About how much are "good" running shoes?

Pay more for your first pair from the shop and then next pair get them from online retailer cheaper:)

Yes, but be careful doing this as models can change slightly from year to year.

Understanding whether or not you pronate or suppinate, heel striker or run on the balls of your feet is also important to buy the appropriate shoe to support your body. Look at the shoes in your closet right now. YOU can figure out what type of shoe you need by inputting what you see into mutliple online analytic tools and out will spit a recommendation for shoe (with brand and model).
You averaged over ten miles per duty day for 24 years? Regiment doesn't even run that much so I'll through the BS flag here.

Usually those throwing a résumé onto a forum is full of it ... perhaps you're the exception to the rule. Then again .. you also told a person that knows little about shoes to go fit themselves .. setting a poor example that hopefully the OP is smart enough not to follow.
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Read and then opine.

Those that cannot be troubled to post a picture are almost always full of it... perhaps you're the exception to the rule.

http://www.myprecisionfit.com/test/welcome?lang=en_US&noAnswerSelected=&noMobile=

http://www.runnersworld.com/shoe-finder/shoe-advisor

http://www.roadrunnersports.com/rrs/product/shoe-dog.jsp

I suggested that the O.P. go to an online site ^^^^^ (three choices) and go through the analysis based upon the wear of his current shoes and get a recommendation.

Read and then opine.

Those that cannot be troubled to post a picture are almost always full of it... perhaps you're the exception to the rule.

http://www.myprecisionfit.com/test/welcome?lang=en_US&noAnswerSelected=&noMobile=

http://www.runnersworld.com/shoe-finder/shoe-advisor

http://www.roadrunnersports.com/rrs/product/shoe-dog.jsp

I suggested that the O.P. go to an online site ^^^^^ (three choices) and go through the analysis based upon the wear of his current shoes and get a recommendation.

Not always as easy as it seems. Those shoes would need to have been used exclusively for running for the wear pattern to mean anything. Most people have a different gait while walking, and it can throw off the running wear pattern. It also depends on the current shoes the person is running in - I would not have the same wear pattern in Brooks Adrenaline vs. Asics Cumulus, for example due to the differences in structure, midsole, cushioning, etc.

MyPrecisionFit is probably my favorite of the online fitting tools, and I do find it pretty accurate, but unless Mizuno is the right brand for the person it can be tough to translate that to other brands if you don't have a knowledge of running shoes already. If OP cannot afford an in store analysis, honestly I think the next best bet would be to do something like Running Warehouse - they will do video tape analysis and have a wide selection of shoes (retail and prev. model sales) to choose from.

Every pair of good shoes I've had hasn't been lower than 120. My current pare (Mizuno Wave Paradox) were 150.

I tend to shop online for shoes and kind of gamble on whether they're right for my feet or not, because I have very small feet and it's impossible to find adult women's shoes that will fit properly in the stores these days. I was lucky enough to find a brand I love-- I first bought hiking shoes of that brand (Salomon) and since I liked them so much, got a pair of high-end Salomon running shoes as well. The hiking sneakers, from Sierra Trading Post or Amazon (last year's model, significantly discounted) were around $70. The amazing, wonderful, fabulous running shoes that I have to make an effort to NOT wear everywhere every day, were $140. But that was because they are the waterproof version-- I think the regular version of that sneaker is around $100. That's pretty much the price range of running shoes with good reviews and the features I look for.

WHAT!? A "GOOD" running store will want you to have what's right for you at a price that works for you.

Totally disagree.

A good store is looking for repeat business, customer loyalty is important to the small retailer where margins are low. If one gets the right experience then it's a likely repeat sale, and for running shoes part of that experience is getting the correct shoes to pound out the miles. If running becomes an unpleasant experience then no repeat business.

A good source of cheap shoes (once you know the brand/model/size you need) are the fitness expos held with marathon events. I scored two pairs of Aisics Gel Forte's in my size for $90.

i'm a distance runner, regularly do 10 miles/day. I don't buy into this "specialty running store" "gait analysis" BS. I very rarely pay more than $60 for a pair of shoes. My current pair were purchased for $50 at somewhere like Famous Footwear or Rack Room Shoes. I can't remember. They're the best pair i've had in years.

these specialty running stores and all the claims of needing all the bells and whistles on running shoes is such bull. but lots of people buy into it (quite literally), so you definitely aren't alone in getting snowballed by all the crap out there. meh. whatev. ya'll continue to shell out $100 for sneaks and "gait analysis", and i'll continue to shake my head, chuckle, and rack up the miles on my $50 shoes. (which, btw, last me for months and months. far longer and many more miles than i should use them for - but the most injury i've had is with a pair of running shoes i purchased for $80; a rare more expensive purchase for me that i probably put way too many miles on before switching up and going back to my $50 purchases which give me much more wear and tear time, and much less injury)

i'm a distance runner, regularly do 10 miles/day. I don't buy into this "specialty running store" "gait analysis" BS. I very rarely pay more than $60 for a pair of shoes.

And it's been observed before on similar threads that your N=1 study is very much the exception compared to the majority of evidence out there.

fwiw my own N=1 study suggests that buying shoes based on gut feel leads to disliking running and protracted incidence of injury every time I tried to do it.

Getting the right shoes has contributed to being able to pick up running and enjoying it. Not the only contributor, but certainly a factor. Mind you picking the wrong shoes at lower prices certainly ended up costing a lot more in the end than just getting the correct ones first time round.

picking the wrong shoes at higher prices would piss me off even more. there is absolutely NO way that anyone should be paying more than $100 for a pair of running shoes. and $200?! W.T.F. are they moving my feet for me and i'm just chilling? That's such BS. Show me a $100 shoe that does something so drastically different that it saves one from injury than a similar shoe for $50 and I'll eat my hat.

and to the poster on page one who stated you can't find quality shoes for less than $100 - that statement is so damn false. i've never in my entire athletic life paid more than $100 for athletic shoes.

this is ridiculous. the necessity and truth in gait analysis has about as much validity as body type categorization (endomorph, mesomorph, etc).

Here I simply wanted an idea of what prices I'd expect to find, so thank you for those answers.

Notwithstanding that pricing of shoes for me is meaningless to you, I'd also recommend that you factor in the costs of a refresh cycle. The life of the shoe does reflect the quality but as upthread you're probably looking at somewhere between 300 and 500 miles before the shoes need replaced.

Subject to the type of running that you end up doing then there are a few different approaches to that.

Personally I have four pairs of road shoes that I keep about 100 miles apart. for me, as a significant over-pronator with history of lower leg injuries that avoids the need to move from 400 mile shoes to new shoes in one step, so to speak. That transition would be quite hard for me, so if I age several pairs at once I'm never going through that transition.

I did C25K about a year ago and I've moved on to working up to half marathon distance and improving my 10K times.

straight up, tell them you're on a budget. tell them you're looking to spend about $100 max or whatever. don't have that awkward conversation when they bring out the $300 pair of sneakers.

I was fitted at a running store and mine were about $130, but so worth it. I had bought a cheaper pair off Amazon and dealt with shin splints (spent money on compression sleeves) and knee issues (spent money on an ortho appointment). The pair I got from the store has helped tremendously with both problems. If I had gone and gotten fitted to begin with I probably would have saved both money and pain.

For me, it's usually around $110.00, but I have a friend who gets fitted, then asks for last year's model for that type of shoe. She usually gets them for $80.00 - $90.00.