recommendations for walk/run shoes

Do Not use anyone's brand advice!!! Brands are all sized and built differently. What works for one person may quite literally cripple another. And within a brand, styles differ in suitability.

I speak to you as someone who should not today be running! I ran as a kid, then spent most of my working life doing blue-collar work including years for the forest service. My feet have tens of thousands of miles on them. There is no cartilage in the large joint of one of my big toes, and I fight Achilles tendon issues. If it weren't for the shoes that I have I wouldn't even be walking.

OK. The first thing you got to get pver is "looking for a sale." What you need to be looking for is the very best shoes for your feet and your running style, body type, and gait.remember that your feet and shoes are the foundation for any running you are doing. This is where you need to be spending the money.

Find yourself a really good small, locally owned running store. Do not go to a big box or a discount store. These local people are professionals. They will analyze your gait as you walk up and down the room and might even have you go out on the sidewalk and run a little bit and watch you do that. They will listen to your stories of foot and leg woes, and add that to the gait analysis to start choosing shoes that will work best for you. They might recommend that you add a Superfeet insert into the shoes that they sell you. It's another 40 bucks, but it is not a scam. Super feet will change your life.

You will leave the store with a much lighter wallet, but more than likely wearing exactly the shoe that you should be wearing. The best part is, any running store worth their salt, will allow you to return the shoes even if you have worn them outside. My local store has allowed me to return the shoes that I've worn outside in the winter for over a month. They were the wrong shoes. We all thought they were the right shoes, but they were not. I returned them and they put me in the right shoes. As it turned out the ones that they put me in the second time were exactly right. I've been in them for several years now, and like I said, I shouldn't even be walking, much less running. I train regularly, run at least one 5K per month, and one or two halfs each year. That is all because I've gotten a good shoe fitting, and because I have really good insoles, not just the ones that came with my shoes.

I know it seems like a silly waste of money, and it is an out rage how much tennis shoes cost, but really really really this is the foundation for staying healthy. Pay the money. Good luck!