Santa was very good to me! 2010 Brooks Beast... Last week I was about 200 miles past the retirement age of my old shoes when I ended up banging up my foot. These couldn't have come down the chimney at a better time. It's painful spending real money on shoes, but much more painful not to! If you're starting to run and you haven't been fitted for shoes, make it happen. In the Knoxville area, we have shops like Runners Market, Fleet Feet, and New Balance. From my experience, you can go in, get fit advice, and get shoe suggestions. From there I prefer to support the local shop and buy my shoes there, but you can take what they tell you about your gait (whether you over pronate, under pronate, or have neutral pronation) and find a pair online, at an outlet store, etc.Most local running shops have email lists that send out monthly emails with specials. I even won a $20 gift card from New Balance by responding to a monthly email contest. Every little bit helps!
On our Poor Man's Shoe Plan for my wife, we save Coke bottle caps for Coke Rewards Points to get Nike Gift Certificates. Ironically, her last three pairs of running shoes (and Nike+ sensor) have been sponsored by Coca Cola.
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