Buying Trainers

[IJM1]

I’ve heard a lot about shops where they assess your gait and other factors and recommend the best running shoes for you. Is there a particularly good one in London or Cambridge? And roughly what kind of budget are we talking?

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

This post about buying shoes may help healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

Try Googling gait analysis in your area.

[IJM1 Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Thanks! Helpful!

[FurtherFaster]

I really like Runners Need - they're all over the place and I've always found their staff helpful. They have a good range of budgets too. I think my first ones were around the £60 mark

[IJM1 Graduate in reply to FurtherFaster]

Thanks for that! £60 would be doable. I have been very badly hit financially by the pandemic, so cost is an issue.

[Roxdog Graduate]

I used Runners Need and they were great.

[IJM1 Graduate in reply to Roxdog]

Thanks! Two votes for Runners Need.

[Roxdog Graduate in reply to IJM1]

You can get good shoes and at good prices. If you go for ladt year's models they're about half price, so £60 is do-able. At least running isn't an expensive activity - much cheaper than my husband's golf gear!

[Instructor57 Graduate]

'Up & Running' is also good

[Tasha99 Graduate]

You’re looking at £120 for shoes in a shop with a gait analysis .Then next time you can but then online for cheaper.

[Fionamags Graduate]

Run4it were brilliant. Gave me a gait analysis and helped me find shoes - they weren't pushing the most expensive ones either as I got ones in the sale. This was a few years ago now though - i recently bought a new pair online.

[Jools2020 Graduate]

There’s an Advance Performance in Cambridge that do gait analysis.