Advice needed on running shoes please

[rainbowinthesky]

Hi
I went to a running shop today to get my gait checked but want to buy shoes from the internet due to being much cheaper.
They showed me a range of shoes suitable for me but it was a bit too difficult to get a pen out and start making notes for googling!

I know I have a gait that slightly goes inwards and a normal arch. They said price range of 70-90 would be fine.

Any suggestions? THinking of getting a pair of asics?

[melliebobs]

Sport direct have loads of aside on there and show you which ones or for high and low arches and some say whether they are best for over/under pronators but not all

[rainbowinthesky]

Thanks. What about brooks?

[rainbowinthesky]

Do sports direct do the gait test thing as well?

[rainbowinthesky]

Hmm, looking at the soles of my trainers shows though that the outer heel is far more worn than the inner and I cant see a difference on the wear under the front of the foot. Would that point to under pronation?

[melliebobs]

Sports Direct don't do gait analysis. Sweatshop do (lots of stores and an online shop too) Did they not tell you in the shop what you were?

[AddictedtoCrunchies]

I'd go back to the running shop and buy the ones they recommend. They're good for 400 miles which, if you go out twice a week to run 5m works out at £1 a run for an £80 pair of trainers.

You take the risk of buying a £40 pair in Sports Direct which may not fit correctly and give you blisters. Then that's £40 wasted.

I bought a pair of Brooks after having my gait tested and they're perfect. Had Asics before and they were good too.

[melliebobs]

What I was saying though is if you were told WHAT your gate is there is no reason why u couldn't go sport direct n get them from there as they tell u which ones are for which gait. Not my choice I'd rather someone tell me what I need

[BelovedCunt]

buy from the shop. i think it is fairly cheeky to go and take advice but not buy. also you need to try the shoes on. it isn't worth the risk of injury.

[rainbowinthesky]

Thanks for advice. I will go back to the shop to buy as I need to be sure it's the right one. Thanks again.

[ChippyMinton]

Buy from shop. Road test them, then buy a second identical pair online for when the first pair wear out.

[Themasterandmargaritas]

I'm with Chippy, I had my gait tested, took my usual trainers they said they were fine and I also bought a new pair through them. Since then I buy the same brand and make but just last year's model, online - much cheaper than buying the latest model and equally good.

[MayDayChild]

Hubby is physio
Said outside wear on trainers is under pronated
Hope that helps