haha! my old running shoes will have to stick with me for a longer time then.

supersonicelectronic:

Put on Your Running Shoes…?

If you’re a runner (even if you’re not) you’re wasting money and injuring yourself buying expensive, feature-laden shoes. Here’s some painful FACTS:

• 1.) Runners wearing top of the line shoes are 123% more likely to get injured than runners in cheap shoes, according to a study led by Bernard Marti, M.D., a preventative-medicine specialist at Switzerland’s University of Bern.
• 2.) Beat-up, worn out running shoes are WAY better for your feet. Studies have concluded that thinner soles allow for better foot control and thus less injuries.
• 3.) Humans are DESIGNED to run WITHOUT shoes. Plain and simple. Hundreds of studies and thousands of years of people not wearing shoes make this quite obvious.

So, do yourself a favor. Buy a $30.00 pair of Converse All Stars, run without injury and feel great. (Information taken from Born to Run, an absolutely amazing book.)