I needed some new running shoes! My Reebok Ultra IIIs were ready to be retired. I have some Nike trail running shoes that stil have some life in them. They will probably not make it to the ultramarathon that I have scheduled in July. I was not overly impressed with the $100+ Reeboks. I have been just as happy with $50 trail running shoes. I actually wore trail running shoes in the Las Vegas Marathon. I am scheduled to run the Buffalo Marathon in less than two weeks. So I wanted to get some new shoes so that I could break them in.
I stopped in to Dicks Sporting Goods to see what they had on sale. I have always liked Nike, so I headed to that section. They had some Nike Air Max Conceal trail running shoes priced at $59.99. These were the cheapest of the Nike running shoes. After waiting to get help, I asked to try the green Air Max Conceals in sized 12. The guy disappeared for about 5 minutes before reappearing and telling me they didn’t have the green ones in size 12. I looked at some other shoes, including some Aasics that were on sale for $49.99. But I needed to go teach a karate class so I didn’t have time to look any more. After class, I came back to the store. They were going to be closing shortly. I asked about the Aasics. These were on clearance. The guy looked and said they didn’t have them in size 12. They have them in size 13, but that was just too big. I asked about the orange Nike Air Max Conceal’s in size 12. The guy went and looked, and they actually had them! I tried them on, and they were reasonable comfortable. I ran around the tiny track they have, and they felt good. I bought them. I think there was some sort of tax free thing as tax was under 4%.
I wore my new Nikes for my 20 minute jog tonight. They were confortable. They seem to have nice cushion in the heel. I will wait to see how they are for longer, faster runs.

Posted by Rob in Running on May 14th, 2007 |