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Hope you fine people can help me,

Recently joined a gym and have mainly doing cardio. Running there & back treadmill etc and need some decent running shoes.


I worked in a sports shop for over 2 years so know what kind of stuff i'm looking for, can anyone recommend anywhere to get them cheap either online or an actual shop.

Anything has to be better than the shite Hi Techs i'm currently wearing...

www.prodirectrunning.com have a sale on

www.directrunning.co.uk i bought some saucony's from here and they're amazing compared to the cheap new balance i had before

Try sports direct as they do a good range of Asics running shoes & on the website they normally have some good deals on last pairs.

All depends on how serious you are at taking this running malarky. If you buy cheap ones they can ruin you. I'd buy from a proper running shop if you are serious, as they advise trainers on how you run.

Asics are some of the best. I wear Nike shox.

Go to a decent running shop and most have a treadmill where they can test what type of trainers are best for you by how you run.

Agree with Sippo here, I've had cheap running shoes and they messed up my knees.  Shop in old town trainers are not cheap but they do make sure you get the right ones.

The Big Adveture Store in West Swindon have custom fitting on site. Not cheap though.

If you are going to run seriously get yourself to a proper running shop for a fitting. You will pay more but it is worth it.

Agree on this - go to Run Swindon in Old Town, avoid the Big Adventure place.

Are you getting them for march 3rd, because according to some nasty oxford people whether you are a shirter or not you are going to need them

As long as you don't wear them with fucking jeans to a nightclub or something.

Can't believe some people at my uni actually do it. Running/gym trainers WITH jeans.

Americans do this. They look ridiculous!

Just got a decent pair of New Balance's cheap on

the top link that Bennett posted.

I look forward to wearing them with jeans to my local oceana soon!

Cheers all.

wiggle.co.uk

dont use wiggle
spent 60quid on a "new" pair of trainers from them last month when received canvas on trainers was fine but the soles were all gritty like someone had been running in them charged me £2.50 to return but i did eat the free bag of haribo that they sent with the shoes.

I purchased from here instead www.SportsShoes.com

After reading this thread I went out & bought some Nike downshift 4 runners Fromm jjb reduced to £35, they tried to sell me some in souls for £20 as well, I thought there's no chance I'm buying them.. After putting them in though I was completely sold; I'm walking around the living room now to wear them in a bit, it's like walking on uncooked jelly cubes

Going to do the Thamesdown road run tonight

hope they tried to sell you some waterproofer too.

The amount of that stuff I had to try and sell was insane.

No they didn't bother, I guess I don't look like the type to go running in the rain

Asics Gel trainers are the best trainers i have had for running and just bought a new pair the other week. They may be a bit more costly than others but they are worth it.

Nothing wrong with wiggle - great shop and good returns policy

TBH chaps if you are going to run any sort of distance then you really need to be fitted properly to avoid injury issues. There lots of different issues effecting how your foot lands, rolls and then lifts and if your shoes don't give you the correct footfall then they will be doing you more harm than good.

Also the life expectancy of a pair of running shoes is 12-18 months or 300-500 miles and then they need replacing.