track shoes for road racing?

umm, sure. Sounds like a great plan. If that doesn't work out for you, maybe look into a XC flat without spike receptacles instead. They're generally pretty cheap if that's what you're concerned about.

Flats are not that much more expensive than spikes. Especially if you do "all" road racing, then just save until you can buy a pair of flats. Check Eastbay for discounts on older models, Holabird has good prices too.

Buy the track shoes, but remove the plate installed for the spikes. It's been done.

Also, protest to the ASICS people to bring back the old

G-9 racing flat.

The Nike Streak XC is only 60 bucks. It's a great flat and looks pretty snazy too.

need shoes wrote:

I do all road racing but flats are soo much more expensive then track shoes.

Where do you get that notion? Are you thinking of racing flats like the Katana and DS-Racer? You can get xc flats for anywhere from $20 to $70, depending the type and where you buy. Not only are some of them pretty decent for road races, they are a lot more versatile than any other kind of shoe.

Or really low-ball it and find some street shoes you can run in. That's how H Streets got so popular. They were cheap street versions of the Puma Harambee, and somebody found that they were good training flats. Puma finally had to discontinue them because they were cannibalizing sales of their "serious" flats.

Part of it goes to age, weight, distance, etc. A light woman can use a Nike Free, but with a Nike Air, gets too much rebound and may reduce times, esp. trying to keep them tied.

Heavier runners need more cushion to keep from injury, so chose carefully, and don't be afraid to switch between a training shoe and a race shoe, if you know how they both perform.

Watch the weight. Distance doesn't need spikes or spike threads. If it's over 800m, get different shoes if you have been running in track spikes.