How much $$ do you invest into running each year?

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21 years ago 10/19/2002 7:17am EDT

2 pairs of runners= $200

1 pair of flats= $50

2 pairs of spikes=$150 (one xc/one track)

1 club registration fee=$225(covers coaching/entry fees/trans + accomodation for meets/singlet)

food on out of town trips= $20/day (15 days average per year) = $300

injuries/physio= $40/visit x 3 visits on average= $120

shorts/tshirts/tights/etc= $200

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Total= $1245 in Canadian funds

These are all estimates....- Anything I am missing? What do you guys spend on average?

21 years ago 10/19/2002 7:39am EDT

re: Runna

I'm too lazy to figure what I spend each year running but I imagine we spend a lot less dough than athletes in other sports. I know a cyclist who spent over 6 thousand on a couple of decent racing bikes. Makes me happy to be a runner.

21 years ago 10/19/2002 12:01pm EDT

re: Runna

Estimate for 2002:

3 pairs of training shoes: $350

Club/association registrations: $85

Facility fees: $220

Transportation to decent facilities: $200

Shorts and stuff: $60

That's $915 Canadian.

Factor in: time I could have been working but was running instead: $5000

Tuition and fees to run college track: $39 000 US/$62000Cdn

(Of course, I didn't go to college JUST to run.)

21 years ago 10/19/2002 12:06pm EDT

re: du-can

ZERO.

But who knows if somebody here is spending extra grand per month for that illegal substance.

*wanders*

21 years ago 10/19/2002 7:53pm EDT

re: sevatonic

Impossible! 1/2 a pair of shoes. 10 hours a week when I could be working - $200 NZD avg? Food! Yeah, heaps of food - carbos - $100 a week! $300 bucks a week ... with no injuries.

Time is money and fitness.

Yeah, I like that ... Time is money and fitness.

21 years ago 10/19/2002 10:31pm EDT

re: trainer

That what sponsors are for.

To be honest, carbo food is much cheaper than protein-loaded food. You know that body builders are athletes that spend the most bucks on food. If they're canibals, they can eat a human being perday (or maybe two). Their food and supplement cost alone can kill you overnight.

So our U$200 per pair shoes per 2-3 months, U$100-300 food/week are nothing to shout about.

karangasem.

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