running shoes are way too expensive

try these - cycling, golf, boating, horse back riding, bowling, triathlon, rock climbing, traveling

Well then go to Wal-mart and get some of those $9.99 running shoes then you'll be set...

So sad, you can't even afford to get a keyboard with punctuation keys.

My current pair of shoes is a Brooks Adrenaline with ~5000 miles on them. My last pair of shoes were the same, and they're sitting in my closet with ~3000-3500 on them. Considering I'm lucky to average 50mpw over the course of a year, that's $180 I've spent on trainers in about three years, or $60/year...sixteen cents a day. Name another activity I could spend sixteen cents a day on gear for.

handsome devil? is that a Smiths reference?

LukeTheRunner wrote:

My current pair of shoes is a Brooks Adrenaline with ~5000 miles on them. My last pair of shoes were the same, and they're sitting in my closet with ~3000-3500 on them. Considering I'm lucky to average 50mpw over the course of a year, that's $180 I've spent on trainers in about three years, or $60/year...sixteen cents a day. Name another activity I could spend sixteen cents a day on gear for.

And we wonder why track gets so little coverage?

You have five thousand miles on an active pair of shoes? Do you run exclusively on grass or something?

Pics?

I'm guessing you are a yank. If so then be prepared for an increase in prices. The dollar is shafted and the oil prices have been increasing. Also the margins made by retailers and brands is much lower in the US then elsewhere in the world.

For sure you can buy some cheap crappy no name shoes but be prepared for your dreams to be haunted by all the faceless children and workers that were paid arse all to make them. Not forgetting the cheap PVC materials which polute the earth.

The days of the buy cheap and throw away society are over. Te future is like the past. Good quality, durable products that last.

abacus wrote:

You have five thousand miles on an active pair of shoes? Do you run exclusively on grass or something?

Pics?

I live in Eugene, so I do a lot of my mileage on bark, but probably 75% of my running is on asphalt.

If I can be arsed tonight I can take pictures of my shoes, if that sort of thing does it for you.

"For sure you can buy some cheap crappy no name shoes but be prepared for your dreams to be haunted by all the faceless children and workers that were paid arse all to make them. Not forgetting the cheap PVC materials which polute the earth."

Baby plastic Jesus ! You think about all of this while putting on a pair of running shoes?

I'm guessing you've never been laid and live in a cardboard box over a subway grate.

Phuk the earth .

What do you mean, "you people".

I had my last pair for 2 years, and I think this was too much, I should've changed them after 1 year or 18 months. I just went to JJB sports and bought one of the cheapest adidas pairs, it always works for me. Then again I'm a neutral runner. I don't like all that crap on shoes... I like them very simple.

Man, you (OP) must really be a shitty cheapskate. I mean, when I was in college, I didn't have that much money to work with, so I trawled the internet, local running stores, a couple of marathon Expos nearby and managed to get 6 pairs of shoes for about $250. These shoes lasted me more than a year of 80+ mile weeks, and I tend to be pretty rough on my shoes (I'm lucky to get 450 out of a pair). Just be glad you don't live in Europe, Japan, etc. A pair of Asics that goes for about $95 over here will go for $160 or more across the pond and almost $180 in Japan.

Also, to the dude with 5000+ miles on his Adrenalines- you're retarded. Go and pony up $90 bucks and get a new pair you dummy. I don't care how good you think they've been holding up, they're dead.

No kidding, maybe Luke would be able to run 100mpw in new shoes. I would be in a rush to take off those shoes after just a few miles too.

Midsole degradation flattens out around 300-500 miles. So, the midsole won't really get any worse after 300-500 miles.

Alan

I have a pair of flats - Nike Zoom Air I bought in 2001 I still run in. I paid $50 at a race expo. They're the absolute perfect shoe, curved, lightweight, & air. I don't run in them everyday, but they're in my 3 day rotation. Still in pretty good shape, I machine wash them about twice a year & they look clean.

Runningart2004 wrote:

Midsole degradation flattens out around 300-500 miles. So, the midsole won't really get any worse after 300-500 miles.

Alan

Still, wouldn't the upper eventually turn to dust after several thousand miles?

I like to get 1000 or so miles on a pair. Mizunos seem to last a lot longer than other shoes...with some Nikes I'd barely get 100-200 miles. Since I run 300-400 miles a month (less in the winter and spring) I probably get 3 pairs a year. That plus spikes and flats, which are theoretically a longer-term investment, but I've never had a pair that lasted more than one year (stolen, etc). So yeah, I may spend over $400 on shoes per year.

On everything but shoes, I look for the cheapest and most basic items. That applies to all my clothes, etc. My shoes, though, need to be perfect, since my health depends on them.

I read the other day in a book on running marathons that often the "cheap" shoes will work, I don't know if as cheap as I'm seeing walmart quoted at, but I have some fair shoes from payless shoes that didn't cost too much.