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#artbydmcbride
Oh Noes!!
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Cushioning
$274.99
Runners run
barefootin'
made in USA
Bill Wagnon / stl
Bugly and heavy.
Chief Unicorn Officer
That's totally ridiculous! I thought Newton's were expensive. Sheesh!
Mile 5:49 - 5K 19:58 - 10K 43:06 - HM 1:36:54
Master of the Side Eye
what the......
MTA: that is crazy!
TRUST THE PROCESS
That is really, really interesting. 90/270 = 33%. I cannot be outraged since I will go on buying shoes. But, man, is that really how little we pay overseas laborers?
"If you have the fire, run..." -John Climacus
Not sure if it takes 3 times as much labor as other NB shoes to make.
not bad for mile 25
They will cost whatever fools like us are willing to pay.
Maniac
Good grief....I paid $141 for my most recent pair (Saucony Triumph 10). That nearly caused me to start rethinking this hobby.
Marathon Maniac #6740
Goals for 2015:
Run 3 marathons (modified: Run 2 marathons--Lost Dutchman 02/2015 and Whiskey Row 05/2015)
Run a 50-miler (Ran a 53.8 mile race 11/14/2015)
Run 1,500 miles (uhhh...how about 1,400?)
Stay healthy
I give you the Salomon S Lab Sense trail shoe.
It'll set you back a cool $200.
As for Newtons, I won a pair. They are about dead at 150 miles. I MAY get 200 out of them. (most people do way better, but I have a hitch in my form where I twist my right foot when I push off. And those Newton lug things do not like that kind of stressor) So happy I didn't pay the Newton price for that.
Ok, bye.
These bad boys will set you back $399.
And then you still need a bike!
Village people
These bad boys will set you back $399. And then you still need a bike!
Everyone needs a little black shoe.
Interval Junkie --Nobby
Oh Noes!! New Balance 2040 Cushioning $274.99
New Balance 2040
Well, they had to import them from 27 years in the future.
2021 Goals: 50mpw 'cause there's nothing else to do
Fast is better than long
Tom made it near impossible for me to read this thread.
I have been actually laughing out loud for minutes.
2017 Goals: Give up goals; they're stoopid
Give a man a fire and he'll be warm the rest of the night;Set a man afire and he'll be warm the rest of his life.
What in the Jehu?
And most people know* that bikes cost $5k.
And, every bike shoe costs $399.
Biking is expensive, people!
*or conditioned to believe
Life Goals:
#1: Do what I can do
#2: Enjoy life