I don't know if I'd go so far as to "recommend": there is great variety in human experience, and feet have more than their fair share of it. I run in 5fingers and low-end sneakers.
If your annual sneaker budget is $120, definitely buy 4 pairs of $30 sneakers (I'd say 12 pairs of $10 sneakers, but they don't have Walmart in Boston) rather than one pair of $120 sneakers. Shoes are a solved problem, and fancy ones are way less important than fresh ones.
Running in 5fingers is a separate project from running. Get your cardiovascular system and big muscles happy with running a mile or so before you worry about it, but I did find that they helped me run faster and finished the job of curing the crippling plantar fasciitis I picked up a few years ago. (Just running at all had done most of the work by the time I got them.)
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Date: 2012-03-05 06:35 pm (UTC)If your annual sneaker budget is $120, definitely buy 4 pairs of $30 sneakers (I'd say 12 pairs of $10 sneakers, but they don't have Walmart in Boston) rather than one pair of $120 sneakers. Shoes are a solved problem, and fancy ones are way less important than fresh ones.
Running in 5fingers is a separate project from running. Get your cardiovascular system and big muscles happy with running a mile or so before you worry about it, but I did find that they helped me run faster and finished the job of curing the crippling plantar fasciitis I picked up a few years ago. (Just running at all had done most of the work by the time I got them.)