There are plenty of choices to get your running shoes. (Thanks, Orchid)
Charlottesville Running Company - Relatively New to the Area, but I’ve heard they are good.
Downtown Athletic - Has tons of sports stuff, but not running focused. Not actually Downtown.
Ragged Mountain Running Shop- The oldest player in town. Very good!
Did I miss anywhere?
Where do you get your running shoes?
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So we can’t be trusted with the “other” option in polls now? I see.
Running shoes? I rob home schoolers during their recess.
New Balance is a popular option here in town.
I usually sort through last year’s models at DSW. Sorry, local shops. Yer too expensive.
Buying running shoes would require that I get out of bed, right?
Also, I wear size 15, so helllllllllllo Internets!
I got mine at CRC, was happy with them.. didn’t know jack about running shoes, and they guided me through what I would need without trying to take advantage of me.
/disclaimer: they are a cvssc sponsor
Downtown Athletic (1946), Ragged Mountain (1982). I really like the Lorenzonis, but they aren’t the oldest player in town. I’m with Gobbler at DSW, well, not actually with Gobbler, but you get the idea.
If you’re comparing just the price of running shoes, then Ragged Mountain is more expensive than a ton of discount retailers. You get a lot more than running shoes at Ragged Mountain though. They look at the wear patterns on your old shoes, do a gait analysis, and really make sure that you have the best shoes for your feet.
I have a lot of affection for them, because quite frankly, they changed my life. I’m a severe over-pronator, and I would get severe back pain if I were standing up at shows for longer than ten minutes. The inserts they gave me made it all go away.
My general strategy has been to go there for every other or every third pair of shoes, which is about once a year. Then I get online and buy another pair or two of the same shoes for cheaper. It’s worked out well for me.
I wait until I need enough stuff to justify a trip to Ye Olde Shopping Outlet Mall of Williamsburg. They have an awesome Saucony outlet (the only brand my infuriatingly picky feet will deign to wear). Scored a regularly $80 pair for under $20 a couple of months ago. Sure, it makes no sense to burn the gas to get way out there for just the shoes, but if you’re going anyway the savings rack up.
There is a Women’s specific running store in town I just can’t remember the name right now.
Running is for losers. Boo.
Sorry, added the add your own choice option.. thought I had that enabled!
You were right. I can’t be trusted.
I still order from Road Runner Sports, just as I have for more than 10 years. I guess I could go to the New Balance store, but whatever.
Do you not think it should be homeschooled… the parents being the schoolers.
/Stanley went off for a quick piss and asked me to stand in as his grammar bitch.
The “home schooled’s” shoes don’t fit me. The “home schoolers” are adults, and often are a nice match.
/gah! I’m getting sucked back in!
Be careful….getting sucked back in is a Class 6 Felony.
YOU checked out and got sucked back in.
/you have the right to remain silent…
How do home schooled kids in Charlottesville or the surrounding areas play football or field hockey in high school? I can’t imagine having had my mom and dad teach me Physics or Geometry! Ragged Mountain is the only place I’d go.
i’m not even new here and the home-schooling joke is confusing me.
also, let’s not ignore rack room shoes. not for running shoes really, but for footwear in general. they always have a good sale, and some very reputable brands in there.
What about prom? How do they lose their cherry? ….
Fuck Parlie you sound sober
yeah, i got fired from my job as a degenerate alcoholic and started work as a boring blog commenter. it’s not rewarding or funny at all, but at least i’m not pushing the envelope any more!
started work as a boring blog commenter
As a seasoned pro, I offer you this little secret: you can drink on the job!
thanks thor (& anoop & chad for actually being helpful!) but @1 is the reason there’s no point to giving something its own article…
Snark attack…. get Chief Brody to close all the beaches.
If you wanted to actually be fitted for a running shoe with expert advice, go to RMRS or CRC.
CRC tends to gear more toward trail and ultra running. Both stores do gait analysis and they can recommend the best shoe for you. The people at both know what they’re talking about,and can also help you with dealing with injuries or other running issues.
The only problem with Ragged Mountain is that most of their advice-givers are like 15 years old. Not to say they don’t know their stuff, it just hurts my self-esteem. And I can’t have that.
You have a hebephillic foot fetish too, KCB?
You sure do have a big vocabulary for such a crybaby.
You sure do have a big vocabulary for such a crybaby.
Size isn’t everything.
So am I your new mark? Hee hee hee, this should be fun. Bring it.
/you owe me that hundred gobbler…
Yep. Check your email.
Well rats, you win, smartypants. I really thought I could do better. I guess I shoulda known better than to mess with “she who rides in thor’s chariot”. Guess I’ll go sit with the other kids you ran off this site. But before I go, I would like to express my affection for everyone here, including you… so in that context, would that be “lub” or “luh”? Either way, thanks for the infotainment.
/gud day, sirs and madams
kwik! Stop that SOB! Too late, he runt off… Lawdy, I surely iz enjoyin’ today’s lowbrow innertainment on the ol’ Spunky Bear bloggy-poo.
The other kids I ran off the site? Well good riddance ya pussies.
@ 34 Nice. Ever wonder why some folks lurk?
@35: Because they got picked on in school, and never developed the self-confidence to be able to brush off nonsense comments like 34?
Haha good one E-dawg. I love this whole “shenanigans is so mean, she scares everyone away” crap. I am never mean to anyone unless they attack me first. And I joke A LOT. Sweet baby jeezus, welcome to the Internet.
My, my. Poor little lurkers are SENSITIVE today! Let’s entice them out into the open and ridicule them mercilessly. Lurky, Lurky, Lurky! Lurky is a fatso!
(All you facile, poncy regulars with the impressive wits and vocabularies and NOTHING INTERESTING TO SAY TODAY please look the other way while I try to offend some fat lurkers into offering us some decent sport.)
LMAO in a really mean anti-lurker way. Not. So where are Lurkers 1-71?
Oh, nevermind, gotta go. Peace mofos. I lub you.
All you facile, poncy regulars
I resemble that remark.
in my opinion, the custom fitting of shoes is overrated. for years i was told to run in these heavy clunkers to accommodate my stride and foot shape. i finally had enough of it and switched to lightweight road racers and i’m kicking myself for not doing it sooner.
switching from one to the other all at once could result in some injuries, but if you make a slow transition i wager you’d be fine.
that said, i get mine online, or pick up any old flats on clearance wherever i see them.
Well that makes excellent fiscal sense since you need to buy 2 pairs.
@42
not sure if you’re responding to my post or not. if so, you don’t need to buy two pairs. you just buy the one new pair and use whatever your current pair is during the transition period.
<whisper>I think the implication was that a rat would walk on all fours, rat.</whisper>
@43 I was alluding to the fact that you are allegedly a rodent, hence the need for 2 pairs. However if you have been taught to scurry on your little back legs exclusively then you could be considered to be a missing link in the evolutionary ladder. Avoid the Biochemistry labs at UVa… they will have a slice of your ass in the DNA sequencer before you can say
eek-eek.
there you are….
oh…good one
Hey Stanley…. how’s life in the hood tonite bro’… LMAO
/Thinking of opening a kevlar underwear store on the Downtown Mall
Kevlar Underwear……Safely discharge in any situation……
/sorry
48: It’s quiet here tonight, but my roommates are watching Law & Order , so it’s just like real crime is going on in my living room. zOMG.