Running thread

[Manchester33]

I need some new shoes. Training for a marathon, mainly road running (I have trail shoes too). I have up to £150 to spend.

Any suggestions?

 

[gaz76]

I need some new shoes. Training for a marathon, mainly road running (I have trail shoes too). I have up to £150 to spend.

Any suggestions?

For just training in? Or actually using in the mara as well? Long run workhorse or speedster?

 

[BlueHammer85]

I need some new shoes. Training for a marathon, mainly road running (I have trail shoes too). I have up to £150 to spend.

Any suggestions?

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[Manchester33]

For just training in? Or actually using in the mara as well? Long run workhorse or speedster?

I want to train and run the marathon in them. Long run, comfortable and durable. Not so bothered about speed.

 

[gaz76]

I want to train and run the marathon in them. Long run, comfortable and durable. Not so bothered about speed.

Have a look at the asics novablasts they a decent enough all rounder for the long stuff, also the saucony speed 3 are getting a lot of good things said about them, I've had the speed 1 and 2 and they are decent.
If you want all out comfort, I do a lot of my long steady ones in the saucony triumph, they are a touch heavier than the others but you get a lot of responsive cushion and they last forever, my first pair have over 900km in them and still going

 

[gaz76]

I need some new shoes. Training for a marathon, mainly road running (I have trail shoes too). I have up to £150 to spend.

Any suggestions?

Can pick up the saucony triumphs dirt cheap if you don't go for the latest model, I have the 18 and 19 and they both good, tempted to get a pair of the 20's now as they v cheap for what they are

 

[Manchester33]

Thanks guys!

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Just read the last few pages catching up on this thread.

Bollox clogging...superb haha

 

[Paladin]

I need some new shoes. Training for a marathon, mainly road running (I have trail shoes too). I have up to £150 to spend.

Any suggestions?

One for each foot.

 

[Stuuuuuu]

I need some new shoes. Training for a marathon, mainly road running (I have trail shoes too). I have up to £150 to spend.

Any suggestions?

The thing with shoes is that we all have different feet, gait etc., so what good for one person may be shite for another.

The usual advice is to go to a specialist running shop (hopefully the guys on here can recommend one in Manchester) and try on a number of pairs to see which ones suit you best. A good shop will do a 'gait analysis' where they look at how your feet hit the ground etc. and make recommendations based on that. For example, I overpronate on my left foot so I wear trainers that give extra support.

The bad news is that you're likely to need more than one pair of trainers if you're going to train for, and run, a marathon...