I've been running since 1967 (yeah, that's a long time). I started in high school, and ran cross country and track. I was a pretty decent runner in those days - in grade 12, I was in the top 10 in the province (BC).
Anyway, to the subject of runners - when I was running outside, I'd go through about 4 pairs of runners every year. I was logging a lot of kms, and the shoes just got "pounded out". For the last 10 years or so, I've switched to running on a tread mill. I switch up my routine, so I'm only running every 2nd day for about 40 minutes each time (biking the other days). Now, a pair of runners will last me about 2 years or more. They just don't seem to get pounded out as much on the tread mill. BTW - I use Asics (have for years). Like Greenlantern above noted - they run around $150.00. I've gone through a lot of Nikes, Reebok, Newbalance, etc. - I ended up preferring the Asics to all of them.
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