Trainers

[Wonny]

HI,

Starting C5k tomorrow morning but need some running shoes, any suggestions?

Many thanks

[ButtercupKid Graduate]

Check out running shops in your area - most folk here will recommend you go for gait analysis and choose your shoes accordingly, and a specialist running shop should be able to give you the best advice. If they turn out to be stuck up and unhelpful, try a different one. If you give some clues on here as to the general area where you live, folk will come back with recommendations. All the best with it 😀

[Wonny in reply to ButtercupKid]

Will do, thanks.

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Welcome to the forum and well done on your decision.

This guide to the plan is essential reading healthunlocked.com/couchto5... and includes a link to a post about buying shoes for running.

Any suggestions for brands or model of shoes is not particularly helpful as they may be totally inappropriate for you. The only way to find out what will work for you is to have a gait analysis done at a specialist running shop.

Enjoy your journey.

[JaoJao]

For the first couple weeks you can run in your current trainers, whatever have. If by then you are moving on and making progress then you will want decent running shoes for sure. Best wishes for your journey

[Wonny]

Thanks, appreciate your time.