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I graduated in September and am regularly running. I now think I should invest in decent running shoes. I am mainly pavement running, any suggestion, I’m finding the selection baffling.

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TotalNewbie1Graduate

I went to a specialist running shop and they were so good at explaining it all to me. I was clueless. I bought Brooks Ghost 13. Extremely comfortable and I am delighted with them. Not the cheapest but also not the most expensive. The place I went weren’t remotely pushy which helped.I chose these as although there are some fabulous colours out there I wanted quite dull and plain ones. Dark grey with the tiniest bit of pink. I also only run on roads.

Happy choosing.

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IannodaTruffeMentor

This post about running shoes may give you some pointers. healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

Don't pay too much attention to other people's recommendation........we are all different and what works for them may be wholly inappropriate for you.

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Caz0601Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe

Will get gait analysis when shops reopen, just hope I don’t get pushy salesperson 🙂

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IannodaTruffeMentor in reply to Caz0601

You don't have to buy.

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