I'm a washed up old fart (distance running-wise), but I've been able to get out on the track a couple days/week and do some 400m training. I'm hoping to nut out and beat my old high school PR of 54 at some open meet. Problem is, I gave away all my old spikes. They were distance spikes anyway.
So where can I get some solid spikes that are pretty cheap? 400m/800m spikes preferably.
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I would go to eBay for the Nike Zoom Victory. They sell them there, and for rather cheap prices. I have bought over 10 pairs and not one time have I had an issue. Knock on wood. I have bought them for like $35.00.
The Nike Zoom Rival has been a good bargain spike for at least 15 years. I would go with the sprint model.
SMJO wrote:
The Nike Zoom Rival has been a good bargain spike for at least 15 years. I would go with the sprint model.
I would suggest that the OP get the style of spike to which he is accustomed. If he always has worn sprint spikes, the rival S is a good suggestion. However, if he is more distance oriented, I'd go with the rival MD instead.
They will be less aggressive and more appropriate for the pace of a 54 second quarter and training, but still more aggressive than distance spikes. This will be especially useful if he is concerned about injury as a masters athlete and also nice if he wants to run the 800 in them.
You don't need super aggressive spikes to run a quarter. In high school, I ran 50 flat in kennedies.
No man, that shoe is garbage. The one shoe the guy talked about, Victory, is a great shoe. I checked on eBay and you can get them rather cheap!
The rival is garbage? World Championships have been won in them.
I have a pair that I have worn for near ten years of use and they are still in one piece,
They are the sprint model and I have worn them for 400-5k and done PBs at every distance.
SMJO wrote:
The rival is garbage? World Championships have been won in them.
I have a pair that I have worn for near ten years of use and they are still in one piece,
They are the sprint model and I have worn them for 400-5k and done PBs at every distance.
What World Championships have been won in them? You don't see the Kenyans or any other ass-kickers wearing Rivals, you see them wearing Nike Victory, Matumbo, or Mambas!
Amy Mbacke Thiam of Senegal won the 2001 400m in a sweet pair of fluorescent Rivals.
The OP won't even be running as fast as she did so what the Kenyans are wearing is irrelevant.
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