The races are getting more expensive too. $60 for a 5k, bonkers. Travel and accommodation for races also bonkers.
I'm ok at $150 and under. I felt pretty apprehensive on those $200 + supershoes, however we 've gone thru 10 pair from Reebok and Nike over the years. One pair of vf was destroyed after a race and was returned.
400 miles seems so little though - if you're only running 50mpw that's just eight weeks... new shoes every eight weeks?
Yep I agree - I used to pay around £5 for a 5k race.
Webbster wrote:
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.
I never keep shoes that long because I don't have to, but the way I figure this...
A shoe at 150 miles is noticeably a much better ride than a shoe at 500 miles. But the difference between a shoe at 700 miles and 1900 miles is negligible, as long as the shoe is structurally still together. So if you're not getting hurt after the shoe "dies", you can basically run in it forever.
I used to get 500-600 on shoes until I realized that regular preventive exercises, which make you a better runner, also allow you to extend the miles on shoes for months without injury. The major ones are the eccentric calf drops, squats (body weight), and step-ups and downs. I'm not claiming that I make much more than the median.
I try to spend less than $100, but it is getting hard to do.
Up to $400 Canadian including tax . When I step out of my Audi S5 , I’m 2 inches taller in my alpha flys , and at the end of the day the East Indian women dig that.
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