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Andy916
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| Buzz_ wrote: | | ... still cheap, even with £150 trainers every 3 months. I keep coming back to a mate of mine who had run for years without issues in £130 shoes. When he changed to something cheaper, he ended up with physio bills that more than offset the difference! If the shoe works for you, it is worth paying for. |
Who cares about the landfill eh?! And, manufacturers tweak their latest models year on year - it can be difficult sustaining the same sort of shoe. It sounds like your mate needs more resilience 
Where's ttowel when you need him? Last I heard he was wearing 30 quid end of line shoes, pink or purple women's model for the best bargains, in his pursuit of the sub 2:30 marathon...
Personally I'll keep on with minimal shoes which can I can wear into the ground without going uneven, my coach and inspiration being a certain M55 world record holder https://olderyetfaster.com/100
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Whisk
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| Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 8:32 am Post subject: |
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| Andy916 wrote: | | Buzz_ wrote: | | ... still cheap, even with £150 trainers every 3 months. I keep coming back to a mate of mine who had run for years without issues in £130 shoes. When he changed to something cheaper, he ended up with physio bills that more than offset the difference! If the shoe works for you, it is worth paying for. |
Who cares about the landfill eh?! And, manufacturers tweak their latest models year on year - it can be difficult sustaining the same sort of shoe. It sounds like your mate needs more resilience
Where's ttowel when you need him? Last I heard he was wearing 30 quid end of line shoes, pink or purple women's model for the best bargains, in his pursuit of the sub 2:30 marathon...
Personally I'll keep on with minimal shoes which can I can wear into the ground without going uneven, my coach and inspiration being a certain M55 world record holder https://olderyetfaster.com/100 |
"HTFU and stop wasting your brass on poncey, expensive shoes". So Andy916 kills the most popular thread on TriTalk this year stone dead 
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Jorgan
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| Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 9:02 am Post subject: |
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We're mostly on the new site now anyway
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tommy060289
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| Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 11:14 am Post subject: |
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| I thought it was because it was bank holiday weekend. People only seem to come on when they should be working from what I can tell!
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Andy916
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| Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Jorgan wrote: | | We're mostly on the new site now anyway |
Aye, I realised that *after* I posted that dismissive response 
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