You’ve been putting it off for far too long, but now your right running trainer has a hole in it. Clearly, it’s time to buy a new pair… But how can you replace what you love so dear?

 

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Your first port of call is to check the glorious World Wide Web. However, when you do, everything is a tad on the pricey side. No new running trainers for you, it seems…

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Your left running trainer now has a hole of its own. You can’t ignore this any longer.

 

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After speaking to fellow runners – every one of them suggesting a different pair of shoes – you’re more confused than ever…

 

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You head to the local running store in the vain hope that the kind assistant will be able to clear things up…

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When you arrive, there are so many options, brands within brands, types of running shoes. What in the hell is a “maximalist” shoe, anyway?

 

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Confused, you leave more upset and baffled than when you walked in…

 

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The following weekend, you return to the running shop full of renewed optimism…

 

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You have various tests done on your feet, as well as your running gait analysed, and the perfect shoe for you is found…

 

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But what colour?

 

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Typical! They don’t have your size and colour in stock…

 

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After all the trials, tribulations and tears, you end up buying the same pair you’ve been running in. If it ain’t broke, right?

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