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Janie, today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go f*** himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus.
I wear nothing but Brooks(Adrenalines and Axioms), so I'm not knocking them. I've tried some other shoes on and off during the last 8 years or so, and always come back. Most just don't fit my feet as well, some have caused me problems, knee and ankle pain, even back pain.
To paraphase Dirty Harry:"do you feel lucky?" If you've got a shoe that works, wears well, good fit and causes you no problems, why switch? I wear nothing but Brooks(Adrenalines and Axioms), so I'm not knocking them. I've tried some other shoes on and off during the last 8 years or so, and always come back. Most just don't fit my feet as well, some have caused me problems, knee and ankle pain, even back pain. Problem is you don't really know until you've been running in them for a few weeks, and then its too late. So you save a few bucks. Over the course of a year, I go through 4-5 pair. Even at half off, that amounts to about 200$ savings. That could easily be eaten up with one trip to the doctor's, a set of x-rays, not to mention the agravation of having to take running time off to recover. Now, you may slip right into the perfect Brooks model on the first try and never look back, but then again, you might go through 3 or 4 models, some injuries, etc, and wind right back up where you are now. That's just my 2 cents, but I've been there.
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