To all the athletic "sneaker" shoe salesman out there I must apologize.... I am truly sorry for being such a pain in the ass! If you see me in your store it is probably better to just avoid me. Maybe it is that I have a running shoe fetish or maybe it is that I am hard to please, but it takes me forever to settle on the right set of new "kicks" and I am still on a quest for the elusive pair of perfect running shoes.
Since I am a self-proclaimed "Shoe Geek" I try on different running shoes just for fun and every time I do I find something wrong with each pair of shoes from a technical perspective. I quiz shoe sales people and listen to them spout about supination/pronation, cushioning, stability, motion control, insoles, podiatry, etc. and, they assume that I don't know jack about buying a pair of shoes....then I end up lecturing them about how much they don't know about running shoes and their industry.
Just this last week at Forward Motion in Danville (full disclaimer - probably the best running specialty shop in the Bay Area which I have spent easily over $5000+ at) I got into it with a sales person who gave me a "holier than thou" monologue about running shoes that work and don't work for certain shoe types and injuries. In the end we agreed to disagree and settled on a difference of opinion, but I still feel like I got the better of the argument. Guess its just my philosophy is radical compared to most about running shoes that has changed and doesn't match up to mainstream.
Currently my shoe recommendations (for the record)....
Newton Running Shoes - For trainers
Nike Waffle Racers - For the Track
Inov-8 - For Trail Running
The jury is still on Vibram's Five Fingers - They just look funny!
Want my thoughts? Ask me what I think of your shoes!
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