I won't pay more than $60 for a pair of training shoes. I usually run in Hyper-Speed IIs or Adidas RCs.
I won't pay more than $60 for a pair of training shoes. I usually run in Hyper-Speed IIs or Adidas RCs.
The uppers of my shoes always "blow out" at the pinky toe.
Alan
If you're putting 5000mi on a shoe you may consider a pair w/o a medial post. I suggest this is because as the shoe's cushioning breaks down the medial post will break down slower (in your case, the gray part of the shoe breaks down slower than the white). The reason this may be a problem is that the longer you run in the Adrenaline's the more pronation control there will be (relatively) and you're putting yourself at risk for a whole bunch of injuries.
If you feel you need the pronation control get a neutral shoe and some soft orthesis.
Runningart2004 wrote:
The uppers of my shoes always "blow out" at the pinky toe.
Alan
interesting...now, what about the outsole? won't the rubber just wear out as well?
handsome devil wrote:
I means honestly who can afford to spend a couple hundred dollars year on replacing shoes,
Most people. That's who.
I continue to run in these shoes because they feel better than anything else. I haven't had an injury since about 2001 (when I was in a new pair of Nike Air Max Triax), and the reason I haven't done extended periods of high mileage has nothing to do with my feet/legs. Here, I took pictures of my shoes:
http://i38.tinypic.com/64ihbn.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/2nkovsy.jpg
http://i33.tinypic.com/52dyef.jpg
I took shots that would show off the damage as much as possible. Pretty much the only visible wear are the holes on the right shoe (my right foot is slightly bigger than my left) where the upper has "blown out", and of course the thin soles.
I scored a pair of NB 790's for $34 in the clearance section at Sports Authority. I wear those for the trails and Adizero CS for the road. Nothing else.
The running shoes themselves are relatively cheap compared to the injuries you will suffer as a result of wearing them:
http://www.quickswood.com/my_weblog/2006/08/athletic_footwe.html#comment-125664208
Walmart $10.
haha. yeah right. i have worn every brand under the sun. i love HOKAS. i also hate following punctuation rules because hey...its 2021 and it's the internet there are NEW rules that rule the wild west.
my HOKA road running shoes (i'm a trail runner) lasted about 6 months. one problem is I wear extra wide. if I don't get extra wide it doesn't matter what size it is, they are hard to find. currently hoka.com is sold out of the SPEEDGOAT 4 in extra wide and just about everything else. I searched 6 other brands and found one extra wide pair. NOW when I use extra wide
they do last longer but LOL not three years...they will last about a year if you run 70miles a week and run on HOT DAYS. The only way your shoes would last three years is if they fit you perfectly (ie. your privileged) and you lived in a very cold climate and ran on moderate trails. Which is totally cool. Just sayin.
Since I started trail running the price of HOKAS has sky rocketed along with some other brands. Currenlty I am trying out ASICS as they are around $75. Growing up as a kid I was lucky if my parents could buy me $70 skater shoes. The good news is that as the sport grows (trail running) people will be on the market for cheaper shoes. So here's a tip from someone in the game for a long time. Go to MARSHALLS. They, before the pandemic at least, always had a cheap pair of trail shoes for about $40. Buy them and some inserts for training, then look for some cheap trail shoes online for your next race in the meantime. Now you've saved at least $50 bucks compared with $150 Hokas. Try to do this once a year.