Best running shoe shops....?

[T40ORA]

OK, I know it is subjective but my wife and I need to ensure that the next running shoes we buy are the best ones for us, in terms of our running styles and injuries/weaknesses.

Anybody recommend somewhere in the Bournemouth/Poole or Southampton/Portsmouth areas that do a good job of proper gait analysis and footprint analysis?

TIA!!

[danbray]

Alexandra Sports in Portsmouth will do this on their treadmill in-store

[W4X LG]

http://upandrunning.co.uk/index.php?left=shop&...

The up and running shop in chandlers ford is good but it looks like they have one in bournemouth aswell.

[DC]

W4X LG said:

http://upandrunning.co.uk/index.php?left=shop&...

The up and running shop in chandlers ford is good but it looks like they have one in bournemouth aswell.

Yep - I got my runners from there. Seemingly very knowledgeable and helpful- bar putting on a treadmill with a hangover.

[shentodj]

I've heard good things about this place in Ashley Cross, Poole:

http://www.runningfree.net/

Regards,
Shentodj

[T40ORA]

I've driven past running free a few times so it was on the list to visit...

[Gazzas86]

danbray said:

Alexandra Sports in Portsmouth will do this on their treadmill in-store

This, great service

[T40ORA]

OK thanks for the suggestions.

[TheDoggingFather]

shentodj said:

I've heard good things about this place in Ashley Cross, Poole:

http://www.runningfree.net/

Regards,
Shentodj

That was the place I was thinking of. I stopped thinking about it quite quickly, before I was violently sick.

[Mark.]

Gazzas86 said:

danbray said:

Alexandra Sports in Portsmouth will do this on their treadmill in-store

This, great service

Never spent so long buying a pair of shoes! Full and proper service from these chaps.


Pity after 18 months mine still look like new

[Jonboy_t]

Another good 'un is a place just outside the swan centre in Eastleigh (can't rememebr the name of it though). Me and the enemy went in there to get 2 pairs and the guy in there knew what we needed practically before we'd reached the counter! I told him I wanted running shoes and he said 'you'll need an in-step blah blah doobrey and this and that' (not actualy words...), all just from seeing me walk from the door to the counter. He didn't tell us to get the most expensive ones or even veer us away from the cheapest, but it all came in about 50% under what we were expecting to pay!

[2 5HAN]

shentodj said:

I've heard good things about this place in Ashley Cross, Poole:

http://www.runningfree.net/

Regards,
Shentodj

Agree very good variety and the staff know their stuff

Happy to let you go on the running machine or out in the car park

[john2443]

I got mine from Sweatshop - they have a branch on Soton - who did gait analsis on the treadmill.

If you do parkrun they are a sponsor and often give out vouchers - £5 off, 10% discount etc.

[T40ORA]

Jonboy_t said:

Another good 'un is a place just outside the swan centre in Eastleigh (can't rememebr the name of it though). Me and the enemy went in there to get 2 pairs and the guy in there knew what we needed practically before we'd reached the counter! I told him I wanted running shoes and he said 'you'll need an in-step blah blah doobrey and this and that' (not actualy words...), all just from seeing me walk from the door to the counter. He didn't tell us to get the most expensive ones or even veer us away from the cheapest, but it all came in about 50% under what we were expecting to pay!

We git our last set of shoes there, and the guys does seem knowledgeable. However, due to the injury situation (slipped disc for my wife and new hip for me) getting the right shoes and maximum shock absorption is of paramount importance. I recognise that experience goes a long way, and the formal gait analysis on running machines might be hype and no better than the guy in Eastleigh does but we want to investigate a bit more this time.