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16 years ago 08/01/2007 7:45am EDT

I used to be a fanatical golfer. Couldn't pass a pro shop without stopping in to "take a look around." Always bought something. One pro shop, I remember the owner's face lighting up every time I walked in the door cause he knew I'd be buying something. I was like an annuity that paid weekly. Golfers are nuts about equipment and you can't have enough 3 woods, putters, etc. In the trade we're called club whores (or Ho's), always trying something new.

Now I'm back into running and find myself shoe Hoing a lot. What the heck, I'm not spending money on fairway woods and $60 a box golf balls so I gotta buy something. Latest purchase was a pair of NB 857s, cause like I needed another pair of shoes to go along with the Mizuno Legends (2 pair), Brooks Adremelines, Sauc Hurricaines (8 and 9) and Sauc Grid Stabils. Now I'm thinking about Hoing another pair of Asics Foundation VIIs.

Anyone else have a shoe buying habit?

16 years ago 08/01/2007 8:01am EDT

re: Ninetonite

If you aren't running 100+ miles a week and wearing those shoes out then you are a loser. Go back to the linx you spoiled yuppie and leave the running to people who care about improving and not buying a sweatshops worth of shoes!

16 years ago 08/01/2007 8:46am EDT

re: Ninetonite

Yeah and whatever store is selling you your shoes doesn't know what they are doing. They are selling you into both the stability and motion control category. They're probably thrilled taking your money however.

16 years ago 08/01/2007 10:10am EDT

re: Shoe geek

I run a lot and manage a shoe store. You can cross over lines with shoes from heavy stability to motion control. They'res more than one thing that works for a person. I wear neutral shoes on shorter runs when I forefoot strike and stability shoes on longer runs when I do the marathon shuffle heel strike.

16 years ago 08/01/2007 10:20am EDT

re: Philip West

16 years ago 08/01/2007 10:22am EDT

re: 2 Pairs Man

Yeah you loser. You are obviously a loser because you can afford more stuff than you need. What a loser.

I'm not jealous. Because you're a loser.

I can't afford sh(t, but I'm a real runner, and that makes me superior to you, you yuppie loser.

Oh, and my superiority allows me to define what you need and what is excess of what you need. Loser.

16 years ago 08/02/2007 11:27am EDT

re: Jealous Real Runner

Uh, you arsehole I have a 34:30 10km best and I've cracked 4:00 for 1500m a few times. I'm not a loser but you're a hacker, both on and off the links. Dickhead.

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