Obligatory new trainer post

[Maddee_6333]

So....

I went to Decathlon today with a friend who also runs. I REALLY needed new trainers as I had no road shoes, and no trail shoes suitable for hard packed trail.

*scuffs toe*

I came away with 2 pairs. Both off the Sale racks.

A pair of Kalenji (so Decathlon’s own brand) trail shoes for £19.99 - they won’t stay that pink for long!

And a pair of men’s ASIC Gel Surveyor 5 for £49.99

The drop on each of them is 10mm, which is higher than I generally like, but if I end up wearing the Kalenji for dog walking and the ASIC’s for walking round town? That will be fine by me.

I also bought running tights to replace the pair of mine that have a hole in the knee. I wasn’t going to bother, but that style is apparently now discontinued, and I don’t know what they’re going to be replaced with.

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Double shoe porn!

Unbelievable prices at decathlon... Nike need to see this 😂

Was it the hole in the knee bit that’s discontinued? Judging by the local high street they’re bang on trend.

[Maddee_6333 Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

I’d like to posit that Nike are produced more ‘ethically’ but-!

Ha! The hole in the knee look will never be discontinued while I am still running 👍

[skysue16 Graduate]

Very nice!

[Couchpotato2 Graduate]

Lovely! And very restrained shopping, last time I ended up with abiut 8 items...

[Maddee_6333 Graduate in reply to Couchpotato2]

I bought socks and insoles too 🤦‍♀️

[primaballerina]

Can't wait to get a new pair of running shoes one day.... but I have to go to Lisbon (3 hours from me) to get gait analysis before I do the big buy! Meanwhile my friend just gave me a pair of hardly used Nikes which will certainly help in the interim.

Thanks for sharing the pics.

[Maddee_6333 Graduate in reply to primaballerina]

That is a long journey. Hope the Nikes suit you 🤞

[Milajayne Graduate]

What do you mean by 10mm drop?

[Maddee_6333 Graduate in reply to Milajayne]

It’s the difference between the height of the sole at the heel compared to the height of the sole at the toe end of the shoe, INSIDE the shoe.

So if you were wearing flip-flops, they’d have 0 drop.

And if you were wearing a pair of 3” heels they’d be 70mm drop.