bennytheroach
Rookie
- Oct 30, 2021
- 39
- 114
- AFL Club
- Sydney
I think I need some new shoes. That's about 700km hard walking. I had a look at the running thread on lifestyle board and it freaked me out.
Up until now I've bought shoes on the basis that I'll try them on in store and if they seem to fit OK and I can walk around in them I'll spend the $100 or whatever and live with the choice. Best shoes I've ever had were Asics Gel Torana 2, replaced with Gel Torana 3 which were shitful in comparison. The forget-which-model Asics above were bought at DFO a while back and sat in a box until being resurrected last October.
Right now I'm doing about 4.5km daily on rough gravel and the balance on concrete, making the transition from walking to intermittent running, and will shortly be doing running on grass. My running is pretty ugly and involves heavy heel striking until I yell at myself to lift my feet.
Is it worth going to somewhere like Athlete's Foot (forgive me, I don't know any better) to get shoes properly fitted and spend $$$? Or go to Rebel and ask for budget cross-trainers plus a pair more suited to grass running/agility?