Srbphoto
climber
Kennewick wa
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Nov 21, 2012 - 07:46am PT
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Best shoe? No such thing. No one can recommend a specific shoe without seeing your feet and watching you run. Don't spend a load of money unless it truly is the best shoe for you. Sometimes the $70 shoe is much better for an individual than the $150 shoe. Sometimes it is the opposite.
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sullly
Trad climber
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Nov 21, 2012 - 07:47am PT
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I worked in a running store for a year BITD. I'd go to a specialty running store where the clerk can watch you run. She'll look at your foot strike, whether you pronate or supinate and at your body weight. I prefer Sauconey and Asics myself.
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Cragman
Trad climber
June Lake, California....via the Damascus Road
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 21, 2012 - 07:53am PT
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I'll be in Reno next week and will check in with the running shoe department at Scheels and also go to Eclipse. Thanks for the info, all!
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Dave Kos
Trad climber
Temecula
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Nov 21, 2012 - 07:54am PT
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The best answer you will find here is the answer that tells you that you cannot find the best answer here.
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Nov 21, 2012 - 07:55am PT
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Oh yeah, Marathons, Black Belt in Karate, Mount Everest, what other life goal do you want to buy? You can take a crash course in marathon training, supposedly in 3 months off the couch you can do it. Also for your first marathon, there is actually a downhill marathon in Pennsylvania.
The Pike's Peak one looks hard, the most scenic one looks like the Mt Rushmore marathon, or maybe the rim to rim in the grand canyon. I'm just name dropping, I never could go 26 miles and get injured every time I try to train for that.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Nov 21, 2012 - 07:58am PT
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All good goals, but certainly seem weird when pushed through a climbers filter @.@
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Cragman
Trad climber
June Lake, California....via the Damascus Road
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 21, 2012 - 07:59am PT
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Not interested in "buying" a marathon, 10k, 5k...or any of that. Just want to begin a running training regimen, and want a decent shoe.
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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Nov 21, 2012 - 08:13am PT
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The barefoot/minimalist fad is bs. Going running right now on the WST near Auburn and will be wearing Hoka One One Bondi B's. Great shoe for road or trail, and for running right after long races I wear the Hoka Mafates. Everyone else is right too though, try lots, and find some you like...
Jaybro edit: Jay, I checked out your 48 everests on Ultrasignup. Nice running man!
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Nov 21, 2012 - 08:14am PT
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What I meant by that was, a fringe sport/activity that is the arena of extreme discipline that gets marketed to the masses, for all the wrong reasons.
Being a black belt, climbing Everest, doing a marathon - rock climbing. I started off in a gym during the gym climbing craze, and was the typical gumby climber. There are shitloads of gumby marathoners, everest summitters and black belts who got into it for weird reasons (or the wrong reasons altogether) but tons of people are like me, who discover what those sports really are and what they really can give to my life and improve it. Just like rock climbing for GDavis, maybe a marathon for a soccer mom in Tallahasee can be that enlightening experience of ennui.
Don't mean a buncha dorks aren't riding a bandwagon and I can't hate on it a lil bit ;D
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Nov 21, 2012 - 08:26am PT
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I thought that was what you meant G. Sorta like racquetball was in the 70's or triathons in the 80's....
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Nov 21, 2012 - 08:28am PT
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For men, I've heard Brooks Beast...as someone has mentioned.
However, I would recommend go to a running specific store and get fitted specifically to you. I've run alot all my life and could fit myself. ONce I hit 50, game off, my feet had changed alot, and shoes I would not have even considered were recommended by a fitter. Couldn't believe the difference, I could run again!
You may wish to consider different trail shoes than pavement shoes if you are running on both. And oh yeah, my newest toy....a reasonably priced GPS watch. I've always run with a heart rate monitor but decided to go even more high tech. They've come down in price as gadgets always do!
Run on,
Susan
Garmin Forerunner 110...great price, good reviews.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Nov 21, 2012 - 08:34am PT
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I'm not a runner, but get it vicariously as my little brothers been going nuts on it. He's run marathons on every continent (yes, including Antarctica) - has run about 30 this year so far, and is on track to have run one in every state including Boston and NY. He's not a spring chicken at over 50 years old now, and says that the first one was the hardest. He'll fly out and do back to back marathons on a weekend in 2 different states, fly back and be a work Monday and still workout in the evenings at 24 hour fitness with me. He's in Cuba running one now but will be back for Thanksgiving. He may be back now. Crazy.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 21, 2012 - 08:35am PT
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Abebe Bikila won the 1960 Rome Olympics Marathon running barefoot....have you considered that option?
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Nov 21, 2012 - 08:49am PT
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NO donini, barefoot running is just BS. No one ran before EVA.
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Cragman
Trad climber
June Lake, California....via the Damascus Road
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 21, 2012 - 08:50am PT
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I don't go barefoot at home...let alone running outside!
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sullly
Trad climber
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Nov 21, 2012 - 08:54am PT
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Donini, barefoot Zola Budd caused Mary Decker to fall in another Olympics. So much for barefoot running.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Nov 21, 2012 - 08:55am PT
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Makes ya tuff, fer ice climbin' !
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krahmes
Social climber
Stumptown
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Nov 21, 2012 - 09:06am PT
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There's a spectrum of variation in runner gait and stride so at the end of the day it is what works for you. For mixed trails and some pavement I run in a La Sportiva Wildcat (REI). For just trails I worked myself down to the Montrail Rouge Racer. As my body been able to take up the slack to a more minimal shoe (Racer) I've come to prefer it; but when I started back up running alot in 2011, I preferred the Wildcat. You might want to ease yourself into a minimal shoe alternating days between a more classic supported shoe.
If you are just going to run on pavement (and given that you live in Mammoth-I'd ask why) there's ton's of shoe choices. Currently have a pair of Muzuno but I don't know if I prferer that to Brooks or New Balance.
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