in mind!
$50-60 at most. My local Nike outlet frequently has shoes for $39 that have just been outdated by some other shoes. I also look for new shoes on ebay. I've also run an awful lot in Crocs, which can be pretty cheap.
Oddly enough, the first response was exactly my answer for training shoe max price.
Running warehouse used to have awesome deals, but now the discount codes don’t work for certain manufacturers
Also UPS has gotten slower so the 2 day air free shipping not as quick anymore
Is this post from 2015??? When was the last time you bought a pair of shoes? Prices have sky rocketed since 2016 Last time I found shoes this cheep was a pair of sketches Go Runs for $36
under $40. They're not going to last long anyway. I have gotten 2-3,000 miles per shoe the past few years and indeed after a pair seems dead (usually the sole comes unglued and hot glue and/or duct tape won't hold it on), sometimes I go back to old ones with the sole still intact (maybe I dropped them because I was getting injured or the softness of the heel support was unmanageable at the time) and can get another month out of them. Recently, it has become very difficult to get a pair of new shoes for my price. Last year I got a couple of $20 NB fresh foam shoes, which were good and one pair is still working but I spent a long time and could find no sites offering legit shoes of this type. I ordered a pair that were size 10 1/2 for $29 and they turned out to be little kids' 10 1/2. So, that was disappointing. Any sites with actual clearance sales on relatively light shoes?
I want Drew Hunter's form wrote:
$50-60 at most. My local Nike outlet frequently has shoes for $39 that have just been outdated by some other shoes. I also look for new shoes on ebay. I've also run an awful lot in Crocs, which can be pretty cheap.
I'm underpaid right now so I go on eBay, knowing my size, and get out-of-style models of the current shoe slightly used for $20 to $30. It's a HUGE savings!
If I get to the point where I get a good job I'll spring for the Vaporflys or Alphaflys or whatever carbon-fiber shoe is out there. Even if used Vaporflys are out there, prices will be cheaper than new ones.
cHiHuAhUa wrote:
How much do you pay for training shoes (not for races) and how long do they last?
Do you think shoe prices have increased disproportionately over the last few decades?
I used to get mine for around $75 for the last 10 years. But now it doesn't seem possible anymore.
It's more like $90 or more for the last years models I buy.
I have the impression that the manufacturers themselves figured out to sell the old models for a higher price on their own websites.
I’m getting older and shoes cost far less than doctors visits and physical therapy. I’ll buy whatever shoes feel the best and seem to best protect me from injury, of which I have plenty.
PB4WEGO wrote:
Is this post from 2015??? When was the last time you bought a pair of shoes? Prices have sky rocketed since 2016 Last time I found shoes this cheep was a pair of sketches Go Runs for $36
I look at a Skechers outlet, a Nike Outlet, at Ross Dress for Less, and at Nordstrom. Nordstrom, especially, sometimes has crazy shoes there. Earlier this week, mine had the Nike Triple Jump Elite 2 for $48 - and I briefly considered giving the triple jump a try.
They've had Adidas Bostons off and on for the past year or two, Hokas every so often, and the Nike Winflo and Downshifter all the time. I was actually running in the Winflo for a while, then I'd sell them on eBay for more than I paid. My kick-around shoes are Merrell something-or-others I picked up last Spring at Ross, I think they were $18 or something.
I've been running exclusively on dirt all year, and have been wearing Atreyu that I was getting on the $50 subscription system, re-directing each month to another family member until I wanted a new pair, and also in Crocs that I found on ebay for $28.
I don't run many miles any more, but the Atreyus and Crocs are both fifty times better than anything I wore in the 80s , 90s and 00s, so I don't really care if there's something "better" out there. In the odd event I show for a 5K, which happens more than I'd like to admit, I wear an early Skechers Hyperburst shoe I got for under $50 some time back. For technical trails, which I hike more than I run, I wear NB Nitrels which I got at Ross for a whopping $30.
I buy my shoes at the Brooks Outlet store in Bothell, WA.
Usually I wait for their twice yearly "truck load" sale. It used to be in the parking lot of their old store. Now it's been moved to a middle school. That was until Covid-19 struck. Nothing going on for two years now. Generally pay around $40-$60 at the sales. I find a pair that I like I usually buy 2-3 pair.
You run in Crocs - as in the normal style ones?
The price I like is 'under $70'. There used to be a lot of options in outlet stores, like Nike Pegasus 3-4 generations back. Hardly the case anymore. This year I'm only able to get NB Beacon and Nike Winflo at this price, which are 'cheap' shoes in their respective lineups. Although I like Beacons a lot.
I don't buy 'regular' shoes at full price, but the corporations have successfully created a niche for 'more advanced trainers' like Pegasus Turbo or more recent Hoka Bondi X. Sometimes the advertised features appeal to me and I buy those at their full, expensive price. I also have a bit more shoes than I need for my training. Sometimes I feel guilty for making it harder for more thrifty runners but most of the time I hardly give a rat's ass. I like nice running shoes.
letsrun, where we all make 300k, yet put 2000 miles onto $40 shoes
for daily trainers, i rotate between 2 pairs of shoes, usually one of them is the latest hoka clifton purchased at or near retail price, the other one is usually a previous-gen nike from an outlook. i usually get between 400-600 miles on a pair of shoes. hokas noticeably lose their bounce quicker than the nikes.
for racing shoes, i am a borderline hypebeast and have more shoes than i could possibly race in.
snowdays wrote:
outlook
outlet* - this is what i get for posting during work hours
snowdays wrote:
letsrun, where we all make 300k, yet put 2000 miles onto $40 shoes
Lol, yeah sometimes I wonder why I'm so different than all of these 2000 mile per pair of shoe runners. I'm lucky if I get 400-450 on a pair of Nimbus and no way would I go beyond 300 in a pair of flimsy flats.